Starleen Scott Robbins has been with the Division of MH/DD/SAS since 1994. She has over 30 years of clinical and administrative experience in the addictions field. She currently serves as the special populations team lead with the Addictions & Management Operations Section and is the designated Women’s Services Coordinator for the Division. In her role with the Division, Ms. Scott Robbins is the responsible for coordination of policy development, implementation and clinical monitoring for state-funded substance use disorder and mental health services; management of state and federal funds that support gender responsive substance use disorder treatment & support services for women and their families; coordination of a statewide capacity management system for treatment services for pregnant and parenting women and their families, and provision of technical assistance to substance use disorder programs statewide.
Ms. Scott Robbins has participated in several national projects including the SAMHSA-Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Expert Panel–Core Competencies for Working with Women and Girls in Behavioral Health; SAMHSA-TIP-51, and National Consensus Panel: Substance Abuse Treatment: Addressing the Specific Needs of Women. She also served as a member of the SAMHSA National Advisory Committee for Women’s Services. Ms. Scott Robbins was a contributor to the American Society of Addiction Medicine, 2013 Third Edition of The ASAM Criteria: Treatment Criteria for Addictive, Substance Related and Co-Occurring Conditions manual. She currently serves as the Immediate Past President of the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors Women’s Services Network. Ms. Scott Robbins was also recently appointed to the NC Domestic Violence Commission and serves as an ex-officio member of the NC Substance Abuse Professional Practice Board.
Starleen Scott Robbins received her BS in Psychology from St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY and her MSW from Adelphi University in Garden City, NY.