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The following are website links and brief descriptions on NTASC agencies across the United States:
This website is for the Treatment Assessment Screening Center, located in Phoenix, AZ. The website provides detailed information regarding all of TASC-Arizona’s various functions, including drug testing, deferred prosecution services, counseling, and training. Information concerning drug testing includes a description of the laboratory, information on testing technology, a testing services menu, requirements for lab certification, information on specimen collections, and a list of field test kits. Regarding clinical services, the web site contains descriptions of the general purpose of these services; substance abuse services, which include group, individual, and family modalities; mental health services, including psychological evaluations and testing; the agency’s D.U.I. program; expedited services through family court; and specialized group counseling services. In addition, the web site lists drug testing and treatment programs the agency provides, including the TASC Diversion Program and private sector programs. The web site chronicles the history of TASC-Arizona, and explains that its primary purpose is to “promote the overall well-being of adults and juveniles through the provision of high quality substance abuse and mental health services”. It also lists the various clientele the agency serves.
2) www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/subsabuse/probation/00-01/execsum5.html
This website describes the state of Florida’s outpatient substance abuse programs. These programs include 1) a transitional/re-entry program, which provides group counseling for offenders; 2) day/night treatment, which involves individual, group, or family counseling while the offender resides at home; 3) outpatient treatment, which entails 16 weeks of weekly group sessions; and 4) and TASC (Treatment Alternative to Street Crime) interventions, in which screening, case identification, court liaisons, offender referral, and tracking are provided for substance abusers. The website also contains links to tables—as well as lists of data—for several areas, including enrollment in mental health services, outcomes of outpatient programs, and outpatient recommitment data.
3) www.tasc.org/preview/index.html
This website contains information about TASC, Inc. of Illinois. It gives an overview of this organization (Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities), explaining that this agency functions to provide behavioral health recovery management services for individuals with substance abuse and mental health disorders through direct services, designing of model programs, and building of collaborative networks between public systems and community-based human service providers. It lists this agency’s core clinical values. In addition, it describes TASC’s Research and Policy Department, which functions to further the knowledge of substance abuse trends and models for intervention, as well as to inform public policy regarding these issues. This website contains more detailed descriptions of agency services, including 1) community re-entry (clinical reintegration for ex-offenders); 2) provision of technical assistance to drug courts; 3) work with family courts, such as programs to improve treatment outcomes for parents and to increase the number of children with stable living situations; 4) prosecutorial diversion; and 5) consultation and training in the areas of clinical issues, justice system and corrections issues, and administrative and systems management issues. The website lists web links that address 1) criminal justice; 2) substance abuse; 3) juveniles, substance abuse and the justice system; 4) women and girls, substance abuse, and the justice system; 5) HIV/AIDS; 6) domestic violence; 7) research; and 8 ) stigma reduction. The website also contains web links to publications in the areas of: 1) evaluations, 2) facts on youth, 3) brief overviews regarding treatment issues, 4) recent external publications, and 5) newsletters.
This website describes the Drug Treatment Alternative-to-Prison Program (DTAP), the first prosecution-run program in the country to divert prison-bound felony offenders to residential drug treatment. According to this website, the program enrolls defendants with substance abuse issues who have been arrested for multiple nonviolent felonies. The website explains the program in detail, as well as provides statistics regarding its enrollment, funding, and outcomes.
This website provides a description of North Carolina TASC services. The website explains that the North Carolina TASC Network functions as a link between justice and treatment systems for offenders in this state. It contains information concerning the offender management model, the report of the Re-Entry Policy Council, North Carolina’s re-entry policies, and a list of all TASC service-providing agencies in North Carolina. Regarding the offender management model, it provides information addressing 1) critical elements of the model, 2) implementation steps, 3) an article describing the model in more detail, and 4) a memorandum of understanding between the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the North Carolina Department of Correction. Regarding the Re-Entry Policy Council, the website contains 1) a fact sheet on re-entry and the report of the Re-Entry Policy Council; 2) a list of re-entry statistics in the areas of general information, corrections, public safety and law enforcement, community corrections, substance abuse, mental health, education/vocational training/employment, and housing; 3) a memorandum addressing re-entry; 4) a flow chart of the North Carolina Going Home Initiative, 5) a map of North Carolina re-entry clusters, and 6) a detailed document explaining the Going Home Initiative. The website provides a list of the North Carolina Training Institute staff. In addition, it diagrams the TASC care management model and outlines its operation. It has a link to a North Carolina criminal justice planning flow chart. It lists all clinical series trainings that the North Carolina Institute of Training puts on. It describes and provides a link to register for online training. It provides brief descriptions of North Carolina drug education schools and Alcohol and Drug Education Traffic School. In addition, it provides links to PowerPoint presentations on 1) effective case management, 2) the TASC model, 3) TASC services in North Carolina, and 4) drugs and crime.
This website contains information on the Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS) organization located in High Point, NC. It describes the services the organization provides in a general overview. It lists the organization’s staff, financial information, organizational accomplishments, civic involvement, program performance, facilities, and TASC offices. In addition, it describes the organization’s treatment programs, which include substance abuse assessments, a narcotic treatment program, an intensive outpatient program, outpatient treatment, adolescent services, a women’s program, and a smoking cessation program. It contains a page listing the requirements and provisions for their structural transitional housing program. It describes the three types of prevention services—universal, selective, and indicated—that ADS provides. It also explains ADS’s work with Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities (TASC), stating that the primary TASC services it provides are clinical assessment, treatment matching, referral, and care management. It lists the TASC programs it operates, including the Substance Abuse Intervention Program, the Felony Drug Diversion Program, the Drug Education School program, court deferral classes, the PRIDE Jail Treatment Program, alcohol and tobacco programs, and the TASC Mental Health Jail Diversion Program. It also lists the services ADS provides to the community, including drug testing, employee referrals for drug treatment, and workshops and lunchtime seminars. It contains a list of ADS’s partners. It also gives links to addiction services-related agencies. Finally, it lists links to alcohol, tobacco, and drug-related news sites.
7) www.sandusky-county.org/TASC/default.htm
This website details the services of Sandusky County Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime (TASC). It lists the organization’s mission statement. In addition, it describes the program, explaining the it works to provide juveniles and adults with an opportunity to receive community-based treatment as and alternative or supplement to more costly legal sanctions and procedures, and is the only program in Ohio acting as a bridge between the courts and the substance abuse treatment system. The website explains this TASC program’s major functions of assessment, referral, case management, and urinalysis. It contains a page describing who its clientele are. It also has a page listing the organizational elements of a TASC program. It has a page explaining how TASC is funded, as well as a page with contact information for the agency.
8 ) www.mycs.org
This website describes the functions of Mon Yough Community Services, Inc., which provides services to McKeesport, PA and surrounding communities. It contains a page stating the agency’s mission. In addition, it contains a page describing the history of the agency. It contains pages that have overviews of the agencies major services, which are 1) mental health services, including outpatient services, residential treatment, vocational training, and psychosocial rehabilitation; 2) developmental disabilities services; 3) drug and alcohol services, which include jail- and community-based services as well as services targeted to women and children; 4) a forensic outpatient center, which provides specialized mental health and substance abuse treatment as well as case management services for forensic populations; 5) women, children, and family services, which include therapy, community prevention, and school-based services; and 6) vocational training services, including such services as support services for all phases of employment and vocational rehabilitation.
9 ) http://www.hampton.gov/cja/
This website describes the mission of the Hampton and Newport News Criminal Justice Agency, located in those two cities in Virginia. It explains that the agency’s mission is to promote public safety through the provision of community-based pretrial and post-conviction programs, services, and criminal justice planning. It lists Hampton, VA and Newport News, VA locations and office hours, as well as contact information for the administration and pretrial locations of the agency. It describes the functions of the three divisions of the agency. The first major division is the Pretrial Services Division, which provides: 1) jail-based screening and investigations; 2) reports and recommendations to the court; 3) intensive supervision; 4) specialized programs and services, such as anger management, substance abuse education, alcohol and drug testing, substance abuse treatment, and employment and education assistance; 5) bond hearing investigation reports; 6) criminal history record checks; 7) pretrial screening of potential Drug Court Treatment Program candidates; 8 ) identification of wanted persons; and 9) follow-up criminal record checks. The second major division is the Community Corrections Division, which has several major functions: 1) differential supervision according to offender risk and need; 2) community service placement; 3) anger management counseling; 4) employment and education assistance; 5) specialized programs and services as needed or ordered; 6) follow-up criminal record checks; 7) identification of wanted persons; 8 ) alcohol and drug testing; 9) substance abuse treatment programming, which includes screening, assessment, education, treatment, and drug testing; 10) the First Offender Program, which gives screening, assessment, treatment, community service placement, employment and education assistance, and alcohol and drug testing; and 11) the Batterers Intervention, which provides assessment and counseling. The third major division is the Planning and Evaluation Division, which provides: 1) agency and local system data management and analysis; 2) special populations evaluations; 3) website development; 4) a quarterly newsletter; 5) grants identification; and 6) support to the Community Criminal Justice Board, such as criminal justice planning, adult offender programming, juvenile justice services, crime prevention, and systems improvement. The website provides links to the recent issues of the agency’s publication—the CJA Monitor—as well as annual reports for 2000-2004 and reports on special projects. In addition, the website provides a page for offenders to answer frequently asked questions. The website also contains a page describing the agency’s voucher program, which aims to assist clients in great financial need to receive services. Lastly, the website provides local, state, national, and international links that provide information regarding court- and substance abuse-related issues.
10) www.correctionalservices.org
This website details the services provided by ATTIC Correctional Services, Inc.—an agency that works to develop effective sanctions that will enable offenders to avoid unnecessary levels of incarceration, satisfy community concerns for retribution, and provide a setting that will facilitate treatment and the reduction of recidivism in Wisconsin. It contains a page stating the program’s general goals. In addition, it contains a detailed list of programs that the organization operates, including 1) residential services, 2) day treatment centers, 3) case management services, 4) the High Risk Offender Case Management Program, 5) transitional living programs, 6) clinical services, 7) day reporting centers, 8 ) institution and correctional center services, 9) outpatient community treatment groups, 10) fatherhood programs, 11) the Juvenile Delinquent Active Protective Supervision Program, 12) juvenile prevention services, and 13) the County Alternatives Program. It lists links to agencies and associations that do work related to the agency’s mission. It also lists contact information for the agency’s offices.
This website lists information regarding Peer Assistance Services, based out of Denver, CO. It contains a page detailing the history of the organization. In addition, it lists the board and staff of the organization. It has a page listing the agency’s funding sources. It also contains a page listing articles, a presentation, and newsletters relating to substance abuse issues. It contains links to the agency’s 2004 and 2005 annual reports. A testimony is given from a recovering alcoholic about how helpful participating in the agency’s programming was for him. It also describes services—such as assessment, referral, and counseling—provided to assist individuals who are substance abusers or suspect colleagues of being substance abusers in the fields of: 1) nursing, 2) pharmacy work, 3) dentistry, 4) health care, 5) veterinary medicine, and 6) law. It gives links to agencies in several of these fields—as well as other agencies—that can assist in substance abuse prevention and treatment issues. The website contains a page describing its involvement with TASC in Colorado, stating that the organization provides adult TASC programs in each of the Department of Corrections Parole Regions in Colorado. TASC program services include: 1) screening and assessment; 2) treatment matching and service planning; 3) treatment referral and placement; 4) ongoing case management; 5) monitoring and reporting through urinalysis, breathalyzers, and skin patches; 6) reporting to parole; and 7) providing community interface with treatment providers and other resources. The website includes a page describing what a drug-free workplace is, as well as its benefits. It also lists warning signs of substance abuse that can be seen at work. It provides links to a business risk tool, as well as an employee risk assessment. It describes two programs the organization operates to intervene in workplace situations—the Workplace Prevention Services program, which is an employee assistance program designed to assist small businesses in reducing the negative effects of substance abuse in the workplace, and the Healthy Workplace Services program, which aims to assist Metro Denver nursing care facilities in decreasing the negative effects of substance abuse in the workplace. These programs provide such services as assessment and referral, education, supervisor training, technical assistance, and parent education. The website details another program—Youth in the Workplace—that the organization operates. This program assists 16- to 24-year-olds who are employed by Youth Corps and are at high risk for substance abuse. The website also describes that the agency provides brief intervention and assessment to women with substance abuse issues. In addition, the website contains a page describing Adams County Connections, a mentoring program for students at a middle school. The website also outlines the Family Education Network program the organization offers, which offers family support services to substance abusing families, as well as homeless families, parents or children in trouble with the law, conflictual families, and families needing social services. In addition, the website describes Parent Corps, a program the agency runs that aims to increase parental involvement in substance abuse efforts at the middle and high school level. The website lists areas where peer support groups can be found in Colorado. It explains who can make a referral, and outlines how to refer to the programs listed above.
12) www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dsamh/tasc.html
This website describes TASC’s operations in Delaware. It contains a web page describing the history of TASC in Delaware, as well as its organizational structure. It also has a page detailing what TASC does, including its functions to 1) assess, refer to treatment, and provide case management; 2) provide information to decision makers; 3) establish policies and procedures for urine monitoring; 4) provide client advocacy; and 5) provide support to supervision and treatment providers to retain offenders in treatment. It explains that TASC services are provided to offenders coming through Delaware’s Superior Court Drug Courts. It contains a page describing the functions of Delaware’s drug courts and TASC’s role in working with them, which includes assessment and treatment. In addition, it describes the Drug Court Diversion Program, as well as TASC’s role in coordinating and monitoring all drug court diversion programs funded by Delaware Health and Social Services’s Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health. It contains pages listing office locations, as well as state and national organizations that provide information on substance abuse and mental health.
13) www.ncc.state.ne.us/crime_commission/organization_and_functions/
This website provides an overview of the history and functions of the Community Corrections Council. The council functions to coordinate the efforts to establish community corrections programs across Nebraska, to provide supervision to adult felony offenders, to reduce reliance on incarceration as a means of managing low risk offenders, and to decrease the probability of criminal behavior while maintaining public safety. The website contains a page listing all council members. It provides links to information relevant to substance abuse and incarceration issues in Nebraska as well as nationwide. It also provides links to all meeting minutes and agendas of council meetings for the past two years.
14) www.judiciary.state.nj.us/criminal/crtasc.htm
This website describes the functions of the Treatment Assessment Services for the Courts (TASC) program in New Jersey. It explains that the functions of the TASC program in New Jersey are to: 1) identify drug-involved offenders, 2) provide treatment referral and placement, 3) provide treatment monitoring, 4) participate with drug courts, 5) provide drug and alcohol assessments, 6) provide resource information, 7) do urinalysis, 8 ) provide substance abuse education, 9) provide treatment matching, 10) do consultations, 11) make court appearances, and 12) write status reports. This website outlines the process the TASC program follows to assist substance-abusing prisoners, as well as the areas in which the program has been successful in assisting court-involved substance abusers.
This website describes the functions of the Stewart-Marchman Center. It describes the center’s mission to “improve the quality of life of individuals and families affected by substance abuse, addictions, and delinquency by supplying superior prevention, intervention, and treatment services. In addition, the website contains pages describing each of the center’s services, including: 1) crisis services, in which seriously intoxicated adult in crisis can go to a detoxification unit; 2) adolescent and adult residential treatment services, in which clients are provided with residential services that aim to intervene in the cycle of chemical dependency, promote the client’s acceptance of the problem and need for treatment, begin development of recovery skills, and prepare the client for the next level of care; 3) Project WARM, in which women who are pregnant to one year postpartum or are putting dependent children at risk due to substance abuse can receive residential treatment; 4) the Residential Adolescent Program, in which assessment, therapy, and educational services are provided through residential treatment; 5) juvenile justice programs, in which juvenile offenders, after a direct order from the courts, enroll in delinquency program designed to break the cycle of delinquent behaviors, including chemical abuse, poor anger management skills, and poor impulse control; 6) family services, in which treatment is provided to promote healthier family relationships through enhancing communication, building problem-solving skills, and strengthening trust and commitment; 7) outpatient services for adults and adolescents, which include assessment and individual, group, and family therapy for adult substance abusers, and evaluation, education, counseling, and intervention for adolescents; 8 ) the Flagler Recovery Center, a small recovery center that provides a motivation approach to treatment; 9) Right Turn, a motivational brief intervention for voluntary clients; and 10) the Tobacco Cessation program, which provides a group-based, integrated approach to tobacco addiction and recovery. The website lists how the center can assist businesses in developing drug-free workplace programs, including ongoing employee education and as-needed employee assistance. It contains a page listing the board of directors for the center. In addition, it lists links to agencies that address substance abuse issues. It contains links to six stories of addiction and recovery. The website also contains a self-assessment of substance abuse. In addition, it contains a page describing the Stewart-Marchman Foundation, which functions to support the activities of the center. The website provides a link for donations, as well as a chat room, a way to contact the center, employment information, and press releases regarding the center.
16) www.co.jackson.mo.us/gov_cc.shtml
This website describes the COMBAT Commission, a seven-member oversight body that disburses and manages community drug prevention and drug treatment services funded through Jackson County, MO’s Anti-Drug Sales Tax. The Commission recommends to the legislature the organizations that should be funded, and monitors those organizations in the areas of compliance, performance, and quality. The website provides links to meeting minutes and notices.
This website describes the functions of Gaudenzia, Inc.—an organization that offers prevention and treatment services to substance-abusing individuals throughout Pennsylvania. The website highlights several services Gaudenzia, Inc. provides, including: 1) short- and long-term adult residential services for adults, women with children, homeless women, and HIV-positive substance abusers; 2) adolescent services, including residential and outpatient services that address the treatment needs of teens recovering from substance abuse; 3) outpatient services, which include outpatient therapy, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient services, and prevention programs; 4) mental health residential services for individuals who are dually diagnosed with substance abuse and mental health difficulties; 5) correctional rehabilitation services for individuals in the criminal justice system, including services for addiction, dual diagnosis, and mental illness; 6) prevention programs, which identify emotional and behavioral problems in children of substance abusers and provide prevention services that will break the cycle of dependency; 7) women and children’s programs, which provide addiction treatment for mothers as well as intervention and prevention services for their children who are at high risk for developing addictions; and 8 ) a job readiness training program, which provides employment training for individuals recovering from substance abuse or mental illness. This website also outlines the history of the organization. It contains a letter from the organization’s president that discusses Gaudenzia, Inc.’s history and purpose. The website provides a brochure that informs readers of the organization’s mission to help people affected by substance abuse, mental illness, and related conditions to achieve a better quality of life, as well as Gaudenzia, Inc.’s vision to implement specialized treatment to meet the needs of various types of clients and provide these services to all individuals, regardless of socioeconomic status. The brochure outlines the organization’s philosophy, as well as contains a letter from the president and a detailed history of Gaudenzia. The brochure explains the organization’s view that substance abuse is a biopsychosocial problem to be addressed holistically with treated individuals participating in their treatment as full partners. It also highlights that Gaudenzia provides a highly structured, familial environment for participants in treatment, as well as offers daily seminars, group counseling, and individual activities. The brochure lists the organization’s accomplishments, its board of directors, contact information, and locations of the various programs Gaudenzia offers. The website also provides a link to Gaudenzia’s 2003-2004 annual report, which lists Gaudenzia’s accomplishments in each of its programs, as well as gives data on program admissions, expenditures, completions, and client statistics. The report details program achievements in different areas of Pennsylvania. The website contains a page describing Gaudenzia’s Training Institute, which functions to teach substance-abusing individuals to lead a drug-free life, as well as educate the public about substance abuse and negative behavior. This page outlines courses available to train human service and health care professionals, as well as lists locations, registration information, and times of training. The website contains a page listing links to organizations that address mental illness and substance abuse issues. The website also contains links to contact information for Gaudenzia. It gives employment information, as well as information on program alumni.
18 ) www.kintock.org
This website contains information about the Kintock Group, an organization that helps offenders throughout New Jersey “break the cycle of crime”. The organization assists in transitioning offenders from incarceration into residential programs. The website contains a page that outlines the organization’s mission to create and provide programs that help communities to reduce and prevent crime through equipping offenders with skills and abilities to lead successful, law-abiding lives. The mission includes a goal to develop public and private partnerships. The website contains a page detailing the history of the Kintock Group. It also contains a page describing community services the Kintock Group has performed, including cleaning park grounds and refurbishing a building. In addition, the website lists the four general services the Kintock Group provides, which include 1) substance abuse treatment, 2) mental health treatment, 3) basic education, and 4) vocational training. It describes the programs the Kintock Group runs, including 1) pre-release programs, which are residential programs that help offenders gain employment and adapt to family, neighborhood, and community life; 2) substance abuse treatment programs, which include residential inpatient and outpatient programs that use a cognitive-behavioral approach; 3) therapeutic communities, which provide intensive inpatient substance abuse treatment for substance-abusing offenders; 4) drug aftercare, which includes programs for federal and state offenders to continue drug treatment that began in institutions; 5) day reporting centers, which are day programs that provide structure and foster accountability for parolees working in the community; 6) Halfway Back, which is an alternative to incarceration for parolees who are in need of additional structured treatment in a residential setting; and 7) the Comprehensive Sanction Center, which includes multi-purpose residential programs that provide structured accountability and treatment services for federal offenders. The website also contains a page listing the key components of effective service, which include: 1) intake, assessment, and orientation; 2) supervision; 3) case management services; 4) life skills training; 5) substance abuse education; 6) community service activities; 7) recreational activities; and 8 ) employment resource centers, which are comprehensive employment services that provide pre-employment training and preparation, educational programming, job placement assistance, employment retention programs, and linkages with private-sector employers. In addition, the website explains the Corrections to Careers program, which is a business- and labor-focused initiative to help offenders find and retain good jobs through skills training. The website also contains a page with biographies of the Kintock Group’s executive staff. Lastly, it contains a list of locations where the Kintock Group operates programs.
19) www.eacinc.org/p-nycTASC.htm
This web page describes TASC programs in New York City, as well as lists their contact information, the purpose of TASC in New York City, and TASC’s funding streams. It explains that TASC programs in New York City function as an alternative to incarceration for prison-bound non-violent offenders whose substance abuse is related to their criminal activity. TASC in New York City serves to divert offenders from the criminal justice system to the drug treatment system in cases where the defendant has been given a minimum of a 60-day sentence as a result of committing a nonviolent crime. TASC in New York City provides several services, including: 1) assessment of the offender’s addiction; 2) determination of the most appropriate treatment; 3) referral to treatment; and 4) monitoring for the courts. Referrals are made by the court, a defense attorney, the district attorney, probation, or parole. Offenders must be willing to enter treatment for at least 12 months.
20) www.sonoma-county.org/health/aods/programscasemanagement.htm
This web page contains a paragraph describing the functions of Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities (TASC) in Sonoma County, California. It explains that the program provides advocacy and supervision services for adults currently involved in the criminal justice system who demonstrate the ability and desire to participate in treatment. This program provides the following services: 1) assessment for eligible inmates who request services while incarcerated; 2) treatment assessment and advocacy with the Probation Department, the District Attorney’s Office, and the client’s defense attorney to determine if an alternative sentence is feasible; 3) regular counseling sessions until the individual is placed in treatment; 4) supervision throughout and following treatment services; and 5) monitoring compliance through urinalysis testing.
21) http://www.lucastasc.org/page6.html
This web site contains information on the Lucas County Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime, Inc.
