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Montgomery County's Alcohol and other Drug ( AoD ) Taskforce kickoff and the big plans ahead...

The Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Abuse Task Force has worked diligently over the last three years to fully grasp the impact that substance abuse and addiction has on our community. Over 150 community members participated in a strategic process that culminated in the development of recommendations to improve the AOD systems and services in Montgomery County. We engaged in planning, researching, and dialoguing about the impact of substance abuse on Montgomery County citizens, the significant problems caused by abuse and addiction issues, and the potential solutions to overcome these issues.

The completion of that work concluded with the release of the “Report to Improve Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Addiction Services in Montgomery County, Ohio.” The report is the culmination of work performed over the last three years by numerous dedicated individuals representing a comprehensive cross-section of the community and includes a set of recommendations that serve as Montgomery County’s roadmap, to point us in the right direction as we proceed with this important work.

Since the release of the report, several initiatives have already been implemented to help citizens who are in need of substance abuse services including:

- CrisisCare can now schedule assessments 24 hours per day/7 days per week.

- The Alcohol Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board for Montgomery County (ADAMHS) is taking the lead in prioritizing electronic data sharing for their network of providers.

Ohio Department of Alcohol & Drug Addiction Services Orman Hall attended the Implementation Kick-Off to recognize the accomplishments and recommendations of the report.

“This report outlines practical ways to re-engineer the community’s alcohol and drug abuse system, without adding costs to taxpayers,” said Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley, co-chair of the AOD Advisory Team. “Now is the time to begin implementing these tangible and realistic community solutions.”

“Our job was to gather all of the public and private entities involved in abuse and addiction service and focus on how we can better deliver services to those who need it in a more cost-efficient way,” said Jim Pancoast, CEO, Premier Health Partners and co-chair of the AOD Advisory Team. “We have done that and now it’s time to execute the recommendations.”

An estimated 42,390 people aged 12 and older in Montgomery County needed services for AOD abuse and addiction in 2008 (National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings). In the local public system, only 5,106 (12%) of those individuals received assessment services (CrisisCare, FY 2008); only 3,035 (7%) individuals made it to their first treatment appointment; and only 1,032 (2%) completed all of their treatment sessions (ADAMHS Board, FY 2008).

“Our goals are to address gaps in services, systemic barriers, and to improve our overall AOD systems and services,” said ADAMHS Executive Director Helen Jones-Kelley. “These recommendations will allow us to provide those critical services to our citizens who are struggling with substance abuse and addiction.”

The first step in moving forward was the creation of the Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Abuse Implementation Advisory Team. This multi-disciplinary team is responsible for oversight of the implementation of the recommendations. This process began with the creation of the following Implementation Committees charged with implementing the recommendations:

• Data Sharing Implementation Committee
• Detox Implementation Committee
• Drug Courts Implementation Committee
• Linkages Implementation Committee
• Prevention Implementation Committee
• Treatment Implementation Committee

Committee members have been asked to commit a minimum of six months engaged in this process. We do not believe the work will be done in six months; therefore, at the end of those six months, we ask that each committee ask themselves: Where are they in completing their work? What have they accomplished? What work still needs to be done? A plan for continuing this work will be established at that time.

Other recommendations include assisting the efforts of the Synthetics (Bath Salts) Task Force, Opiate Task Force, and Tobacco Coalition.

Information on the different taskforce teams can be found under the Collaborative Section of our Web Site.

While the last three years were both necessary and valuable, NOW IS THE TIME TO STOP TALKING AND START DOING! We must ensure that the time spent looking at this issue has not been a waste of our community’s time. We must guarantee that the report generated from this work does not merely sit on our shelves and collect dust. With that, we commit ourselves, our staff, and our time to activating the recommendations made by the AOD Task Force. We thank all of the community members involved in implementing these strategies. This work simply could not be done without you.

Read the Article in the Dayton Daily News about the Taskforce

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