On behalf of PCSS-MAT and our Partner Organizations, we are pleased to announce the following PCSSMAT Year 2 Steering Committee Mini Grant awardees:
- Coalition on Physician Education in Substance Use Disorders (COPE) has been awarded a PCSS-MAT Steering Committee Mini Grant for their proposal entitled, “Expanding Awareness and Use of PCSS-MAT in Medical Schools.” These funds will be used to expand awareness of PCSS-MAT among medical school faculty and administrators and create teaching aids that will facilitate use of PCSS-MAT resources in educating medical students about MAT.
- National Council for Behavioral Health (NCBH) has been awarded a PCSS-MAT Steering Committee Mini Grant for their proposal entitled, “Safe & Effective Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment: Tools for Providers” & “Linking MAT and Mental Health: Tools for Providers” Lunch and Learns. These funds will be used to support conference registration, direct labor and travel for two clinical experts promoting PCSS-MAT at two Lunch and Learn presentation at the NCBH annual conference April 20-22, 2015 in Florida.