Skip to main content
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Center for Excellence
 
FAQs

What costs are associated with FASDs?

Initiatives

New Zealand

  • The first International FASD Awareness Day was held in Auckland on September 9, 1999, at 9:09am.

  • The Fetal Alcohol Network New Zealand (FANNZ) will be holding a breakfast event on September 9, 2008.

  • A recent study of the experiences of birth mothers in New Zealand found that providers across all systems of care need to be educated about FASD, in order for individuals with an FASD to "live full and meaningful lives and have the quality of like they deserve" (Salmon 2008).




Back to International FASD Awareness Day

Home | Contact Us | Disclaimer | Using our Site | SAMHSA Privacy Policy | Site Map | USA.gov | Accessibility

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Substance Abuse Prevention - www.samhsa.gov Iron Man Logo: U.S. Dapartment of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a life in the community for everyone

Last Updated: 8/28/2008

 
Printer Friendly
1-866-STOPFAS
(786-7327)
SAMHSA is an Agency
of the U.S. Department
of Health & Human Services
Select here for a toll-free phone number or e-mail address that you can use to submit a question to an Information Specialist at the FASD Center for Excellence.

Press Room
 
What's New

Updated CDC FASD Site (10/15/09)

FASD Legislation By State (May 2009) (11/15/09) PDF icon

Funding Opportunity: Case Ascertainment to Estimate the U.S. Prevalence of FASD in Young Children (10/30/09)

SAMHSA Financing Center of Excellence (Funding Web site) (9/15/09)

Cause and Effect: FAS is preventable, incurable, and surprisingly common. (9/15/09)