samhsa is-one of our priorities is recovery, and so our goal is to promote recovery though mobilizing all of the relevant agencies to involve the consumer and people in recovery in that effort, to make sure that families are educated and that treatment services are available and that we are working with child welfare, criminal justice, as well as primary care so that people have access to services. we want a recovery-oriented environment and that also includes housing, employment, as well as the health care that i mentioned. it's very important to connect recovery and recovery support services to the dimensions of a person's life which would include a home, having a purpose, living in a community and, in fact, having relationships and something to occupy them in a normal meaningful way. so recovery and recovery support services is a construct that samhsa proposes and uses in order to think about the individual living in a community with the appropriate kinds of supports and services that they need in order to make their life a quality one. they tell me i was there, but i don't remembe

and in policy weight, samhsa has been very proactive in providing grants to states to do sbirt. a lot of private insurers are now covering it because work through a number of administrations to put it into health insurance and a billing code and in health care you don't exist until you have a billing code. so, i think, it's one of the more exciting things that's happening in health care at the moment. which truly brings up a challenge talking about billing codes in terms of recovery services. have they achieved the-in some states, i believe they do have a billing code, correct joe? right and we're just fortunate that these are those great times that managed care has jumped on board and we are fortunate to have two billing codes to do peer services. in fact, to do peer recovery coaching and to do peer support groups. the other thing to how it connects to the sbirt is that sbirt is the screening piece and right now we are actually in training to see how can we do that early intervention and screening in the emergency rooms in the hospital for folks that's coming in with drug and a

under the new health care reform, the affordable care act, and some changes that are underway at samhsa, there will be more support for financing sober housing, and we'll be able to see maybe an improvement of that system for these people. we've been, we also want to keep in mind, though, that samhsa, the va, working with hud, pursuing permanent supportive housing as an integral part of treatment strategy, it becomes then the services associated with the housing. what sober living housing offers is an environment. permanent supportive housing, however, may be not be as focused initially on recovery, and so we need to facilitate those services in those settings. because vouchers are being handed out by hud and these programs are being facilitated, but we do need to make sure that there's sufficient services available to address the psychological and-and the substance-related issues that a person may experience. and how do people gain access to that information in order for them to go and basically, i wouldn't say demand, but really negotiate for those types of services, barbara? well, th

we have a saying in samhsa, which is, "behavioral health is essential to overall health." and that is our goal, is to help our country understand: by looking at and treating and preventing and intervening into behavioral health, substance abuse, and mental health issues, we will save our country a lot of money and a lot of health. and dr. greene, it really goes beyond the treatment of mental illnesses and alcohol and drug use disorders, correct? i mean, there are other complicating factors of individuals that have those problems that then develop or may already be in the dna of the person that has those problems and then the problems are exacerbated, like diabetes, cardiovascular issues, is that correct? yes, the patients who have a mental health disorder may have other chronic illnesses and, as such, when they don't take care of their mental health, they may not take care of their overall body's health, too. other things may get ignored, and whenever you ignore a problem and let it fester, you can imagine that the cost to health care becomes triple that which you could ha

well, samhsa has eight strategic initiatives. we are focusing on everything from prevention right straight through to several different populations. we are looking at trauma and justice issues. we are looking at the military, because the military right now and the military families are really using the services that we have and are showing signs of both mental illness issues around depression and anxiety and suicide as well as addiction. and we know a little bit more about addiction, but we are really learning now some of the other areas of mental health. we're also focusing in on health electronics, technology so that we can start to speak to each other across all systems. so the doctors, physical doctors can talk to your psychiatrist. and we can ... and therapists can talk to other therapists, not only in the united states but across the world where there has been some other advances. and we're doing several other issues. we are looking at the recovery, which i know that you... this is why we are all here, to look further into

(music) go out of your way to find out what faces and voices and samhsa and your local organizations are doing for next year, for 2012, and-and do what you've got to do, you know, to get out there and say "hey, yes. we're in recovery. we do recover. we are active, productive citizens in your community. hear us." (music) it's such a special day in so many different ways. it's a community coming together, out in the sunshine in the city of providence, to say to all the residents of our great state that people in recovery are important, that the message of recovery and hope is possible for anyone. (music) from where it came from and taking recovery out of church basements and shadows, and putting it right in the biggest block party in the city of providence, it's mind-boggling, it's astounding, it's awesome. members of the recovery community in rhode island have all come out, and we've had wonderful speakers and a great day of celebration of the value and importance of support for people who are in recovery. actually seeing recovery in the heart of providence, on main street, bringing t

(music) for a copy of this program or other programs in the road to recovery series, call samhsa at 1-800-662-help or order online at recoverymonth.gov, and click multimedia. (music) >> thank you for joining us for this press event to announce the first annual local hire report. my name is naomi kelly. i'm the city administrator for the city and county of san francisco. this last year i have had the honor of working with board of supervisor john avalos. mayor ed lee, all of the city departments who are responsible for delivering capital products and co-chairing a local policy hiring working group. last year we were able to put our heads together, work collectively to implement this landmark policy to bring to wherever -- whenever we are implementing our capital projects to make sure that our monies also go to providing local jobs to this communities that are impacted by our capital projects. we work together with a different department head to maximize existing resources and to minimize costs and we have successfully done that. i want to thank all of our department heads here today, d

security administration and within hh is the agency for quality, indian health service, cdc, nih samhsa and hrsa. agencies complement each other. for example cdc surveillance they identify an abnormally high incidence of tbi in child athletes and their particular state and may develop educational material to address the issue. hrsa's state grantee might use the material to conduct a statewide education campaign for students, parents and schools without the risk and consequences of tbi. likewise her so's grantee might utilize the screening protocol in order to implement a student athlete tbi screening program. in addition to education and screening, hrsa which connects students and families with needed resources, strategies like these allow hrsa grantees to leverage resources of other agencies to identify and serve children who sustain a tbi. opportunities for such collaboration is a the key focus of the nra to committee. we are committed to ensuring individuals with tbi and their families have accessible and appropriate services and support nih, cdc and stamps are making strides in thei