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New York State Office
of Alcohol and
Substance Abuse Services |
MISSION To improve the lives of New Yorkers by ensuring quality prevention and treatment services for chemical dependence and compulsive gambling, and promoting recovery from addiction.
VISION
A future where New York State is alcohol safe and free from chemical dependence and compulsive gambling.
OVERVIEW
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Oversees the nation’s largest and most diverse addiction prevention and treatment system |
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Provides accessible, cost-effective quality services |
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Strengthens communities, schools and families through prevention |
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Improves lives through treatment |
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Meets individual needs through specialized services |
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Fosters partnerships for improved services |
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Links programs with research to improve results |
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Plans for the future to improve and strengthen prevention and treatment |
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Promotes a productive, well-trained workforce |
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Provides hope for happier, productive lives |
OASAS plans, develops and regulates the state’s system of chemical dependence and gambling treatment agencies. This includes the direct operation of 13 Addiction Treatment Centers, which provide inpatient rehabilitation services to 9,000 persons per year. In addition, the Office licenses, funds, and supervises some 1,300 local, community-based programs, chemical dependence treatment programs, which serve about 115,000 persons on any given day in a wide range of comprehensive services. The agency inspects and monitors these programs to guarantee quality of care and to ensure compliance with state and national standards.
The Office also monitors gambling and substance use and abuse trends in the state; provides a comprehensive education and prevention program through some 1,500 programs based in schools and communities; promotes public awareness and citizen involvement through community action groups; pursues state, federal and private sources of funding for services; establishes linkages of services for clients in other human service agencies and criminal justice system; provides education and training for persons dealing with clients; and administers the credentialing of alcoholism and substance abuse counselors as well as prevention practitioners and prevention specialists.
OASAS is the designated single state agency responsible for the coordination of state-federal relations in the area of addiction services.
For more information on OASAS, please visit: http://www.oasas.state.ny.us
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