ACTION Campaign "Share Your Story" Contest

We want to hear from you!

Tell us your agency's story about implementing a NIATx promising practice and you could win one of five all expense paid trips to this year's Summit.

Send us your story, either written or a short video, and you'll be entered into the prize drawing

For more information and instructions on how to write a story, visit the Share Your Story contest page.

New NIATx 200 Success Stories

We recently published three new NIATx 200 success stories.

• BestCare Treatment Services -- Deschutes
• Personalized Nursing LIGHT House, Inc.
• Black Family Development, Inc.

You can also read the rest of the NIATx 2002 success stories.

Taking ACTION in Michigan: Above the Water House

Above the Water House (ATWH) in Flint, Michigan recently celebrated five years of providing a sober living environment to more than 100 women. Virlyn Allen-Poe directs the ATWH. New to the ACTION Campaign II, Virlyn is interested in connecting with others who work to help women start the path to long-term recovery.

Read the full article.

NIATx 200: Massachusetts Team Celebrates Success and Plans to Sustain Gains

The Massachusetts NIATx 200 participants gathered on October 16, 2009 to both celebrate their success in the project and to continue learning about process improvement. More than 50 people from some 20 treatment provider sites attended the daylong event held at the Beechwood Inn in Worcester.

Read more about the NIATx 200 Celebration Session.

November 2009 eNews Now Available

The November 2009 edition of the NIATx eNews is now available.

This month's eNews includes:

• ACTION Items with Kim Johnson
• The call for presentations for the 2010 SAAS Conference and NIATx Summit
• A report from the NIATx 200 Celebration Session in Massachusetts
  
• An announcement for the new Accelerating Reform initiative
• An ACTION success story from Above the Water House in Michigan
• Upcoming events and webinars
  

Success Stories from NIATx 200

Now that participants in NIATx 200 have moved into the sustainability phase of the project, we've started publishing success stories from NIATx 200 provider agencies.

Here are a just a few of the more than sixty stories currently available:

• Emergence - Eugene (Oregon)
• Pathways (Michigan)
• Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare (Washington)
• Seven Hills Behavioral Health (Massachusetts)
• Farnham Family Services (New York)

There are many more success stories from the NIATx 200 project. Take a look at these, and keep an eye out as we publish new stories each month.

ARWV: Removing Barriers to the Use of MAT

Advancing Recovery West Virginia (ARWV): removing barriers to the use of medication-assisted treatment for opioid dependence.

Through their Advancing Recovery partnership, Prestera Center for Mental Health Services, Seneca Health Services, Westbrook Health Services and Valley HealthCare System, are working with the West Virginia Division on Alcohol and Drug Abuse to improve addiction treatment services in the state.

Collectively, the four partnering agencies provide substance abuse services to over 40 percent of the counties in West Virginia and to 49 percent of the population of the state. In the first 12 months of their collaboration, ARWV increased the use of buprenorphine for opioid dependence by 102 percent.

Philadelphia Mental Health Clinic Reduces No-shows, Increases Revenue

Assessment & Treatment Alternatives (ATA) is a non-profit forensic mental health clinic based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Implementing NIATx recommended changes not only resulted in improved show rates but has led to an estimated increase in annual revenue in excess of $100,000.

Read ATA's story.

Taking ACTION: CPC Behavioral Healthcare

CPC Behavioral Healthcare is one of the largest mental health agencies in Monmouth County, New Jersey, serving over 6,000 children, families and adults. Joining the ACTION Campaign has led CPC to adopt changes which increased admissions and decreased no-shows.

Read CPC Behavioral Healthcare's story.