Whenever budgets become tight, funding for women-specific programs begins to dwindle. Such has always been the case for drug addiction treatment. For years, many, including the federal government, believed that gender distinct treatment could be more effective, but little funding was allocated to research its effectiveness.
As healthcare reform is implemented, great challenges lie ahead to ensure the inclusion of a meaningful addiction treatment benefit. Is an addiction treatment benefit that is designed specifically for women still relevant? How could it be most effectively designed? It is time to revisit this issue so healthcare reform changes can result in the best possible care for women and their families.
Join us as Lorene Lake, executive director of Chrysalis House, Inc., speaks on behalf of the Maryland Women’s Treatment Coalition. She will discuss the need for treatment designed especially for women.
The Women’s Treatment Coalition was created in 1995 as an advocacy organization for the State of Maryland to promote the creation of more gender-specific substance abuse treatment programs for women, pregnant women, and their infants and young children.
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