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50 Years of Healing Hearts 2
Program Expansion 3
Community Education 4
Professional Development 5
Special Events 6-7
Healing Hearts
A Message from ACCA Executive Director, Keith W. Stack The manner in which Substance Use Disorder treatment service is delivered changes regularly. The change is driven by the structure of our healthcare system, by regulations and by scientific findings that increase our understanding of the disease of addiction. It is also driven by practical reality. The reality we face today is an unprecedented Opioid epidemic that has increased the demand for treatment and is changing the level of care we provide.
ACCA is responding to the Opioid Epidemic in a number of ways. First we are ensuring that staff have access to the necessary training to keep them current with evidence-based treatment practices and the latest understanding about the disease of addiction. In addition, our team of community educators focus on prescription opioid abuse and the progression to heroin when teaching in the classroom. They are involved in more after school prevention and awareness community forums targeted at parents and families.
Starting with our soon to open 20 bed women and children’s residential facility, ACCA will begin providing a much higher level of care than in the past resulting from new regulations promulgated in large part as a response to the opioid epidemic. The regulation is called Part 820 Residential Redesign. Residential Redesign can incorporate three newly defined elements of treatment in one physical setting: Stabilization; Rehabilitation; and, Re-integration. We believe that the Stabilization level of care can have the greatest impact on those struggling with opioid addiction and accessing treatment. We have all heard the stories of fear and frustration from friends and family members trying to help but seemingly cannot find a treatment solution. This is the need created by the opioid epidemic and the group experiencing the treatment gap. Residential Stabilization is an alternative for individuals seeking services at an emergency department who are not in need of a hospital level detoxification. At this level, individuals will receive medically-directed Ancillary Withdrawal to manage mild to moderate symptoms of withdrawal. It is an alternative that provides a safe place to stabilize and engage in treatment. The Stabilization service can provide symptom relief and/or addiction medications for individuals experiencing opiate withdrawal. The goal of the new regulation and the service delivery change that ACCA has undertaken is to engage patients in the level of care that best matches their needs, prioritizes their goals, and moves them towards community reintegration.
Amidst this ever changing environment, ACCA remains dedicated to its mission of “healing the hearts of everyone touched by addiction”. With Warm Regards, Keith W. Stack
“Healing the hearts of everyone touched by addiction” Winter 2017
UPCOMING EVENTS
Save the dates & watch for
more info!! Healing Hearts Breakfast 5/9
Summer Smith 5k 5/12
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A LOOK BACK In early 1967, a local priest held a talk about alcoholism at a policemen’s breakfast. This talk spurred area activists concerned with the problem of alcoholism in Albany County to band together to see what, if anything could be done about it. On May 15, 1967, Morton Adell, Oliver Brooks, Helen Hughes, John Miller, Kenneth Nelson, Peter Young, and Michael Tepedino formed The Albany Citizens Council on Alcoholism and Other Chemical Dependencies, Inc.
In January, 1968, they opened an Alcoholism Information and Referral Center (ARC), run solely by volunteers, which was located in the County Public Health Building. In 1976 ACCA opened a street “sobering up” program at 35 South Ferry Street which later relocated to the Capital District Psychiatric Center and was known as the Alcohol Receiving Center or the Crisis Center, a 22-bed medically monitored detox program with nursing on-site 24/7. In 1985, ACCA opened the Outpatient Clinic on Ontario Street, offering detoxification, individual and group treatment programs all regulated by the NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS). As early as 1972, ACCA had also run a halfway house at the Pier Hotel, which in the early-eighties was moved to 90 McCarty Avenue then known as “the home for the incurables” where it served 12 men in the early stages of recovery. In 2002, through OASAS funding, this property was renovated and expanded be the main campus, including a 24-bed halfway house, an administration building and the community education building.
In 2004, ACCA converted “the home for the incurables” into the Reilly House, a 12-bed transitional living residence for men in the later stages of recovery. Then, in 2007, realizing the need for a higher level of care in between completing the half-way house program and transitional living, ACCA opened supportive living apartments for men and women in the mid-stages of recovery.
In 2007, The Albany Citizens Council on Alcoholism and Other Chemical Dependencies simplified their name to The Addictions Care Center of Albany, to more fully represent the vast array of services and prevention work they were doing. In 2009 ACCA opened an 8-bed supportive living for women residence, to separate men’s and women’s programming.
In 2011, as a result of State funding cuts, ACCA closed the Crisis Center. But where one door closes, another opens and ACCA completed work on the Vista House, a transitional living residence for women and their children, fulfilling a vision that was over 10 years in the making - to keep families together through treatment.
There is an unfortunate yet increasing demand for addiction treatment services and, in 2015, with the help of OASAS, ACCA purchased 1044 Broadway and moved the Outpatient Clinic to this larger, newly renovated location. A new women and children’s community residence house (half-way house) is currently being constructed on the main campus and ACCA continues to grow and evaluate programming based on the needs of the community in which we serve. Last year, just through ACCA’s continually increasing school based prevention education programming, An Apple a Day, ACCA reached over 6,000 students in 10 different school districts and is in the process of adding community based after-school and summer programming.
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The Addiction and Recovery Family Support Navigator, funded through Albany County by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), exists to assist families whose loved ones are in crisis by being the person that they can turn to for answers on what is happening and what the next steps are.
ACCA is pleased to welcome Nichole Charbonneau as a Family Support Navigator. Nichole will guide, educate and support individuals and families in Albany County struggling with addiction issues by assisting them in understanding the progression of
addiction, communicating their loved ones history and current needs appropriately and guiding them through the addiction treatment and recovery process.
Services are free and include introductions to and assistance navigating barriers to community assistance agencies and insurance providers; connecting families and loved ones with addiction prevention, treatment and recovery supports; addiction and recovery education and training events; peer/family coach support services; community events; alleviating communication barriers and aftercare planning.
Nichole has a strong background in trauma and in the field of addiction and has always had an interest in not only helping those struggling with addiction, but helping their families as well. Nichole does not work solely for ACCA, rather, she is an advocate for any local family member or loved one in search of how to help someone struggling with addiction get help or in need of developing support connections for themselves.
Nichole is committed to strengthening individuals, families, and the community. She has become a light of hope for many moms, dads, siblings, spouses and even children who she has already worked with in her first 8 months.
“ Nichole supplied us with all the resources that were needed for our daughter to survive this”
“My son opened up to Nichole after meeting with us, she had very effective communication, and since he has entered a 28 day treatment”
“Nichole provided her personal time, attention and had great information” [email protected] 518-465-5829 ext. 416
Psychosocial Rehabilitation -ACCA is an expert in helping people learn new skills. They focus on wellness and healthy living, becoming a part of a community again, medication management, becoming more social, and more.
Habilitation Services - We’ll work with clients on developing daily living skills. These can include self-care, socialization, understanding transportation and shopping in the community and standing up for oneself by politely and effectively communicating with others.
Contact Fred Sumner Director of Community Services at [email protected] or 518-465-5829 ext. 312 to learn more!
PROGRAM EXPANSION
ACCA now offers Peer Advocacy services. Persons who possess a personal understanding of the challenges of recovery thru lived experience and have been in recovery from addiction for a minimum of two years can now be certified in New York State to work within OASAS Certified treatment programs and Home and Community Based Services as Peer Advocates. Utilizing their recovery expertise and experience, there are many tasks Peer Advocates can perform. These tasks may include helping peers develop Recovery Plans; learning and practicing new skills; helping peers self-monitor their progress; modeling effective coping skills; attending court and other system meetings as a support; facilitating peer support groups; and supporting another peer in advocating for themselves to obtain effective services. ACCA currently employs 3 Certified Peer Advocates. ACCA’s Home & Community Based Services also include support for all stages of the recovery process.
ACCA Adds Family Support Services
ACCA Adds Home & Community Based Services
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COMMUNITY EDUCATION & PREVENTION
The Addictions Care Center of Albany, Inc. is pleased to have received funding to sustain and implement The Northeastern Community Action Partnership (NECAP). The partnership’s main focus is to establish and sustain a community action partnership in all respective regions in the Capital District, establish and maintain a resource list of substance abuse services within the respective regions, provide community awareness of substance abuse issues, and develop and deliver addiction media messaging. NECAP has developed and maintained partnerships with a diverse group of stakeholders, parents, families, individuals living in recovery, educators, faith based, prevention/treatment/recovery providers, healthcare providers, judicial, law enforcement, state agencies, local leaders, business and media.
Stay connected with all of NECAP’s upcoming events & social media campaigns: Youth Summit “Empower. Connect. Engage.”
Talent Show highlighting hope, strategies, awareness & community for those in treatment and recovery Summer Smith 5k Addiction Awareness Memorial Run
100+ Ways to Get High without Drugs/Alcohol posted on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter New website with resources, upcoming event dates, job postings, statistics, NECAP’s partners’ link to their agency
pages (www.northeasterncap.com) Follow on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram: @northeasterncap
Community Partnership
Expanding Prevention Education Beginning in 2018, ACCA will expand primary prevention services to the hard-to-reach middle and high school students of Albany County and youth living in the City of Albany and their caregivers by adding programming in afterschool and summer camp settings.
With funding from the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene (RFMH)/Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) ACCA will partner with Trinity Alliance, the Arbor Hill Community Center, the Police Athletic League (PAL), the Boys and Girls Club, the PRIDE center of the Capital Region and the North Albany YMCA to deliver programming to chil-dren and families in their afterschool, weekend and summer programming, at their facilities. Prevention education in after-school, weekend and summer programs can be offered for longer periods of time and on a more flexible schedule than in-school education ensuring enrolled students can attend all lessons to get the most out of the curriculum. ACCA will also add a parent/student component by offering the Strengthening Families program.
FACT: The 2014-2015 OASAS Youth Development Survey revealed that 5% of 7th-12th graders have used opioid prescription drugs for non-medical purposes. About 8% of high school seniors reported misusing opioid prescription medication. A past 30-day prescription drug use measure indicated that 1.4% (8,051) of participants in 9th and 10th grade, and 1.7% (8,731) of partici-pants in 11th and 12th grade reported non-medical prescription drug use. Approximately 33% of 9th and 10th graders, and 20% of 11th and 12th graders found non-medical prescription drugs in their home. About 15% of 9th and 10th graders, 25% of 11th, and 12th graders received non-medical prescription drugs from a friend or relative. Approximately 30% of 9th and 10th graders believe it is not wrong to use prescription drugs without doctor’s orders.
For more information about prevention education programming please contact:
[email protected] Tel: 518-465-5829 ext. 414
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The ACCA Center for Training & Professional Development is recog-nized by the NYS Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) as a professional training provider. We provide the Capital District with a schedule of OASAS-approved professional trainings and seminars in order to keep substance abuse professionals, teachers, coun-selors and others in the field up to date with the most current infor-mation.
Learn more and see the full calendar of classes & trainings at www.theacca.net
ACCA Employees Acknowledged for 10 Years of Service
Nicole Triblet, Finance Assistant
Congratulations to Nicole Triblet, Henry Hurst and Karen Karl on their 10-year milestone anniver-saries with ACCA. Thank you from your fellow staff, Board and the clients for your tireless dedica-tion, loyalty and for all you do for ACCA!
Like us on Facebook and subscribe to our events to get notified of all upcoming trainings and events as
they are scheduled!
Henry Hurst, Chef
Karen Karl, Director of Operations
Free Informational Sessions Do you want to be a Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Counselor (CASAC)?
Did you know that there is a shortage of credentialed addiction counselors? Did you know that the average age of a credentialed counselor in New York State is 55 years old? This means that the job opportunities, for caring peo-ple who want to make a difference in the lives of those suffering from chemical dependency, will only be increasing in the next decades as CA-SAC’s retire and the demand for addiction counselors increase. If you have ever thought about becoming an addiction counselor or are currently work-ing with chemically dependent people but are not yet credentialed, this session can get you on your way to fulfilling your dreams of a credential.
This session will present an overview of the 350-hour course that meets every Tuesday and Thursday evening at ACCA. Pre-requisites for the pro-gram, application to the program, program fees, funds available to help with tuition fees, payment plans and college credit available for completing the program will be discussed. An overview of the curriculum will be pre-sented as well as the steps necessary to obtain the CASAC trainee certificate after the coursework is completed. The required work experience and suc-cessful completion of required tests for completion of the state credential will also be reviewed.
Contact the Community Education Center for Registration and Upcoming Dates!
Registration may be done via Phone: (518) 465-5829 ext 410
or online @ www.theacca.net
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50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EVENTS
Poster contest winners
A winning poster
9th Annual Start Smart Field Day
Start Smart is the umbrella term for ACCA’s substance abuse prevention education continuum which is pro-vided annually to Capital Region youth and families. An annual poster contest is used to reinforce ACCA’s Prevention Program concepts and to give ownership to children of their understanding and desire to choose a healthy lifestyle. This year’s theme was “Be Strong, Be Smart, Be You” Winners were honored at the Start Smart Field Day Awards Ceremony.
Bike raffle winner!
ACCA’s
Go Fish!
Kathina Thomas Award recipient Nadia Perez & Sheriff Craig D. Apple, Sr.
50th Anniversary Staff Celebrations
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Addictions Care Center of Albany
Board of Directors President
Paul A. Ehmann
1st Vice President
Gregory J. Teresi, Esq.
2nd Vice President
Adam Gorman
Treasurer
F. Lee Castleman
Secretary
Robert Muncil
Members
Matthew Hosford, Esq.
Mary Anne Klein
Michael Reilly
Quay Houchen
John E. Sweeney, Esq.
John J. Conaway
Lynn A. Warner
Darryl Benson.
Addictions Care Foundation
Board of Trustees President
Michael Reilly
Vice President
-Vacant-
Treasurer
Walter Burke
Secretary
Robert D. Muncil
Trustees
Paul A. Ehmann
F. Lee Castleman
Keith W. Stack
Tournament Champions Zarrelli, Sigga, Abbruzzese, Ehman,
50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EVENTS
ACCA’s 50th Anniversary Fall Golf Classic. Thank you to our cor-porate sponsors Cool Insuring Agency, architecture+, ChemRx, P1 Industries, Prime Companies, Robinson Ace Hardware, Bank Direct Capital Finance, and to our Board of Directors and auction item donors for their support and to everyone who came out and golfed with us!!
ACCA hosted the 27th Annual Treatment Works March for Albany and took 2nd place in the banner contest!
At ACCA’s 5th Annual Healing Hearts Breakfast we brought together friends old and new, unveiled the 50th Anniversary agency video, honored Foundation Board President Michael Reilly and shared first hand how the work of ACCA is saving lives! Thank you to our sponsors Burns Management, The Bonadio Group, Hope House, Martin, Harding & Mazzotti, Jaeger & Flynn Associates, Albany County Sheriffs Office, Albany County Stop-DWI, Gleason Dunn Walsh & O'Shea, Wainschaf Associates, Manna Cpa's, Bob's Discount Furniture, Alex Jefferson and MackIT .
ACCA’s Executive Director, Keith Stack, Foundation Board President & Paul Ehmann Presidential Award recipient Michael Reilly, ACCA Board President Paul Ehmann
90 McCarty Avenue Albany, NY 12202
Phone: 518-465-5470
Fax: 518-427-0854
The Addictions Care Center of Albany, Inc.
“Healing the hearts of everyone touched by addiction”
CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE!
WWW. THEACCA. NET
The Addictions Care Center of Albany, Inc.
Healing Hearts
Today, young people are using prescription drugs more than ever, because of the mistaken belief that they’re somehow safer than illegal drugs. What can you do as a parent? Educate yourself! Know the signs & symptoms of prescription drug abuse Be more aware Keep medications in safe place Monitor your medications – use a Medicine Inventory Sheet Dispose of old or unused medications properly Spread the word – know what community resources you have available Spend time with your teen and get to know their friends and their friends’ parents Reinforce positive behaviors Be aware of online activity Most importantly – Talk to your Children! FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO WWW.THEACCA.NET
