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SAMHSA Publications on Substance Abuse Treatment and Women

CSAT-Funded Grant Programs Serving Women and Adolescents

Below you will find information on active CSAT-funded grantees that serve women and adolescents. You can search grantees by state or by grant program. When you click on a grantee, you will find a more detailed snapshot of that particular grant program, including the project director and their contact information. This listing, which will be updated periodically, reflects active grantees entered into the CSAT GPRA database as of January 2007.

SAMHSA/CSAT Sponsored National Conferences and Training Events on Substance Abuse and Its Impact on Women, Children and Families

Women’s Alliance to Strengthen Treatment Access and Retention Conference, September 17-18, 2007 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Proceedings from Putting the Pieces Together for Children and Families: National Conference on Substance Abuse, Child Welfare and the Courts and the pre-conference symposium, Behavior and the Brain: Prevention and Early Intervention for Infants and Young Children, held January 30-February 2, 2007 in Anaheim, California
Proceedings from the National Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery: News You Can Use (July 12-14, 2006 in Anaheim, California.)
Proceedings from Methamphetamine: The Child Welfare Impact and Response held on May 8-9, 2006 in Arlington, Virginia.
Proceedings from the Women Across the Life Span: A National Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery (July 12-13, 2004 in Baltimore, Maryland.)
Proceedings from the Putting the Pieces Together: 1st National Conference on Substance Abuse, Child Welfare and the Dependency Court held on (July 14-15, 2004 in Baltimore Maryland.)
3rd National Conference on Woman, Addiction and Recovery: Inspiring Leadership, Changing Lives (to be held September 15-17, 2008 in Tampa, Florida.)

Women’s Service Coordinators

Want to know who is your State’s Women’s Service Coordinator (WSC)? Need to talk to a neighboring WSC? Here you’ll find contact information for all the State WSCs.

Listing by State (alphabetized)

Training, Education and Technical Assistance Opportunities

Technical Assistance*, Training and Education Opportunities

* Funded by the Department of Health and Human Services

Policy, Regulation and Legislation

Here you'll find information on the latest major policies, regulations and legislation impacting women and children affected by substance use disorders.

Recent Reports, Articles and Fact Sheets

Here you'll find primarily materials that you would not find through a search of the National Library of Medicine database or other similiar repositories tha focus on peer-reviewed journal articles. We have excluded such journal articles, except in cases where it is considered a significant article or review of the literature. For a listing of SAMHSA Reports and Publications, please click here.

Other SAMHSA and Federal Government Resources

Here is a listing of other relevant Federal government agencies and Federally sponsored organizations that address issues affecting women with substance use disorders and their children and families. This list is not exhaustive - it does not include the numerous agencies and organizations that address issues of substance abuse broadly.