Documents

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• RI CATG Coalition’s New Report (released May 25, 2010): The Addiction Treatment Gap in Rhode Island

• RI CATG Coalition’s New Issue Brief # 1(released May 25, 2010): Early Screening Saves Lives and Money: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

• RI CATG Coalition’s New Issue Brief # 2 (released May 25, 2010): Treatment Instead of the Emergency Department: A Medically Appropriate, Cost-Effective Approach

• RI CATG Coalition’s New Issue Brief # 3 (released May 25, 2010): Treatment Instead of Prison: A Medically Appropriate, Cost-Effective Alternative

•  8 Reasons to Support Addiction Treatment in Rhode Island

•  Rhode Island CATG Coalition Fact Sheet

•  Unforeseen Benefits: Addiction Treatment Reduces Health Care Costs
•  Impact Brief – Defining Addiction (.pdf)
•  Issue Brief – Defining the Gap (.pdf)
•  Impact Brief – Health Care Costs (.pdf)
•  Impact Brief – Social Costs (.pdf)

•  Parental Substance Use and the Child Welfare System (.pdf)
•  Employee Assistance Cost Savings (.pdf)

•  Poll: Open Society Institute / Lake Research Partners

•  Poll Results: Open Society Institute, September 2009

•  US Conference of Mayors “Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap” Resolution

Organizations

• Open Society Institute (OSI) & Soros Foundation Network
• Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation & Hospitals
• Faces & Voices of Recovery
• Legal Action Center
• Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment
• DATA of Rhode Island
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

• Rhode Island Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependence (RICAODD)