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State Agencies / Initiatives
Studies & Reports
Educational Resources
Government Agencies

State Agencies / Initiatives

Siouxland CARES
Siouxland CARES (Community-wide Awareness, Resources, Education and Support) About Substance Abuse is a community coalition comprised of almost 300 volunteers whose mission is to improve the quality of life in Siouxland by eliminating the abuse of alcohol and other drugs and related violence.

1-800 Bets Off
Do you think you—or someone you know might have a gambling problem? How can you tell? Do you recognize the "warning" signs? Gambling is an addiction. It's treatable. You can get help even if you're not the one with the problem.

Iowa Plan for Behavioral Health
1-800-317-3738
Helps individuals with limited funds or no insurance obtain treatment for substance abuse and mental health.

Iowa COMPASS
Information and referral for Iowans with disabilities and their families.

State of Iowa Home Page

Iowa General Assembly
Information and referral for Iowans with disabilities and their families.

Iowa Dept. of Public Health (IDPH)
Promoting and protecting the health of Iowans.

Governor Culver's Web page
Read current or archived news, legislation and more, from the Governor's office.

Governor's Office of Drug Control Policy
"To reduce substance abuse, crime and violence through the development, promotion and implementation of comprehensive and coordinated state strategies and policies." Grant information, PDFI, SAFE.

Face it Together (FIT)
Face It Together is a not for profit organization whose mission is to provide information, education, and encouragement to Iowans fighting the problem of drug use in order to build healthy kids, healthy families, healthy communities, and a healthy future for Iowa.

Iowa Mentoring Partnership
The Iowa Mentoring Partnership (IMP) creates a statewide network that will allow mentoring programs and providers within Iowa to become aware of each other's programs and strengths. IMP serves as an advocate of and resource for mentoring programs across the State.

Iowa Board of Substance Abuse Certification
IBSAC exists to enhance the quality of substance abuse services in Iowa by certifying alcohol and drug counselors, assessment specialists, and prevention specialists. Contact IBSAC for Iowa certification requirements.

RecoveryIowa.org
RecoveryIowa.org seeks to organize a grassroots effort to reduce the stigma attached to those in recovery from substance abuse addiction, and asks Iowans to sign up and stand up for recovery.

Iowa Community Empowerment
Designed to create a partnership between communities and government, and improve the well-being of families with young children.

Studies & Reports

Iowa and national Studies on Substance Abuse Topics

Iowa Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a telephone survey of adults 18 years or older of self-reported health behaviors including tobacco use and gambling habits. The survey is designed to identify and monitor risk factors for chronic diseases and other leading causes of death.

State of Iowa Profile
From the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Statistical profile of Iowa, overview of drug use statistics and drug prevention efforts in the state of Iowa, and links to Iowa resources.

Iowa Family and Community Information Tracking System (FACITS)
FACITS provides a variety of detailed data on factors that influence the health and well-being of individuals and communities in Iowa. Data are available for the State and each of Iowa's 99 counties. These indicators include measures on vital statistics, demographics, physical and mental health, socioeconomics, crime, life style and measures specific to your development. FACITS will include data for multiple calendar years, beginning with 1999.

Iowa's Drug Control Strategy, pdf format, 102 pgs.
Comprehensive plan including prevention, treatment and enforcement issues.

Healthy Iowans 2010
Advancing the boundaries of healthy living and the quality of life in the new decade.

Iowa Youth Survey Report, pdf format
In 1999, 2002 and 2005, 6th, 8th, and 11th grade students across Iowa answered questions about their attitudes and experiences regarding substance abuse and violence, and their perceptions of their peer, family, school, and neighborhood environments. Survey reports list responses to survey questions, providing total percentages and breakdowns by grade and gender. Reports are available in the following categories for 1999: State of Iowa, Counties, Judicial Districts, DECAT Regions, Department of Human Services Regions, and the Department of Public Health's Substance Abuse Treatment and Substance Abuse Prevention Planning Regions. Report helps identify youth development-related needs.

Center for Social and Behavioral Research (University of Northern Iowa)
Reports on Gambling, tobacco and service needs for Iowans

Substance Abuse in Rural Iowa
Summary of a study done by ISU extension.

Educational Resources

Training Resources
The purpose of Training Resources, a service of Iowa Substance Abuse Program Directors' Association, is to provide quality training at a reasonable cost for substance abuse and other helping professionals.

Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation and Student Development, College of Education, U of I
The mission of the Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation and Student Development is to generate and disseminate knowledge, develop skills, and promote attitudes about effective professional practices that foster human development across the life span.

Prairielands Addiction Technology Transfer Center
PATTC is part of a nationwide network of thirteen regional Centers in the US that provides valuable resources in the field of substance abuse education in order to increase the knowledge and skills of addiction treatment practitioners and professionals.
Substance Abuse Web Portal from IPIC

The Iowa Practice Improvement Collaborative's (IPIC's), new site offers valuable resources to practitioners in the field. The web portal provides linkages to Iowa Substance Abuse Data (adult and adolescent), professional site links for prevention, treatment, and education, support and advocacy, federal agency links, and training modules for Program Evaluation, Professional Web Searching, and Writing Grant Proposals.

Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation
The Consortium coordinates research and knowledge transfer among researchers, assists professionals in the field, and informs public policy makers in the area of substance abuse. News; project descriptions; links.

Government Agencies

FIRST GOV
"Your first click to the U.S. Government." Provides comprehensive search capability of federal Web sites and documents.

RADAR: Regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resource Network
The RADAR Network is sponsored by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention's (CSAP's) information component, the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI). Working together, these organizations provide a wealth of information to keep those in the substance abuse prevention field informed about the latest regulations, alcohol and drug use, scientific findings, campaigns and materials, and other resources. ISAIC is the RADAR state center for Iowa.

SAMHSA: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.

CMHS: Center for Mental Health Services
CMHS leads Federal efforts to treat mental illnesses by promoting mental health and by preventing the development or worsening of mental illness when possible.

CSAT: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
The SAMHSA center that has programs designed to improve treatment services and make them more available to those in need.

CSAP: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
The SAMHSA center whose mission is to provide national leadership in the Federal effort to prevent alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug problems. CSAP participates in the development of new knowledge about prevention, disseminates it in a user friendly manner, and encourages its application in settings where it is likely to prevent or reduce substance abuse.

OAS: Office of Applied Studies
The OAS is the SAMHSA office that gathers analyzes, and disseminates substance-abuse data. Links to OAS studies.

NATTC: National Addiction Technology Transfer Center
A nationwide, multi-disciplinary resource that draws upon the knowledge, experience and latest work of recognized experts in the field of addictions.

NCADI: National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
NCADI is the world's largest resource for current information and materials concerning substance abuse.

NCHS: National Center for Health Statistics
NCHS, a part of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), is the Federal Government's principal health statistics agency, and provides a variety of health data.

NIAAA: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
The NIAAA, a research institute of the National Institutes of Health, supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. NIAAA also provides leadership in the national effort to reduce the severe and often fatal consequences of these problems.

NIDA: National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDA is working to ensure the rapid and effective transfer of scientific data to policy makers, drug abuse practitioners, other health care practitioners and the general public.

ONDCP: Office of National Drug Control Policy
The ONDPC works to promote the implementation of drug control policies and programs at the State and local level of government.

NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Data on crime and drugs, prisoner statistics, victims, law enforcement, juvenile justice, and crime prevention. National Trends in Drug Abuse.

DEA: Drug Enforcement Administration
Statistics, drugs of concern, traffickers, publications.

CDC: Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications, data and statistics, and general health information.

NHTSA: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Information on vehicles and equipment, crash fatality data, economic cost of motor vehicle crashes, and national prevention campaigns. See Impaired Driving page, and cost of impaired driving in Iowa.