The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Office of Recovery, in partnership with One World Recovery Network (OWRN), launched the Center for Addiction Recovery Support (CARS). CARS is ready to provide essential training and technical assistance (TTA) to help organizations better provide recovery supports to individuals facing substance use and co-occurring mental health challenges.

Contingency management (CM) is a proven healthcare intervention with demonstrated effectiveness in treating a variety of substance use disorders (SUDs) among diverse populations. To advance the provision of evidence-based CM services that promote abstinence from a specific substance, or encourage treatment attendance or medication adherence, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) now allows those recipients of a SAMHSA grant that authorizes SAMHSA-approved CM activities in treating SUDs, to provide a motivational incentive value of up to $750 per patient, per year, subject to the requirements and safeguards set forth in this document. Previously, the limit was $75 per patient.

Presently, our thoughts are with our colleagues in Southern California now dealing with active wildfires, with families who have been displaced under evacuation orders and anyone who has lost their home or business. Take care of yourself and, if AAAP can help, reach out and let us know.