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Thank you to everyone who helped make the 8th annual Zoe's Race a huge success! Special thanks to our top fundraiser Beth Peloquin. Kudos to our top male and female runners Brendan Hogan and Elzy Wick. View the full 5K results here.

Runners take off at the start of the 1K Race at the annual Zoe's Race.

Save the Date: January 25, 2017 Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center South Burlington, VT 

Howard Center will launch its fall Community Education Series on Thursday, September 8, with a panel forum on opiate use and treatment. The presenters for this session include Bob Bick, CEO, Howard Center; Brandon del Pozo, Chief of Police, BPD, Patti Fisher, MD, UVM Medical Center; and Barbara Rachelson, Executive Director, LUND. The talk is from 6:00-7:30 p.m.at Dealer.com at 1 Howard Street, Burlington (at the corner of Pine and Howard). 

Other topics in the fall series include: October 13 Suicide Risk and Prevention: What You Need to Know November 10 Slow Psychiatry: Rethinking the Role of Psychiatric Drugs

In addition, on September 18, Howard Center will also support a day-long event, "Symposium on Psychiatry in the Third Reich," sponsored by the University of Vermont Miller Center for Holocaust Studies.

On June 27, gubernatorial candidates Matt Dunne, Peter Galbraith, Bruce Lisman, Sue Minter, and Phil Scott took part in a forum focused on “Community Health and Support Services.”  The event was moderated by Peter Mallary, Vice President of Government Relations and Community Outreach for The Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery and was broadcast by Vermont PBS.

The forum was presented by Vermont Care Partners, the Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery, the VNAs of Vermont, the Vermont Association of Area Agencies on Aging, and the Community of Vermont Elders.

Charlotte McCorkel, Director of Crisis Integration was  interviewed by WPTZ  at a recent symposium on  suicide prevention at the University of Vermont. McCorkel says, "We want to send a message that help is available for people who are struggling and there is hope for people in any kind of crisis."

In 2014, the Centers for Disease Control data shows Vermont ranked 7th among the states, with one of the highest suicide rates in the nation.

Click here to view the full interview.

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Primary Focus of the Provider

• Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

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Type of Care

• Substance abuse treatment
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone)
• Accepts clients on opioid medication

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Facility Type

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Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive/behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavioral therapy
• Substance abuse counseling approach
• Trauma-related counseling

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Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

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Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

• Outpatient
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment

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Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

• Private organization
• State substance abuse agency
• State mental health department
• State department of health

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Payment/Insurance Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

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Emergency Mental Health Services

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Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

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Language Services

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing

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Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Seniors or older adults

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Ancillary Services

• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Individual counseling offered
• Group counseling offered
• Family counseling offered
• Brief intervention approach
• Contingency management/motivational incentive
• Motivational interviewing
• Anger management
• Relapse prevention

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Age Groups Accepted

• Young adults
• Adults

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Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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Exclusive Services

• DUI/DWI clients

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