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| The mission of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division is to develop and maintain an effective chemical health service system in Minnesota that encourages and supports research-informed practices; expands the use of successful models; and systematically monitors outcomes. |
| The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division is requesting proposals to maintain and continue the development of a system for regional alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse prevention coordinators to operate in each of the seven (7) regions of the State funded by the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division. |
| This RFP makes available $742,000 from the State’s Federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant for each of the states next five (5) fiscal years to fund seven (7) Regional Prevention Coordinator grants. It is anticipated that each grant award will be for $106,000 per grantee per fiscal year. Eligible applicants are non-profit organizations and local units of government. |
| As we enter 2010, the process of defining statewide rates for chemical dependency services is moving forward. We are working to summarize the efforts to date. Because the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division is also currently arranging external consultative services and preparing a written document for review by the expert panel, we will not be convening a few upcoming meetings. The meetings for each of the workgroups and the expert panel have been cancelled for the balance of January and all of February 2010. The meetings as scheduled will resume in March. |
| In conjunction with national efforts to increase the transparency and availability of addiction treatment outcomes, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the Minnesota Department of Human Services provides the following treatment program performance outcome measures for Minnesota treatment providers licensed under state Rule 31 and statewide. December 1, 2009 Provider Performance Measures Report for 2008. The Department plans on updating and generating these reports every year. |
| Substance Use in Minnesota is an interactive web site that provides a one-stop-shop for information that can be used by communities and prevention professionals for planning, monitoring, and evaluation. Created by Minnesota’s State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup and funded by the Minnesota Department of Human Services Alcohol and Drug Abuse, the site is devoted to alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) consumption and consequence statistics and includes more than 70 indicators from 10 state data sources. For more information click the link or visit the website at www.sumn.org. |
| DHS has begun an effort, authorized by the 2009 Legislature, to reform the way chemical dependency treatment is purchased by the public sector. |
| The project was launched Sept. 15 at the Elmer L. Andersen Human Services Building in St. Paul with a meeting of more than 100 representatives of treatment providers, counties, tribes and managed care organization. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce the project and its purpose and to solicit the help of the broadest possible range of stakeholders. Click here for more information. |
| July 15 is the date of the switch to electronic billing. This is the result of a 2007 State law and is required of all providers, not just those that provide addiction treatment services. Should you have any immediate questions, concerns or specific issues about this, please see the Provider Relations communication. |
| This entity can help you with electronic billing: http://www.mneconnect.org/training.html. If you follow the instructions to “click here for more information” on the home page you will get an introduction to IGI. |
| Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 3.197, establishes the alcohol and other drug abuse section within the Minnesota Department of Human Services as the State authority on alcohol and drug abuse. It requires that the State authority submit “a biennial report to the governor and the legislature containing a description of public services delivery and recommendations concerning increase of coordination and quality of services, and decrease of service duplication and cost.” This is the biennial report of 2009 submitted by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the Minnesota Department of Human Services. |
| For more information about the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, contact us at: DHS.ADAD@state.mn.us or call us at (651) 431-2460. |
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