Providing Alcoholism Services to Minority Populations: If We Have the Will, Do We Have the Way?
In: Alcoholism treatment quarterly: the practitioner's quarterly for individual, group, and family therapy, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 115-124
ISSN: 1544-4538
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In: Alcoholism treatment quarterly: the practitioner's quarterly for individual, group, and family therapy, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 115-124
ISSN: 1544-4538
In: Administration in social work, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 37-46
ISSN: 0364-3107
In: Administration in social work: the quarterly journal of human services management, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 37-46
ISSN: 0364-3107
In: Community development journal, Band 13, Heft 2, S. 66-78
ISSN: 1468-2656
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 34, Heft 5, S. 462
ISSN: 1540-6210
In: Social work: a journal of the National Association of Social Workers, Band 28, Heft 4, S. 273-277
ISSN: 1545-6846
Implementing specific evidence-based practices (EBPs) across a set of addiction treatment providers have been a persistent challenge. In the Advancing Recovery(AR) demonstration project, single state agencies, the entities that distribute federal funds for substance use disorder prevention and treatment services, worked in partnership with providers to increase the use of EBPs in the treatment of addiction. The project supported two cohorts of six 2-year awards. Field observations from the first year of implementation guided development of a multilevel framework (the Advancing Recovery Framework). Government entities and other payers can use the framework as a guide for implementing evidence-based clinical practices within treatment networks. The Advancing Recover Framework calls for a combination of policy and organizational changes at both the payer (government agency) and provider levels. Using the Advancing Recovery Framework, 11 of the 12 AR payer/provider partnerships increased use of clinical EPBs. This article identifies key payer policy changes applied during different phases of EBP program implementation. The public health benefit of the demonstration project was broader use of medication–assisted therapy and continuing care in addiction treatment services.
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