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Top Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Experts Join Forces As Florida Behavioral Health Association

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Attorney General Ashley Moody To Address Florida Behavioral Health Conference

The annual Florida Behavioral Health Conference kicks off on Wednesday, August 21 at 9:15 a.m. in Orlando with the launch of the newly formed Florida Behavioral Health Association (FBHA), which is a consolidation of two long-standing, respected organizations, the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association and the Florida Council for Community Mental Health. [Read more…] about Top Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Experts Join Forces As Florida Behavioral Health Association

Florida’s Opioid Treatment Programs Continue to See Positive Outcomes

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Programs through DCF and OSCA focus on alcohol and opioid recovery

According to an FDLE medical examiner’s report, there were 6,178 opioid related deaths in Florida in 2017— 453 more deaths than the previous year. Keeping effective drug treatment options and programs intact are necessary to address the state’s persistent opioid epidemic. [Read more…] about Florida’s Opioid Treatment Programs Continue to See Positive Outcomes

Florida Department of Corrections Cuts To “Re-Entry Programs” Result in Hundreds of Lost Jobs and Treatment Services

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The Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association, Bridges International, United Way of Broward County, The Transition House, SMA Behavioral Health and Fellowship Living Facilities will be holding a press conference at a work-release facility in Pompano Beach on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. The facility that once housed over 100 therapeutic beds now stands vacant due to cuts recently made by the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC). DOC cut the programs to find additional dollars to fund other healthcare programs. The DOC cuts will also mean hundreds of lost jobs.

Without intervention by the Governor or the Legislature, the cuts are scheduled to be implemented within the week.

WHO: Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association, Bridges International, United Way of Broward County, The Transition House, SMA Behavioral Health, Fellowship Living Facilities

WHAT: Impact of DOC Cuts to Community Correctional Treatment Programs

WHEN: Tuesday, May 22 at 10:00 a.m.

WHERE: The Turning Point Bridge Community Release Center
400 SW 2nd Street
Pompano Beach, FL 33060

***Please note there will also be a brief tour of the, now empty, dormitory.