ASU Center Named 2010 SAMHSA Science and Service Award Recipient

The Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy was recently recognized by the U.S. Department of Health Services’, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) with a Science and Service Award. The Center was recognized in association with  Old Pueblo Community Services, a non-profit agency providing low-income permanent housing, transitional housing and substance abuse treatment to homeless ex-offenders.  As a result of a Federal grant that the Center wrote, Old Pueblo Community Services were able to expand their service capacity by 300%, and with the technical assistance provided by the Center, implemented evidence supported treatments including Motivational Interviewing and Community Reinforcement. During the course of a five year partnership, nearly 600 homeless ex-offenders were housed and received state of the art treatment, resulting in significant increases in employment, income and housing stability with concomitant reductions in drug and alcohol abuse and criminal recidivism.  SAMHSA Administrator, Pamela S. Hyde, in recognizing the Center and Old Pueblo and the other Science and Service Award recipients, stated “Families and individuals deserve the most effective services possible for the prevention and treatment of health conditions, including mental health and substance use disorders, these award winners deserve to be commended for blazing new trails in providing cutting-edge services in their communities.”  To learn more about the SAMHSA Science and Service Awards, click here.