Families of Addiction Consulting for Effective Serices (FACES)

FACES members advocate on the local, state and national level, bringing awareness to the need for accessible and effective services for Vermont families. Your voices need to be heard! Get involved now!

Here you will find articles on topics we have found to be helpful when families have experienced substance abuse and mental health issues. Go there now!

Visit our links section and find other online resources that may be of use to you. Go there now!

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Aug. 26 - Wit's End Support Group in Burlington, Vermont Sep. 1 - Clergy Training: Understanding the Impact of Addiction and Supporting Recovery Sep. 2 - Kingdom Recovery Center's Recovery Walk & Candlelight Vigil See the full list!

COMMENT ON THE CLASSIFICATION, DEFINITION, MARKETING, SALE, AND TAXATION OF FLAVORED MALT BEVERAGES AND ALCOHOL ENERGY D TIME TO ACT!! How to Tell if Your Teen is Using and Taking Action to Intervene- From the Partnership for a Drug Free Ame FACES Project is now VT FACES NETWORK See the full list!

Welcome to FACES

Who We Are

Families of Addiction Consulting for Effective Services (FACES) is a dedicated group of Vermont parents and family members whose lives have been touched by their children's substance use and/or mental health issues.

The FACES Project is designed to get parents and teens involved in helping shape teen substance use and mental health services across Vermont. The State of Vermont has received federal funding to redefine our adolescent treatment system and we need the family-voice in order to achieve this.

Our Goals

There needs to be an increase in adolescents' and families' ability to get quality substance use and mental health treatment in Vermont.

The treatment referral process should become more sensitive to adolescents' and families' needs and concerns.

The treatment providers' assessment process should give adolescents and families a clear picture of how to begin to address their needs and concerns.

We want treatments that are proven to work are brought to Vermont to give adolescents and families the best possible service without having to go somewhere else.

We need improved communication between adolescents, families, treatment providers, and other community resources to ensure complete therapeutic care.

FACES is an initiative that is funded by a grant from the Vermont Dept of Health and administrated by Friends of Recovery-VT 1-800-769-2798.

Alerts

FACES Poster

"Worried about your child using alcohol, tobacco and/or other drugs?"

This poster was designed by the FACES Family Advisory Board, working in conjunction with RavenMark Communications and Design and Friends of Recovery-VT (Montpelier, VT).

To receive a hard copy to post in your local school, physicians office, police station etc, please contact us.

You can also get a PDF file of the poster by clicking here!

Household Survey on Youth Substance Use

Complete the survey by clicking here!

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