News & Press https://www.fadaa.org/news/default.asp Fri, 5 Jun 2026 11:31:43 GMT Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Copyright © 2025 FADAA: Services Arm of the Florida Behavioral Health Association SAMHSA Announces $43M in Supplemental Funding to Support Essential Youth Recovery Housing Services https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=708891 https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=708891

SAMHSA Announces $43M in Supplemental Funding to Support Youth Recovery Housing Services

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has announced $43 million in new supplemental funding available to State Opioid Response (SOR) program grantees to expand recovery housing services for young adults, ages 18-24.



]]> Thu, 28 Aug 2025 01:00:00 GMT The 2025 Recovery Month Toolkit is Live https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=708224 https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=708224

The 2025 Recovery Month Toolkit is Live

September is Recovery Month, a time when we celebrate the millions of Americans who are in recovery and remind those struggling with mental health and substance use issues that recovery is REAL (Restoring Every Aspect of Life).

 

Use the Recovery Month Toolkit to learn more about recovery resources and how to share a message of hope with your audiences. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of those in or seeking recovery from mental and substance use disorders.

 

What’s in the Toolkit?

  • Key Messages and Weekly Themes to help you create impactful content for various audiences.
  • Social Media Shareables , including posts, graphics, and animations that you can share with followers on your social media platforms. Posts are also available for Spanish-speaking audiences.
  • Digital Stickers to highlight Recovery Month in social media stories and posts.
  • Email Signatures to show your commitment to supporting those in Recovery.
  • Virtual Meeting Backgrounds to personalize and brand your online meetings.
  • Hashtags , including #RecoveryMonth, #RecoveryJourney, #RecoveryHappens, and #Recovery.Hashtags are also available for Spanish-speaking audiences.

 

Please download and share these resources with your communities. Thank you for taking part in this critical effort. Remember, with the right treatment, support, and resources, recovery is REAL.


]]> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:54:00 GMT FloridaCommerce Announces $3.1 Million Available for Florida’s Veterans Through the Recovery Housing https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=691221 https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=691221 Tallahassee, FL - Today, FloridaCommerce announced $3.1 million in funding available to provide transitional housing assistance for veterans and individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder through the Recovery Housing Program (RHP). The application cycle will be open through Monday, February 17.

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]]> Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:22:00 GMT Governor DeSantis announces the expansion of Coordinated Opioid Recovery (CORE) https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=613212 https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=613212 Governor DeSantis announces theexpansion the expansion of a new, piloted substance abuse and recovery networkto disrupt the opioid epidemic.

Governor Ron DeSantis was joined by Florida health officials to announce the expansion of a new, piloted substance abuse and recovery network to disrupt the opioid epidemic. The network of addiction care – Coordinated Opioid Recovery (CORE) – is the first of its kind in the nation, coordinated through the Department of Health, Department of Children and Families, and the Agency for Health Care Administration. Governor DeSantis also announced the appointment of Dr. Courtney Phillips as the first Statewide Director of Opioid Recovery.

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On June 4,the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins and NIMH Director Dr. Joshua Gordon, discussedthe types of mental health symptoms people may experience as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as when and where to get professional help. Watch a recording of the livestream event.

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]]> Mon, 8 Jun 2020 22:35:28 GMT Gov. DeSantis unveils the Plan for Florida’s Recovery https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=504892 https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=504892 View Press Release
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]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:00:23 GMT The Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services issued New Guidance Regarding Enhanced Medicaid Funding https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=497304 https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=497304 The Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services issued New Guidance Regarding Enhanced Medicaid Funding for States in light of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127).

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2020 23:38:47 GMT After a School Tragedy...Readiness, Response, Recovery, & Resources https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=446144 https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=446144

This resource is designed to help schools better support students and families in the aftermath of violence and trauma. It provides strategies to assist schools with readiness, response, and recovery to help a school community support resilience in the event of a tragedy. It offers places to turn for more resources and discusses terminology and concepts related to suicide and grief. Finally, it highlights the importance of providing culturally responsive services, with example cultural considerations for schools to help Hispanic/Latino students struggling with grief and trauma.

 

Visit the MGTTC website to download the .pdf here.

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2019 19:32:04 GMT "A Force to Be Reckoned With" https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=433225 https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=433225 Daytona-Beach News-Journal article on Ginny LaRue. The Substance Abuse Task Force is holding a symposium on Jan. 26 to pitch that plan to Volusia County professionals as well as the general public.

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]]> Wed, 9 Jan 2019 18:48:25 GMT Sober Home Task Force Continues https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=409265 https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=409265 Legislative Funded Sober Home Task Force Concludes Official Duties; Will Continue to Meet

The “Sober Homes Task Force” held its last official meeting in June. The 2016 Legislature funded the Task Force to study ethical marketing practices around addiction treatment providers and recovery residences. The outcome was a series of recommendations promoted by FBHA/FADAA that was later signed into law (HB 807). The Task Force was funded for a second year in 2017. Recommendations made to the Legislature included background screening reform. The bill (HB 21) died in the last hours of session in March.

While the Task Force was not funded for FY2018-19, State Attorney Dave Aronberg has made the decision to continue meeting with a focus on commercial health insurance plans, background screening, and clarifications to HB 807 related to which housing must be certified through the Department of Children & Families designated credentialing entity the Florida Association of Recovery Residences.

Led by Mr. Aronberg’s Chief Assistant Al Johnson, the make-up of the Task Force will include some providers that were part of a larger issues group that will no longer continue to meet. The Florida Alcohol & Drug Abuse Association has been asked to continue serving on the Task Force.

]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:33:03 GMT Recovery Community Organization Meeting https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=404115 https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=404115 Download PDF

]]> Thu, 7 Jun 2018 16:12:36 GMT Recovery Unplugged – The Future of Addiction Treatment NOW https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=380021 https://www.fadaa.org/news/news.asp?id=380021

Recovery Unplugged – The Future of Addiction Treatment NOW

By The Fix staff 12/26/17 

By allowing patients to access addiction treatment and psych services through their primary care providers, Recovery Unplugged aims to remove barriers to long-term sobriety.

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Dr. Steve Powell of CARMA Health working with clients of Recovery Unplugged.
 

During the 14 years that he has worked in addiction medicine, Dr. Carlos Tirado,

medical director at Recovery Unplugged, saw a common pitfall among patients leaving treatment centers and trying to sustain their recovery outside those controlled environments. 

That led Dr. Tirado to found CARMA Health, an Austin-based practice that provides a collaborative approach to on-going healthcare for people in recovery. CARMA connects patients with a primary care physician who is knowledgeable about the physical and mental health complications that accompany addiction, and allows patients to access psychiatric services through their primary care clinic, rather than seeking out an additional office.

“The usual experience of patients who were readmitted was that the doctors they were referred to were just someone from their health plan,” Dr. Tirado said. “It's often the case that the physician has little to no experience treating addiction, has low to no comfort managing psychiatric medication and in the worst case actually prescribes addicting controlled substances. There was also a serious lack of access to in-network psychiatric care.”

Now, Recovery Unplugged’s patients in Austin can bypass those issues by arranging their aftercare through a collaboration with CARMA. After completing Recovery Unplugged’s unique music-based rehabilitation program, Dr. Tirado and other providers connect patients with a primary care doctor well-versed in the needs of people in recovery.

“That’s important because addicts need a relationship with a qualified, competent medical provider to help them manage their illness through their lifespan,” Dr. Tirado said. Primary care providers should be able to help patients through relapse risks, and also with chronic physical ailments that often accompany addiction, like diabetes and Hepatitis C.

The partnership between Recovery Unplugged and CARMA is so innovative that Recovery Unplugged will soon become the first Joint Commission approved behavioral health home in the private sector. The program is eligible for this designation because it integrates family medicine offered by CARMA with substance abuse treatment, and tracks patient outcomes closely.

The model is important for cutting down on stigma. Primary care providers with an understanding of addiction are more likely to understand substance abuse as a disease and less likely to judge their patients.

“Finding a primary care provider who is free from stigma is pretty hard,” Dr. Tirado said. “Our commitment is to disregard preconceptions and ignorant view points about what addicts are and are not, and treat them just like anyone else.”

Another critical part of the collaboration between Recovery Unplugged and CARMA is the presence of psychiatric services in the primary care setting. Normally patients need to establish a primary care provider and then seek out a separate mental health provider, a process that can be stressful and confusing. However, CARMA allows for one-stop care.

“A primary care practice can directly contract with a psychiatric care provider to act as a consultant to the practice to help them manage psychiatric patients,” Dr. Tirado said. “That keeps the person attached to their trusted primary doctor.”

Dr. Tirado estimates that 80 percent of clients at Recovery Unplugged have a co-occurring health issue in addition to substance abuse. Those patients benefit from a collaborative approach to aftercare.

“We do all of it: we treat the whole patient for all their medical needs,” Dr. Tirado said. “We really want these people to understand they have a medical home.”

In the long run this can help people sustain their sobriety, he said. In the event that relapse does occur, this model helps people access interventions more quickly.

“I think the biggest thing that we are contributing, in addition to the day to day work we do, is to help bring addiction and recovery in a more substantial way into the mainstream of modern medicine,” Dr. Tirado said. “The goal is to spend less time sick and using, and more time well, leading a productive, integrated life.”

Recovery Unplugged is a music-based rehabilitation and recovery center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Austin, Texas. Get more information at www.recoveryunplugged.com or connect on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

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