California

FASD State Coordinator

Madeline Journey-Lynn, MEd
Analyst
Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
Office of Women and Perinatal Services
1700 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95811-4037
916-327-2165
916-324-4886 Fax
mjourneylynn@adp.ca.gov

FASD State Task Force

State Interagency Team Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Work Group (SIT FASD Work Group) CA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Task Force; Madeline Journey-Lynn, mjourneylynn@adp.ca.gov (916) 327-2165

FASD State Web site

http://www.adp.ca.gov/women/index.shtm

FASD State Resources

California Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Task Force
http://www.cafasdtaskforce.org/
Western Regional Training Center for FASDs
Semel Institute
760 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles CA 90095
http://www.semel.ucla.edu/fas
California Association of Family Empowerment Centers
http://cafec.org/
The Arc of California
1225 8th Street, Suite 350
Sacramento, CA 95815
Executive Director: Tony Anderson
President: Mr. Dwight W. Stratton
Phone: (916) 552-6619
tanderson@arccalifornia.org
http://www.arccalifornia.org

Legislative Information:

Bill Number	Category	Introduced	Description	Status
AB 2129	Treatment	2008	This bill would require the department, in collaboration with the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, no later than January 1, 2010, to develop, coordinate, and oversee the implementation of a model program for the universal screening, assessment, referral, and treatment of pregnant women and women of childbearing age who are suffering from drug and alcohol abuse. The bill would also require the State Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, to identify, and provide assistance to, counties in the state that may elect to participate in the program, and to facilitate the implementation of model strategies for the screening and treatment of substance abuse problems in women of childbearing age in those counties.	In Committee on Appropriations as of 05/22/2008
AB 962	Treatment	2007	Section 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:… (2) The need for speech-language pathology services is increasing with…increasing numbers of babies with fetal alcohol syndrome,… (b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to explore the development of additional community college speech-language pathology assistant training programs, and to require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to distribute information to school districts and county offices of education to encourage the appropriate utilization of licensed speech-language pathology assistants under the supervision of qualified professionals.	Chaptered by Secretary of State on 10/14/2007