"The human mind is our fundamental resource"
- Pres. John F. Kennedy
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.
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.
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.
The Oklahoma Partnership in Creating Change
The Oklahoma Partnership in Creating Change (TOPICC) was created in 2002 by a group of Oklahomans who had a vision for improving the handling of those who have mental illness.
A Strategy Committee met for nearly six months to decide on the name, draft a mission statement, bylaws, develop a Web site and begin the process to form the nonprofit statewide organization. The committee's first meeting was July 23.
"TOPICC believes that judges, law enforcement, mental health professionals and legislators are vital links in the future welfare of Oklahomans with mental illness," part of its mission statement says. "TOPICC will become the bridge for those groups and seek to find opportunities for better collaboration in the handling of those with mental illness."
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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. This will allow you to particiapte in workgroups, attend meetings, and be involved in activites that would otherwise be difficult due to geographic restraints.
