The document outlines plans to develop the Guilford County Substance Abuse System of Excellence (G-SASE) through collaboration between community partners. The goals are to design an integrated prevention, intervention, and treatment system based on evidence-based practices. A key part of G-SASE is the Guilford Academy for Substance Abuse Recovery, which will train community members to help identify and refer those struggling with addiction to appropriate services and resources. The expected outcomes are to raise awareness, mobilize the community, increase access to treatment, and improve overall outcomes and impact.

1. Guilford County Substance Abuse System of Excellence A Collaboration Of The Guilford Community The Guilford Center The North Carolina Evidence Based Practices Center The Greensboro Area Health Education Center Duke University

5. “ Ideals are like stars… You choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.” Carl Schorz, 1859

6. Guilford County Substance Abuse System of Excellence Community Partners The Guilford Center N.C. Evidence Based Practices Center Greensboro Area Health Education Center Duke University

17. A Cornerstone of The Guilford Substance Abuse System of Excellence The Guilford Academy for Substance Abuse Recovery Sponsored by the Duke Endowment Through the North Carolina Evidence Based Practices Center in partnership with The Greensboro Area Health Education Center

28. “ The world is not in need of a new religion, nor is the world in need of a new philosophy: What the world needs is healing and regeneration. The world needs people who are so filled with spirit that they can be instruments through which healings can take place, because healing is important to everybody.” - Joel S. Goldsmith, The Art of Spiritual Healing