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$19.2 Million Announced For Substance Abuse Treatment For Juveniles and Young Adults Returning from Incarceration

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced over $19.2 million in grants over four years to support substance abuse treatment and related services for juveniles and young adults returning to their families and communities from incarceration. The grants are designed to provide substance abuse treatment to both juveniles and young offenders up to age 24.

“Every year an estimated 100,000 youth are released from incarceration. Many have problems with substance abuse and few and fragmented services are in place as these offenders reenter the community and reintegrate into their families,” SAMHSA Administrator Charles Curie said. “These grants will help communities bring together a system of services to help ensure these young people stay off drugs and have the opportunity to live, work, learn and participate fully in their communities.”

The 11 fiscal 2005 grants, totaling almost $4.7 million, will be used to form partnerships among community organizations, including correctional or juvenile facilities, to plan, develop and provide substance abuse treatment and related re-entry services. New grants were given to programs in several states and the District of Columbia.

Colorado

Turning Point Center Youth/Family, Fort Collins -- $412,300 for the first year, $439,400 for the second year and $450,000 for the following two years, for a total of $1.75 million. The Colorado Young Offender Community Re-entry, Treatment and Coordination Program will provide 200 particularly high-risk offenders with a uniform and coordinated combination of substance abuse, community support, restorative justice, and cognitive education services.

District of Columbia

Institute for Behavioral Change -- $450,000 per year for four years for a total of $1.8 million. The program is designed to develop and implement a successful substance abuse re-entry treatment system for female juvenile offenders.

Florida

Operations Par, Inc., Pinellas Park -- $450,000 per year for four years for a total of $1.8 million. The Bay Area Young Offender Re-entry Program (YORP) will provide a comprehensive continuum of care focused on family reintegration and self-efficiency for 390 sentenced substance abusing juveniles ages14 -18 who are reentering the community from a residential commitment program.

Georgia

Cobb County Community Services, Smyrna --$448,398 for the first year, $449,627 for the second year, $440,237 for the third year and $448,088 for the fourth year, for a total of almost $1.79 million. The Center for Adolescent Wellness program, administered by the Cobb and Douglas Counties Community Services Board (CSB), will offer best practice substance abuse treatment and system linkage services to sentenced substance-abusing youth between the ages of 14 and 18 who are under the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system and who are reentering the community.

Massachusetts

CAB Health and Recovery Services, Danvers -- $450,000 per year for four years for a total of $1.8 million. CAB Health and Recovery Services will establish the Responsible Recovery program, a community re-entry program for young adults, age 18 through 24, who are approaching release from the Middleton House of Corrections, a medium security facility serving Essex County.

New York

Hunter Doyle Memorial Institute, Rochester -- $450, 000 for each of four years for a total of $1.8 million. Project No Return will use intensive care case management to address some of the needs of increased support and coordination for this population.

Ohio

The Hispanic Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program, Cleveland -- $450,000 per year for four years for a total of $1.8 million. The nonprofit social services organization, serving the Hispanic/Latino community of greater Cleveland, will launch project HOPE to provide residential and /or intensive outpatient drug treatment and wrap-around services such as employment training and transportation, to Hispanic young adult offenders returning to Cleveland communities from custodial confinement.

Oregon

Volunteers of America of Oregon, Portland -- $358,929 per year for four years for a total of $1.4 million. Volunteers of America Oregon, in collaboration with Metropolitan Family Service, Better People, and Irvington Covenant Community Development Corp., will conduct a comprehensive, developmentally – appropriate program designed to significantly reduce the rate of relapse and recidivism, increase the rate of retention in substance abuse programs, and improve the quality of lives of young adult offenders.

Texas

Aliviane Inc., El Paso -- $450,000 per year for four years for a total of $1.8 million. This organization is seeking to strengthen re-entry services to sentenced juvenile offenders ages 14 to 18 who are under the jurisdiction of the Texas Justice System.

Virginia

Chesterfield County Re-entry Court Program -- $449,400 per year for four years for a total of almost $1.8 million. The Chesterfield Community Re-entry Program is a comprehensive collaborative, and holistic approach to assisting up to 60 young offenders ages 18 -24 each year in making a successful transition from jail to their communities and families.

Washington

Clark County Department of Community Services, Vancouver -- $450,000 per year for four years for a total of $1.8 million. Clark County’s Department of Community Services and Corrections will establish a continuum of services for young adult offenders designed to ensure successful community re-entry and reduce the occurrence of relapse and recidivism.

SAMHSA, is a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability, capacity and effectiveness of the nation’s substance abuse prevention, addictions, treatment, and mental health services delivery system.

SAMHSA is An Agency of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Service