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Fall Newsletter

Meta House Leader Selected for National Advisory Panel

Meta House Executive Director, Dr. Francine Feinberg, has been invited by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to work with a team of national experts to advise the administration about the future of substance abuse and mental health treatment in women and girls.

The panel, which will convene from January through July, 2009 is comprised of experts in the mental health, substance abuse and prevention fields. They are charged with identifying key skills needed to provide effective mental health and substance abuse services that uniquely affect women and girls. The information gleaned from the panel will be used to inform policy makers, program developers, institutions of higher education and credentialing agencies.

SAMHSA is an arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that supports recovery services and treatment for people with or at risk of mental health and substance abuse disorders.

Dr. Feinberg is an expert in the gender-responsive substance abuse treatment field for women. She has led Meta House, an internationally-recognized family treatment center, for more than 25 years. Dr. Feinberg is consulted extensively about the social, environmental, political, and economic contexts of women’s lives and how these external factors intersect with psychological, biological, and chemical factors in the development of and recovery from substance abuse and dependence in women.

Meta House recognized for helping employees strike balance

Meta House, Inc. has been awarded the 2008 Family-Friendly Employer Award by Metroparent Magazine. Each year, Metroparent Magazine names companies in southeastern Wisconsin as family friendly places to work. The Family-Friendly Award is given to companies or organizations that allow their employees to create a better balance between personal and professional life. Meta House will be featured in the September 2008 issue of Metroparent Magazine, and the publication’s website, MilwaukeeMoms.com.

Spring Newsletter

Meta House Leader Responds to State’s Rank in National DUI Survey

In a recent editorial published in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Meta House Executive Director, Dr. Francine Feinberg, responded to survey results that list Wisconsin as having the most people who admitted to driving while under the influence of alcohol. Dr. Feinberg highlighted Wisconsin’s long and challenging relationship with alcohol abuse and the state’s alarming rate of child-bearing age women who binge drink, including 32 percent who admitted to drinking while pregnant.

Wisconsin’s problem, Dr. Feinberg wrote, “will need to be addressed on cultural, political, and practical levels, including the treatment of substance abuse. Alcohol and drug treatment has been clearly shown to be effective, yet Wisconsin fails on this account as well, with the highest rate of people actually in need of treatment for substance abuse who are not receiving it.”

Dr. Feinberg is an expert in substance abuse treatment and has served on local, state and federal task force and committees to address the issue of substance abuse treatment in Wisconsin. Read the full article.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Profiles Meta House Success Story

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently featured Meta House graduate Pam in its Faces of Hope section. Pam is a 2005 graduate of Meta House. A mother of four, she is currently an area manager for a small cleaning service. Her story is available in print and online. The newspaper also produced an online video chronicling Pam’s road to recovery. The online video features footage of Meta House's Residential Treatment Facilities.
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Video wins 2007 Telly Award

The 2007 A Day for Meta House video was recently recognized by the Telly Awards, the premier distinction for outstanding local and regional cable and video/film productions.

The six-minute video, created by Life Productions, Inc., chronicles the journey to recovery for three Meta House graduates and clients. It was first introduced to nearly 650 people during Meta House’s annual fundraising event in November. Life Productions submitted several entries for the 29th Annual Telly Awards, which honored the Meta House video for its excellence in Film/Video Non-Broadcast Production—Charitable/Not-for-profit.

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