Ready to Tackle Tobacco:
PDP’s Regional Technical Assistance and Training Centers
In conjunction with the launch of the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services’ (OASAS) Regulation Part 856—which effectively creates tobacco-free services in New York’s chemical dependency programs—Rockefeller College’s Professional Development Program, University at Albany, announced that its new Regional Technical Assistance and Training Centers (RTATCs) are ready to tackle tobacco.
“We’re essentially creating a network of support for the recovery community,” said PDP’s Executive Director Eugene J. Monaco. “We will provide classroom training, technical assistance, e-learning, and experts in tobacco to help this OASAS initiative succeed. And most importantly, we have skilled and willing partners all over the state to also help us.”
The RTATCs are Depaul’s National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence—Rochester Area, BRiDGES in Canastota, the Center for Addiction Prevention and Education (CAPE) Dutchess County in Poughkeepsie, Cicatelli Associates in New York City, and Outreach Training Institute, Queens. The Professional Development Program serves as the RTATC for the Northeast region, in addition to providing project management and oversight for all the regional centers.
On July 24, 2008, the regulation took effect, and OASAS Commissioner Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo said, “Today, more than 1550 prevention and treatment programs begin the road to tobacco freedom. With the help of the Department of Health and PDP, individuals served within our addiction services will reduce their risk of relapse, improve their health and enhance their long-term recovery. This collaboration with DOH and PDP is going to make a tremendous difference in the lives of the 110,000 individuals in our system on any given day.”
Regional Technical Assistance and Training Centers
CONTACT INFORMATION
Central RTATC
BRIDGES / Madison County Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Canastota, NY 13032
Audrey Benenati, Program Manager
Audrey@TobaccoFreeMC.org
315-663-8711
315-697-3947
Mid-Hudson Valley RTATC
Council on Addiction Prevention and Education of Dutchess County Inc.
80 Washington St.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Shannon Lecomte, Project Coordinator
SLecomte@capeDC.org
845-471-0194, Ext. 117
NYC Region 1 RTATC (Manhattan and Brooklyn)
Cicatelli Associates
505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1600
New York, NY 10018
Caroline Waterman, Director of Addiction Training and Technical Assistance
CWaterman@cicatelli.org
212-594-7741
NYC Region 2 RTATC (Bronx, Queens, Long Island, State Island)
Outreach Training Institute
117-11 Myrtle Avenue
Richmond Hill, NY 11418
Joan Lohnes, Coordinator of Tobacco Training
joanlohnes@opiny.org
718-847-9233 Ext.117
Northeast RTATC
Professional Development Program
Rockefeller College, University at Albany
1400 Washington Ave, UAB, 318
Albany, NY 12222
Lisa Howard, Senior Education Specialist
LHoward@pdp.albany.edu
518-956-7825
Finger Lakes and Western NY RTATC
DePaul's National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc-Rochester Area
1931 Buffalo Road
Rochester, NY 14624
Jennifer Faringer, Director
JFaringer@Depaul.org
585-719-3480
Fran Bax, RTATC Coordinator
FBax@Depaul.org
585-719-3487
