Save Lives. Build Communities.
Our Mission
Prescription for Progress is a coalition of leaders in healthcare, media, law enforcement, education, and business committed to raising awareness and taking positive steps to address the opioid crisis. Drawing support from across the Capital Region, we’re working to change how addiction is understood, treated, and ultimately prevented.
Our mission is simple: Save lives; build communities.
Our Objectives
In 2018, Prescription for Progress stakeholders met and identified
five priority areas to focus on in the Capital Region.
In smaller groups, we have been exploring solutions to:
- Build workforce and resource capacity for treatment and service providers
- Expand medical provider/pharmacy training and education
- Increase capability for sharing data on overdoses and drug-related deaths
- Expand evidence-based substance abuse education
- Reduce and stop the flow of harmful, illegal substances into the community
The Coalition
Our strength comes from many. Opioid abuse affects us all, and we can all be
part of the solution. These organizations are part of Prescription for Progress.
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- Albany County
- Albany County District Attorney’s Office
- Albany County Sheriff’s Department
- Albany Medical Center
- Catholic Charities Care Coordination Services
- CDPHP
- City School District of Albany
- Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region
- CTG UAlbany
- Equinox, Inc.
- Healthy Capital District Initiative
- Hope House, Inc.
- Marra’s Pharmacy
- Martin Group Marketing
- MedWise-CME
- MVP Health Care
- New York Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers
- Passport for Good
- Rensselaer County
- Friends of Recovery New York
- Saratoga Hospital
- School of Public Health, University at Albany
- Siena College
- Siena College Research Institute
- St. Peter’s Addiction Recovery Centers (SPARC)
- St. Peter’s Health Partners
- The College of Saint Rose
- Third District Dental Society of New York
- Times Union
- University at Albany
- Whitney M. Young, Jr. Health Center
- WNYT NewsChannel 13 and WNYA-My4
