This workbook helps people working in HIV services to explore the idea of unmet need and become acquainted with the experiences of agencies implementing activities that help HIV positive clients connect to care services. It provides 17 activities from nine different U.S. cities that have been successful in connecting or re-connecting HIV positive clients to medical care. The workbook profiles the nine cities, and includes maps, pages for taking notes, an agency contact list, and a feedback form.

Guides child welfare agency policymakers in developing practice and policy protocols regarding the use of drug testing in child welfare practice. Covers issues to consider when using drug testing and how to incorporate drug testing into child welfare casework.

The purpose of this report is to provide policymakers, program leaders and staff, health administrators, scientists, and others with information that may help them understand the nature and extent of illegal drug use, associated behaviors, and problems that now affect our Nation’s racial/ethnic minority populations and the current non-Hispanic White majority population.

Sharing syringes and other equipment for drug injection is a well known route of HIV transmission, yet injection drug use contributes to the epidemic’ s spread far beyond the circle of those who inject.

Drug Abuse behavior plays the single largest role in the spread of HIV infection in the United States today. This pamphlet answers questions and offers resource and contact information.

Provee una guía de recursos e información acerca de la relación entre el abuso de las drogas y la transmisión del VIH/SIDA. Da pasos de acción para una persona que ha contraído el VIH/SIDA, y ayuda para encontrar tratamiento para la enfermedad y tratamiento para el abuso de sustancias.

The Consumer Guide for African Americans is a companion piece to Drugs, Alcohol and HIV/AIDS: A Consumer Guide, which was published in 2006. That brochure discussed the issue of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS generally; this Consumer Guide focuses on these issues as they specifically impact the African American community.

The goal of Assertive Community Treatment is to help people stay out of the hospital and to develop skills for living in the community, so that their mental illness is not the driving force in their lives. Assertive community treatment offers services that are customized to the individual needs of the consumer, delivered by a team of practitioners, and available 24 hours a day.

Family Psychoeducation (FPE), an evidence-based practice, that gives consumers and families information about mental illnesses, helps them build social supports, and enhances problem-solving, communication, and coping skills.

Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment is for people who have co-occurring disorders, mental illness and a substance abuse addiction. This treatment approach helps people recover by offering both mental health and substance abuse services at the same time and in one setting.