Amid the ravages brought on by the opioid epidemic, the state hopes to help fill shortages in the addiction workforce with more than $2 million in scholarships to train people in the field, officials ...

The state is spending $3 million in an effort to recruit and retain more substance abuse counselors amid a surge in drug abuse and overdoses that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. Counselors have ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale is fully funding training for certified alcohol and drug counselors as part of a new state program to alleviate the shortage of professionals ...

CARBONDALE — Southern Illinois University Carbondale is training certified alcohol and drug counselors and fully funding their instruction, as part of a new state program to alleviate the shortage of ...

Alma Avila, Addiction and Recovery Counseling certificate program director, poses outside her orientation classroom on Aug. 20, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely. Mayor Daniel Lurie said in April that ...

Lake Land College will now be offering a new Substance Abuse Counseling concentration for their Human Services Program.

SPRINGFIELD – The frontline workforce addressing substance abuse disorder in Massachusetts clinics and centers is mostly white, predominantly female and heavily on workers nearing retirement. A new ...

In the year and a half since its launch, 988 — the country’s easy-to-remember, three-digit suicide and crisis hotline — has received about 8.1 million calls, texts, and chats. While much attention has ...