5087.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

Substance Abuse and TANF: Welfare and Work

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: See individual abstracts.
Moderator(s):Richard W. Wilson, DHSc, MPH
12:30 PMTANF: An opportunity for states to improve substance abuse services?
Julia Gittleman, Gwen Rubinstein
12:48 PMChallenges to employability: Substance use among the NC TANF population
Jennifer Kasten, MSW, Larry Crum, PhD, Willem Koetse, Carol Council, MPH, Wendee Wechsberg, PhD
1:06 PMEmployment and welfare outcomes of drug treatment participants in Florida
Lisa R. Metsch, PhD, Margaret Pereyra, MPH, Christine C. Miles, MA, Clyde B. McCoy, PhD, Brad Wohler-Torres, MS
1:24 PMEvaluation of a National Initiative for Women on Welfare with Substance Abuse Problems: The CASAWORKS for Families Program
Marjorie A. Gutman, PhD, A.T. McLellan, PhD, Robert D. Ketterlinus, PhD, Diana Woolis, EdD, Julianna Meadows, MA, Mary Randall, BA, Gregory Bovasso, PhD, James McKay, PhD
1:42 PMOutcomes of a public health model approach to assisting women on TANF with substance abuse problems
Jon Morgenstern, PhD, Annette Riordan, PhD, Barbara McCrady, PhD, Katharine McVeigh, PhD, Kimberly Blanchard, PhD, Thomas Irwin, PhD
Sponsor:Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Cosponsors:Occupational Health and Safety; Social Work; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA