Staff Awards & Recognition

• Helen Benn - 2004 FADAA Multicultural Professional of the Year
• Lin Lindsay - 2004 FADAA Treatment Professional of the Year
• Eva Pagan Hill - 2004 National Hispania Leadership Institute’s Regional Mujer Award
• Stacy Seikel - Successfully completed requirements to become an ASAM-certified Addictionologist
• Jina Thalmann - Appointed Florida state representative to the AATOD National Board of Directors
• Bob Turner - 2004 FADAA Leadership Award for service on Executive Board and as Vice President of Minority Affairs
• Dick Jacobs - 2003 Alumni Professional Achievement Award from the University of Central Florida
• Terry Roberts - 2003 Florida Prevention Leadership Award
• Joyce Bruton - 2003 FADAA Treatment Professional of the Year
• Joyce Bruton - 2003 FADAA Multicultural Professional of the Year
• Frank Vande Loo - 2002 Florida Prevention Leadership Award

Program Accomplishments

• In-Jail Methadone Dosing Program - National model presented at the 2004 Conference of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Disorders (AATOD)
• Frances Walker Halfway House - Two program components, Social & Educational Needs and Program Design & Evaluation, designated Best Practices by the Governor’s Office of Organizational Performance Excellence.
• Patient Assistance Program - Provided medication valued at $129,000 for 236 clients
• "Treatment Management Cost & Organizational Management" - Financial study completed in collaboration with Texas Christian University
• Pilot projects for people who are HIV/Hepatitis co-infected, Hepatitis A, B, & C serum testing, and new testing methods for Hepatitis B - Study participation in collaboration with Florida Department of Health and Texas Christian University
• Strengthening Treatment Access & Retention (STAR grant) - National partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
• Surveillance Surveys of Medication Diversion for Street Use - Studies conducted in partnership with Wayne State University, the National Institutes for Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Disorders (AATOD)
• Development Department - Secured new funding averaging $6.8 million for Fiscal Years 2002, 2003, and 2004
• "To Your Health" - Best Practice Award by the Florida Department of Elder Affairs
• Women’s PPWI Program - National Model designation by Federal government
• MRSAT program for juvenile offenders - Deemed Status by DJJ
• Village House^TM - Department of Children & Families "Best Practice" Award
• Alpha Program - 92% success rate for program participants