SAMHSA’s Focus on the Military & Military Families:
The Role of the Mid-America ATTC
Pat Stilen, LCSW | Director, Mid-America ATTC
October 28, 2010
Who We Are
Established in 1993 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
Southern Coast
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Who We Are
As a nationwide, multidisciplinary resource for professionals in the addictions
treatment and recovery services field, the ATTC Network serves to:
• Raise awareness of evidence-based and promising treatment and recovery
practices,
• Build skills to prepare the workforce to deliver state-of-the-art addictions
treatment and recovery services, and
• Change practice by incorporating these new skills into everyday use for the
purpose of improving addictions treatment and recovery outcomes.
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SAMHSA’s 8 Strategic Initiatives
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
8 Strategic Initiatives
1. Prevention of Substance
Abuse and Mental Illness
2. Trauma & Justice
3. Military Families – Active,
Guard, Reserve, and
Veteran
4. Health Insurance Reform
Implementation
5. Housing and
Homelessness
6. Health Information
Technology for Behavioral
Health Providers
7. Data and Outcomes –
Demonstrating Results
8. Public Awareness and
Support
3. Military Families – Active, Guard, Reserve, and Veteran
Support America’s service men and women together with their
families and communities by leading efforts to ensure needed
behavioral health services are accessible and outcomes are
successful.
Mid-America ATTC
Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma
Doris Rogers, BS (Veteran) | Project Manager, Mid-America ATTC
March 2007 – Kansas
• Partnered with the Kansas Adjutant General, Department of Veterans Affairs - VISN
15, Wichita Vets Center on a one-day conference directed specifically at Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
August 2008 – Nebraska’s Two-Day Wellness Conference (Omaha)
• Collaborated with the Nebraska National Guard, NE Department of Health &
Human Services, and the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System.
February 2007 & December 2008 – Kansas and Missouri
• Collaborated with Greater Kansas City Metropolitan area counties; Community
Mental Health Coalitions; and Health Care Foundations. Produced a series of halfand full-day conferences addressing issues faced by returning service members and
their families in the metro area.