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• Initiatives

• Health Disparities Initiative

• Flu Stress

• Medicare Part D

  As part of President Bush’s Medicare Modernization Act, prescription drug coverage was provided by Medicare beginning January 1, 2006. This program, called Medicare Part D, impacts certain individuals who are currently insured by Medicare and receiving services within the DMHAS system.

• Harm Reduction

• Connecticut Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (CT SBIRT) Program

  The purpose of the CT SBIRT Program is to dramatically increase identification and treatment of adults, ages 18 and older, who are at-risk for substance misuse or diagnosed with a substance use disorder through the implementation of SBIRT services in partnering Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites statewide.

• TARGETED CASE MANAGEMENT (TCM)

  ​ Targeted Case Management (TCM) is defined as a Medicaid-reimbursable service furnished to assist eligible individuals in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational and other services.

• Emergency Department Recovery Coach Services

  In March 2017, DMHAS funded the CT Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) to launch a new program that sends Recovery Coaches into hospital emergency departments to connect with individuals who arrive in the ED with opioid overdoses and other drug- and alcohol-related crises.

• Preferred Practices Initiative

  There are two emerging trends of direct relevance to this initiative. Within the research community, increasing attention is being paid to "translational research"; investigations that apply the findings of basic research to the development and evaluation of new interventions for real-world, naturalistic settings. The second, related field is that of "knowledge transfer" or "knowledge brokering": the use of scientific knowledge generated through research in shaping policy and program development and organizational decision-making processes and practices.

• INDEX - DMHAS Initiatives

• The Remembrance Quilt

  To help loved ones cope with their loss, DMHAS is working with organizations throughout the state to make a series of Remembrance Quilts in memory of those we have lost to addiction. The quilts will be displayed across the state—at schools, community forums and other events—to help raise awareness about addiction and resources available to help promote recovery.

• MAT Learning Collaborative

  Documents either assembled or created by the Treatment Subcommittee of the Commissioners’ Alcohol and Drug Policy Council (ADPC) and the MAT Learning Collaborative.

• SAMHSA State Opioid Response (SOR) Grant

  The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded more than $930 million nationally in State Opioid Response grants to support a comprehensive response to the opioid epidemic and expand access to treatment and recovery support services.

• Promoting Integrated Care in CT

• Disaster Behavioral Health Initiative

  The Connecticut Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) and Children and Families (DCF), working with the University of Connecticut Health Center at the Center for Trauma Response, Recovery, and Preparedness (CTRP), have developed an organized network of behavioral health providers to respond to the mental health needs of Connecticut residents following major disasters (e.g., bioterrorism, man-made or natural disasters).