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This is a final reminder that early bird rates for the 2024 RCPA Conference Embracing Challenges, Empowering Success end this Friday, August 23! View our registration brochure for complete details, including Connections Hall networking opportunities, plenary and keynote speakers, and booking your hotel room at the Hershey Lodge. Please be aware that conference hotel rates end August 30, 2024. You can also visit our Conference website for the latest information.

Register Here for the 2024 RCPA Conference

Contact Carol Ferenz, Conference Coordinator, with any questions. We look forward to seeing you at the Hershey Lodge!

The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) will kick off Recovery Month on Thursday, September 12, at Soldiers and Sailors Grove in the Capitol Complex in Harrisburg with “Share the Hope: A Recovery Story.” The event will include wellness activities and demonstrations, speakers, food trucks, mobile clinic tours, and more.

In addition to the kick-off event, DDAP will host several other Recovery Month events.

September is National Recovery Month, a national observance held every year. The goal of Recovery Month, according to DDAP, is to come together, celebrate individuals in recovery, and offer hope to those who are struggling with a substance use disorder. It reinforces the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, prevention works, treatment is effective, and people can and do recover from the disease of addiction.

You can send Recovery Month-related questions electronically.

Supported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health through Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding, the Pennsylvania Statewide Tobacco-Free Recovery Initiative (PA STFRI) facilitates partnerships among academia, state agencies, county public health departments, treatment providers, and recovery advocates to advance recovery-oriented evidence-based tobacco use disorder interventions in behavioral health services.

In 2021 Public Health Management Corporation’s Research & Evaluation Group conducted a readiness assessment to identify the status of tobacco interventions within behavioral health. The survey is being repeated this year, and respondents are being sought for the 2024 Behavioral Health Readiness Assessment. The survey will take less than 15 minutes to complete and closes August 31, 2024. Respondents are not asked their name, and responses are not linked to the respondent.

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The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) is providing the opportunity for public comment on the Pennsylvania Substance Use Prevention Treatment and Recovery Services Block Grant application submission.

This submission will occur in three parts:

  • The Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Assessment and Plan;
  • The SUPTRS Report, which will be posted in November; and
  • The Annual Synar Report, which will be made available in December.

These documents can be accessed through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Use “citizenpa” as the login and “citizen” as the password.

Submit all comments electronically by September 30.

Time is running out — early bird rates for the 2024 RCPA Conference end next Friday, August 23! Register today to reserve your spot and gain access to over 60 engaging, educational workshops. You can view our registration brochure for complete details, including Connections Hall networking opportunities, plenary and keynote speakers, and booking your hotel room. You can also visit our Conference website for the latest information.

Register Here for the 2024 RCPA Conference

Contact Carol Ferenz, Conference Coordinator, with any questions. We look forward to seeing you at the Hershey Lodge!