June 1, 1997
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Program Result
Between 1993 and 1995, staff at the Center for Addictive Behaviors in Salem, Mass., carried out a planning phase of a project to develop and test a model of coordinated substance abuse treatment services for chronic substance abusers.
May 1, 1997
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Program Result
The Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems provided technical assistance, training and support to seven community coalitions seeking to change environmental norms and standards regarding use of alcohol and tobacco.
May 1, 1997
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Program Result
The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority created the Resident Education and Assistance Program to address problems of undiagnosed substance abuse among elderly residents living in subsidized public and private housing.
May 1, 1997
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Program Result
Work In America Institute, Inc., Scarsdale, N.Y., carried out a pilot project to provide parents in the workplace with skills to help their children more effectively avoid the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
May 1, 1997
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Program Result
The National Treatment Consortium for Alcohol and Other Drugs produced a 1993 paper, The White Paper on the Future of Addiction Treatment, based on a 1990 Institute of Medicine Report, Treating Drug Problems.
May 1, 1997
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Program Result
The Corporation for Supportive Housing developed a plan for a nationally replicable model that would offer viable, long-term financing of services linked to permanent housing.
April 1, 1997
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Program Result
The University of Iowa College of Medicine developed an ongoing statewide survey in Iowa to assess barriers to obtaining prenatal care.
April 1, 1997
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Program Result
Between July 1992 and October 1995, the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene of Albany, N.Y., evaluated the performance of the New York State Hospital Intervention Service (HIS), which screens hospital patients for alcohol problems and conducts a brief intervention or refers them to treatment.
March 1, 1997
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Program Result
The Institute for Justice for All proposed to create and train a network of community leaders in 10 states to advocate for investigation into the financial transactions vital to local drug trafficking.
January 1, 1997
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Program Result
From 1992 to 1995, researchers at Harvard Medical School collected a comprehensive cross-section of data on state Medicaid pharmaceutical programs and various models of cost-containment. They also investigated the impacts of five cost-containment methods.
