By: Mat Roosa, LCSW-R “How can we improve our workforce?” In a human service environment filled with open positions, understaffed programs a low rates of worker retention this seems like a perfectly reasonable question. As NIATx has continued to explore new places, we have turned our attention to trying to support the workforce challenges of […]
Read MoreBy Greg Grisolano, for the ATTC Network Technology transfer is in our name, but do you really know what it is? Even though the Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network has been a leading expert in the field of substance use disorders since 1993, we realize there are still some folks who don’t know who […]
Read MoreBy Erin Ficker, Prevention Manager, Great Lakes PTTC, and Maureen Fitzgerald, Communications Manager Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, PTTC Erin Ficker, CPRS, MPAff, has over 18 years of experience in substance use prevention, helping communities adopt evidence-based strategies and data-driven processes for prevention planning and execution. Since 2019, Erin has teamed up with NIATx coach Scott Gatzke to […]
Read More By Kris Kelly, PR COE and Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, PTTC Project Manager, and Maureen Fitzgerald, Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC Communications Manager For recovery advocate Kris Kelly, the NIATx model helps tackle a long-standing question: “How can we support grassroots recovery organizations that are typically underfunded, under resourced, but continuously over-delivering?” Kris joined the team […]
Read More Compiled by ATTC/NIATx staff and directors This month marks a decade of partnership and collaboration between the ATTC Network and NIATx on our shared blog. In that time, we’ve published more than 300 articles, including multiple series, from the pearls of wisdom we’ve learned over the years, to all the many new places you can […]
Read MoreBy: Jessica Vechinski, MSW, Client-Based Researcher & Project Manager, Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN),Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies, UW–Madison, and Kristina Spannbauer, MA, Communications Specialist, Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, PTTC Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies, UW–Madison Coaching is a favored strategy for the implementation of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), yet research has not adequately […]
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