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Please contact your legislators in both the House and Senate
Dear Friend of the Field: Well, what a difference a day makes. As I am sure you are aware the Legislative Session became unusually complex this year when on Friday the Senate Republicans were able to pass their own budget Read more »
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Urgent News on New Senate Budget and CD Services
On March 2nd the GOP-controlled Senate passed Sen. Zarelli’s version of the operating budget on the floor by a 25-24 margin. The CD services are back to near elimination again ($24.7 million in cuts) under the Read more »
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Senate Budget for Alcohol and Substance Abuse
It seems like a longtime since we met in November facing the elimination of all adult CD services in the state, since then much has happened. Those of you who have been following the process know that the original 70 Read more »
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ADATSA and HEN (Housing and Essential Needs)
With the loss of the ADATSA stipend which helped provide housing for the majority of ADATSA clients, this very successful program is beginning to fail. In 2011, Region 4 admitted 941 clients to the ADATSA program. The majority of those Read more »
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Cuts to drug treatment programs impact everyone
Please read the following article available here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2016966422_druglet08.html Read more »
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Counselors, clients put little trust in proposed cuts to chemical dependency treatment
Counselors, clients put little trust in proposed cuts to chemical dependency treatment Read more »
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Links to the Governor’s proposed 2012 supplemental budget
Please contact your legislators and let them know that chemical dependency treatment cuts are out of proportion to other social service cuts. Chemical dependency treatment saves dollars and lives. Share your stories of recovery Read more »
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Criminal Justice and Health Impact of Cuts – RDA Reports from David Mancuso, Ph.D
To view the reports, please click on the following links below: Impact of Chemical Dependency Service Reductions on Criminal Justice Costs Impact of Chemcial Dependency Service Reductions on Medical and Long-term Care Costs Read more »
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Proposed Budget Plan – Chemical Dependency Cuts
Below is a link to to Gov. Gregoire’s proposed budget plan (see “Social Services” for Chemical Dependency cuts): Please contact your legislators with your concerns about the impact of these cuts Read more »
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2011-2013 DSHS Budget – PowerPoint from October 21, 2011
Attached is a PDF version of a PowerPoint presentation from October 21, 2011 regarding the DSHS budget for 2011-2013 Read more »
