Army Substance Abuse Program

Our Mission: Provide premiere Army Substance Abuse Program services to improve the well-being and readiness of Soldiers, Family members and the community.

Our Vision: To be the model substance abuse program in the Department of Defense through innovative programming and creative outreach initiatives.

Military Personnel, DOD Civilians and Retirees.

Contact us at 719-526-2727 or by email at usarmy.carson.imcom-central.mbx.dhr-asap@mail.mil.

Drug Testing

 

Drug Testing

Collection Point Fort Carson CO, our responsibilities are to train Commander’s selected NCO’s to become Unit Deterrence Leaders (UDL) so that they can effectively conduct substance abuse prevention activities in their Units. Each Unit is required to have a Certified Primary and an Alternate Unit Deterrence Leader (UDL), certification is good for 24 months and it’s a requirement to maintain their certification in order to collect samples.

Collection Point is also responsible for the collection and performance of quality assurance of each specimen that arrives at our office, Quality Assurance is performed to maintain the integrity of each specimen collected, make sure the proper Testing Code was used for a particular test, and that Chain of Custody is maintained at all times in accordance with AR 600-85.

Unit Deterrence Leader

 

Unit Deterrence Leader

Unit Deterrence Leader (UDL) Certification – A 24-hour course designated to certify newly appointed UDLs.

Completed/signed UDL packets must be submitted to ASAP NLT one week prior to the class start date. Walk-ins on the first day of the course will not be accepted, even with a completed packet. UDL packets that are incomplete will be returned to the unit and the UDL nominee will not be scheduled for the class until a complete packet is turned in.

UDL Re-Certification – UDL certifications are good for 24 months and UDLs must re-certify within 60 days or will be required to retake the full certification course. UDLs may call 719-526-8407 or 719-526-3395 at any time to schedule their recertification exam. The UDL must bring a new set of appointment orders, and their current UDL card. Any UDL who is a new arrival to Fort Carson must recertify here before conducting any testing. That UDL must bring an entire packet as well as proof of certification from the previous post (the certificate and UDL card).

UDLs returning from deployment, whose certification expired during deployment and the expiration date exceeds 60 days will be required to repeat the 24 hours certification course. Otherwise, they may recertify as indicated above.

UDL Deployment Shipping – Designated to provide UDLs information on deployment testing procedures to include document preparation, packing, shipping, and the results notification process. All UDLs deploying to areas where drug testing is mandated must attend this training prior to deployment. Training is also suggested for UDLs participating in extended field training exercises where unit may wish to conduct drug testing.

If you have any question(s) about any of the above listed training, please call the Prevention Coordinator at 719-526-8407 or 719-526-3395.

Risk Reduction Program

 

Risk Reduction Program

The Risk Reduction Program (RRP) is a commander’s tool designed to identify and reduce Soldiers’ high-risk behaviors. The RRP focuses on effective use of installation resources and a coordinated effort between commanders and installation agencies to implement intervention and prevention programs. The RRP supports the Army’s well-being program initiatives by integrating prevention and intervention programs into a framework contributing to performance, readiness, and retention. The RRP also allows commanders to compare their units against others to determine if their units require command and/or other interventions.

Objectives of the RRP

Increase unit readiness by providing systematic prevention, intervention methods and materials to commanders to eliminate or mitigate individual high-risk behaviors.

Risk reduction accomplishes this through:

  • Data collection, analyses and reporting to commanders.

  • Conduct anonymous URI and R-URI surveys.

  • URI: Commanders will administer the Unit Risk Inventory (URI) to all deploying Soldiers at least 30 days before an operational deployment. Incoming commanders should consider this a necessary action during their change of command.

  • R-URI: Commanders will administer the R-URI to redeploying Soldiers between 90 and 180 days of their return from deployment.

What it is...

  • Tool to maximize responsiveness to leaders.

  • Tool to maximize resources available.

  • Tool to minimize tragic high-risk behaviors.

  • Tool to improve outcomes: Health, Safety and Deployability.

Suicide Prevention

 

Suicide Prevention

Mission and Goals

  • Reduce the number and rate of suicides.

  • Advocate of a multidisciplinary approach to suicide prevention.

  • Provide assistance and guidance to organizations and individuals administering various components of the SPP.

  • Identify factors contributing to the incidence of suicide and develop a response to reduce the impact of such factors.

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