Posts tagged “Substance Abuse Treatment”
Roberto Montanez Awarded Judy Miller Scholarship
Congratulations to Roberto Montanez, supervisor of the HAS/NEXA Medication Assisted Therapy program, on receiving the Judy Miller Scholarship Award from the Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependance Association (IADDA). The scholarship is in memory of Judy Miller’s achievements as a nurse and methadone treatment administrator and provides selected treatment professionals with continuing education in the field … [Read More…]
Seven Ways to Keep Teens Out of Trouble this Summer
The blog Decoder, produced by the Partnership at DrugFree.org, offers the following suggestions for keeping teens safe and healthy now that school is out.
Helen C. Peirce School Supports HAS with Bake Sale
On June 9, 2011, HAS CEO Marco Jacome and Youth Treatment Manager Julia Romero visited Edgewater’s Helen C. Peirce School of International Studies to talk about the importance of avoiding drugs and alcohol—and to thank Spanish teacher Maria Roche and her class for their support. Earlier in the year, Ms. Roche’s class completed a research … [Read More…]
Marco Jacome Elected to Faces and Voices of Recovery Board
On June 7, 2011, HAS CEO Marco Jacome was elected to the board of directors of Faces and Voices of Recovery, a national organization founded to give people in recovery a stronger voice in public policy debate. Faces and Voices of Recovery also works to represent the diversity of America’s recovery community. Mr. Jacome, its … [Read More…]
Marco Jacome to Lecture at National Substance Use Disorders Conference
HAS CEO Marco Jacome is scheduled to present a lecture at the Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC)’s upcoming national conference, “Substance Use Disorders: Understanding Prevention and Treatment Interventions with the Hispanic/Latino Family.” Marco’s talk, “Cultural Elements in Treating Hispanic Populations” will take place on Thursday, May 19. Established in 1993 by the Substance Abuse and … [Read More…]
HAS Youth Treatment Program Featured in La Raza
The HAS Youth Treatment Program and its manager, Julia Romero, are profiled in La Raza’s feature article for May 21, 2011. The article, “Jovenes en las Garras del Alcohol” (Youth in Alcohol’s Clutch), is available here.
HAS to Take Part in Community Tobacco Prevention Project
Local organizations to receive more than $2 million for tobacco prevention efforts H.A.S. awarded funds to serve Chicago residents facing behavioral health challenges September 27, 2010 (Chicago) – Healthcare Alternative Systems (H.A.S.) was one of thirty community organizations to be  awarded subcontracts totaling more than $2 million to provide vulnerable communities with smoking cessation resources … [Read More…]
Samantha F., Medication Assisted Treatment
On October 5, 2009, Samantha F. made a decision: she was going to get clean, no matter what it took. “I was in jail,†she remembers. “I was there every day—they were sick of me. And I just had this vision: I saw myself in a dumpster, dead. And I knew that if I didn’t … [Read More…]
Bobby G., Recovery Management
“If it weren’t for HAS,†states Bobby G., “I wouldn’t be here today.†Bobby, now sober for two years, drank for forty and had been in and out of treatment several times, but he came to HAS’s Recovery Management program at a particularly difficult point in his life: “I was alone, I was homeless, and … [Read More…]
Melva Q., Youth Treatment
Melva Q used to think that alcohol use—sometimes heavy alcohol use—was a normal teenage pastime, just another way to have fun. “I was going to parties all the time,†she says. “I thought I was just enjoying life, living it to the fullest.†That changed in 2009 when Melva, then seventeen, was charged with underage … [Read More…]
