SAMHSA Award to Enhance and Expand Services for Youth and Families Using MDFT!

Congratulations to the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA) from Santa Barbara, CA and the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (NYS OASAS) and Outreach NY for receiving the SAMHSA Youth and Family TREE grant award (Enhancement and Expansion of Treatment and Recovery Services). The purpose of this program is to enhance and expand comprehensive treatment, early intervention, and recovery support services for adolescents (ages 12-18) and transitional aged youth (ages 16-25) with substance use disorders (SUD) and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD), and their families/primary caregivers.

 CADA is currently implementing MDFT in Santa Barbara, this grant will allow them to expand services to reach under-served populations, including females, LGBTQ youth, transitional age youth, and Latino families. They will also offer Medication Assisted Treatment (MDFT) along with MDFT. OASAS will partner with Outreach NY to serve transitional age youth with a substance use disorder and/or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders and their families.