Title: Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network

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Section/SPIG: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funds the Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network to identify and advance opportunities for improving addiction treatment. The network's vision is to unify science, education and services to transform the lives of individuals and families affected by alcohol and other drug addiction.

The network undertakes a broad range of initiatives that respond to emerging needs and issues in the treatment field. The network focuses on upgrading the skills of existing practitioners and other health professionals and disseminating the latest science to the treatment community. ATTC creates a multitude of products and services that are timely and relevant to the many disciplines represented by the addiction treatment workforce.

Serving the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Pacific Islands, the ATTC Network operates as 14 individual regional centers and a national office. At the regional level, individual centers focus primarily on meeting the unique needs in their areas while also supporting national initiatives. The national office leads the network in implementing national initiatives and concurrently supports and promotes individual regional efforts. For more information and to subscribe to their electronic newsletter, Eye on the Field, visit the ATTC Web site at: <www.nattc.org/>.