A Look Back, A Look Ahead
Discover the progress made in addiction support services over the past year and plans for addressing ongoing challenges in 2025.
OASAS Commissioner Dr. Chinazo Cunningham discusses the efforts reshaping New York's approach to addiction, including the distribution of naloxone and fentanyl test strips and the expansion of mobile outreach units. Find out how increased access to these resources is making a significant impact statewide.
Other efforts include strengthening the addiction workforce through loan repayments and scholarships, support for certified recovery peer advocates and increasing the number of community behavioral health clinics and crisis stabilization centers.
Challenges include decreasing federal COVID relief and opioid settlement funds and the critical role of sustainable funding and public awareness in driving future progress.
The episode concludes by celebrating the positive stories of individuals who have turned their lives around through effective treatment and recovery support.
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We also are working in jails and prisons, and so this is something I'm very proud of. So, we in New York, when people are incarcerated—in every single jail, all 58 of them and all 42 prisons they are offered medication treatment. That's a game changer. That's a group of people who are at very high risk of overdose death, and so that is life-saving treatment.
—OASAS Commissioner Dr. Chinazo Cunningham