Community Partners

FTDD for the Caring Workplace Rural Opportunities Initiative

The Addiction Science Center is pleased to partner with the FTDD for the Caring Workplace Rural Opportunities Initiative funded by the United States Department of Labor. Coordinated by the First Tennessee Development District (FTDD), a regional group of community partners is building an ecosystem to support employers and individuals in recovery or justice-involved. By becoming certified Caring Workplaces, businesses can demonstrate to others, their organizations' commitment to helping their current employees and their families with challenges associated with substance use disorder as well as give opportunities to those in recovery or justice involved, who deserve a second chance at employment.

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Workplace prevention program could help combat substance abuse

East Tennessee State University is working with area leaders and businesses to combat and prevent substance abuse through a workplace prevention program.

Angela Hagaman, the director of operations for the ETSU Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Team Awareness, said it is clear northeast Tennessee needs more help combating the opioid epidemic. "We all know that we're having a terrible time with this epidemic in our region and in our state," Hagaman said. "Employers keep coming to their elected officials, talking about the difficulty in having a vaible workforce."

But she believes and evidence-based prevention program called Team Awareness could help change the tide. The program teaches people about stress management and how to talk to and encourage co-workers to get help before potential problems start.

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• ETSU partnering with city & county mayors to help prevent substance abuse

AveNew is a community drug education and prevention coalition in Kingsport, Tennessee striving to create a healthy and safe community free of substance misuse.  Our goals include raising community awareness, increasing access to evidence-based prevention education for young people, reducing stigma surrounding substance use and recovery, and connecting those affected by addiction to available services and resources.  Members of the AveNew coalition are from diverse sectors of the community - business, law enforcement, schools, local government, health, media, parents, youth, and the faith-based community. 

Angela Hagaman, ASC Co-Director, serves as chair of this coalition.

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