Welfare Reform for Addiction Professionals

Helpful Online Publications

Welfare Reform and Substance Abuse Treatment Confidentiality: General Guidance for Reconciling Need to Know and Privacy. Technical Assistance Publication Series 24. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 1999. This 66-page document provides an overview of confidentiality issues related to addiction treatment patients, confidentiality and welfare, and essential legal considerations. This document is available as a PDF file viewable through Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Substance Abuse Treatment Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect Issues. Treatment Improvement Protocol Series 36. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2000. The effects of childhood abuse and neglect perpetrated by family members and the intergenerational transmission of the cycle of abuse are the focus of this 181-page monograph, which concludes with recommendations on screening assessment protocol and issues for counselors.
Contact http://www.treatment.org and enter the CSAT TIPs section.

TIE Communiqué special issue on "Substance Abuse Treatment and the State Children's Health Insurance Program." Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 1999. This special issue provides an overview of the SCHIP, useful background information and resources, and discussions regarding the SCHIP and substance abuse treatment.
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TIE Communiqué special issue on "Substance Abuse Treatment and Welfare Reform." Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 1998. This special issue provides an overview of welfare reform, the relationships between welfare reform and substance abuse treatment, and useful background information and resources.
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Building Bridges: States Respond to Substance Abuse and Welfare Reform. National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 1999. Prepared in partnership with the American Public Human Services Association, this 105-page document details findings of a 2-year study of people on the "front lines" in welfare offices, job training programs, substance abuse agencies, and government organizations to find out what works and what doesn't. Of particular interest are five key factors that facilitate or inhibit integrating substance abuse treatment and welfare reform.
Contact http://www.aphsa.org  for more information.

Supplemental Security Income for Children With Disabilities: Part of the Federal Safety Net. Urban Institute, 1997. This online document discusses what effect the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 has had on children with mild disabilities who do not meet this law's more stringent standards regarding those who receive Supplemental Security Income. Included with this article are figures that point out trends in program spending and a table that lists the impact the legislation is having on a State-by-State basis.
Contact http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/anf_a10.html for more information.

The Treatment Improvement Exchange, a service of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), has a section called Special Topics, under which is a subsection called Children's Health Insurance Program. Within this subsection are publications from the CSAT and other Federal Government agencies, a variety of SCHIP resources, and several Internet links to key agencies and institutions.