According to Healthy People 2020 (launched in Dec. 2010), an estimated 13 million people in the United States have a serious debilitating mental illness in any given year. In Miami Dade County in particular, risk factors such as substance and alcohol abuse are on par with the national average, and thus speaks to the need to treat populations that either have or are at risk of developing behavioral health disorders. In recognizing this community need, MDC Medical Campus recently launched a new training program referred to as SBIRT (Screening Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment). This training will help any health care provider learn how to seamlessly screen patients for any substance abuse problems, assess their results, and then motivate these patients to change their behavior or refer those with dependency issues to have further assessment and evaluation.