Mid America Addiction Technology Transfer Center

This Center is committed to a science-to-service agenda. The

Mid-America ATTC serves to foster collaboration across

service systems, bridging the gap between current research

and those working the front lines of addiction and mental

health treatment. At a time when resources are limited, the

Mid-America ATTC helps professionals and organizations

manage their training resources by analyzing training

needs, customizing programs, assisting in the implementation

of plans and the evaluation of results.

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The Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment

The purpose of the Network for the Improvement of

Addiction Treatment (NIATx) is to improve access

to and retention in addiction treatment, while making

process improvement part of the culture of managing

and delivering treatment. Based at the University

of Wisconsin–Madison, NIATx is a partnership between

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Paths to

Recovery program, the Center for Substance Abuse

Treatment's Strengthening Treatment Access and

Retention (STAR) program, The National Institute on

Drug Abuse, and a number of independent addiction

treatment organizations.

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SAMHSA Mental Health Transformation Program

Responding to the call of the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health to transform the existing mental health care system, SAMHSA is leading the ongoing process of developing an action agenda, defining the roles of the States and other partners and identifying the changes that are necessary to create a more recovery-focused mental health services delivery system. SAMHSA is investing more than $517 million in transformation efforts, including $47 million to fund the State Incentive Grants for Transformation program to enable States to begin implementing the Commission’s findings.  These funds will support the development of comprehensive State mental health plans and improve the mental health services infrastructure.

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A part of transformation is using technology to increase access to information and services. Vidoeconferencing is one tool that can help accomplish this. Please follow the link below to access Oklahoma's Videoconferencing Resrouce Guide. This will allow you to search for vidoeconferencing sites in your area. With vidoeconferencing you can particiapte in workgroups, attend meetings, and be involved in activites that would otherwise be difficult due to geographic restraints. To find a center that provides video conferencing