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 Office for Addictive
Disorders
Treatment and
Prevention services, regulatory information, general
administrative, federal links, regional information for state
services, this office is a division of DHH, and our state's
Public point of access to treatment and prevention services for
addiction recovery.
Louisiana State
office of Addictive disorders
Facts on Alcohol,
other Drug, use, abuse, addiction, etc.
Governor's
Commission on Addiction
Download the .pdf more information on Louisiana Publicly Funded OAD
services and needs |
About Louisiana OAD:
The Louisiana Office for Addictive Disorders is the state
agency responsible for meeting the needs of Louisiana related to
substance abuse and addiction.
Who they are: The state
agency charged with providing prevention, treatment, and
recovery support in Louisiana.
The office is directed by Michael Duffy
his office (OAD) is run under the
Department of Health and Hospitals for the State of Louisiana.
There
are also "regional" human service districts, these districts
operate autonomously from the state office of Addictive
Disorders they have their own budgets, directors, and service
offerings, the idea in creating these local "human service
districts" would be bringing control of a communities services
into the areas they actually serve. Not all areas of
Louisiana have these districts but as each year passes more of
these districts are being created legislatively.
What they do:
OAD is responsible for supporting
a statewide response to prevention, treatment, and recovery
support, in some areas they directly fund and manage those
services, in other areas, the regional "human service" authority
created by the legislature is actually managing services, while
OAD simply passes funds on for those regions of the state.
What role does this agency take in Public Health:
Separate agencies operate with
the function of public health as it appears to those in the
community, there does appear to be a push to have the outreach
and education related to addiction move toward a statewide
outreach effort that would involve more public health officials.
Annual Budget:
Number Treated Last year:
Waiting List? Waiting lists
for impatient alcohol/drug treatment are the norm. On
average 1200 people are on waiting lists for the
state/government funded impatient treatment programs. Many
people report being placed in out patient treatment because no
impatient treatment was available or the waiting lists were too
long.
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