Phoenix Programs is one of 25 programs in the United States selected by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as a Phase II Tobacco Cessation Pioneer, under the Tobacco-Free Campaign.
The goal of the Campaign, an ongoing partnership with the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC), is to expand the reach of nicotine addiction and prevention services; directly impacting people with mental health or substance abuse disorders.
The additional funding will allow Phoenix Programs to enhance the existing tobacco cessation program and implement an assessment and referral system for all Phoenix Programs clients. Phoenix Programs’ tobacco …
Heather Harlan of Phoenix Programs, Inc. met on May 11 with Sergeant Diane Bernhard of the Columbia Police Department to offer congratulations to the new graduates of the Mid-Missouri Crisis Intervention Team (CIT). Bernhard and other CIT officers spoke at NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Columbia about the CIT program; a NAMI signature program that trains law enforcement officers to de-escalate situations that involve citizens with mental illness or substance abuse disorders. Pictured left to right: Sergeant Diane Bernhard, Sergeant Barb Buck, Officers Andy Muscato, Benny Cook, and Heather Harlan of Phoenix …
On April 29th & 30th Phoenix Programs participated in SAMHSA’s Services in Supportive Housing Annual Grantee Conference. James Kimbro, David Helling, Eskil Hudson, and Steve Jones attended as participants of the Modified Therapeutic Community/Supportive Housing Program that is funded by the SAMHSA grant. Phoenix Programs is one of the first nine recipients of this grant, and as such was able to offer guidance to the now 77 total recipients of the grant that were in attendance at the conference.
Presentations attended included: Trauma Informed Care, Motivational Interviewing, Health Care Reform and …
Today, President Obama released the Obama Administration’s inaugural National Drug Control Strategy, which serves as a blueprint for the new, balanced, and collaborative approach to reducing drug use and its consequences.
Prepared by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Strategy establishes goals for reducing drug use and its consequences through a balanced policy of prevention, treatment, enforcement, and international cooperation. The Strategy was developed after a nine-month listening tour, meeting with police and medical professionals, drug treatment providers and people in recovery, elected officials, corrections professionals, academics, parents groups, faith leaders, …
Kick Butts Day with YC2 and Project APEX of Phoenix Programs was a part of Reality Days at Rockbridge and Hickman High Schools the week prior to spring break to encourage youth to avoid substance use.
Emily Pieper (center) a student at Hickman won an iPod Nano donated by OnMedia when she entered the guess closest to the actual number of cigarette butts in the jar. Shown presenting the prize is (left) Ryan Worley of YC2 and (right) Kara Harris of Project APEX.
