Chemical Abuse Services Agency Inc

TO PROVIDE HOLISTIC AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT COMMUNITY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.

THE MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) AT MULTICULTURAL AMBULATORY ADDICTION SERVICE (MAAS) FACILITY LOCATED IN NEW HAVEN, CT OFFERS TREATMENT FOR OPIOID ADDICTION, INCLUDING THE USE OF BOTH METHADONE AND BUPRENORPHINE. THE MAAS MAT PROGRAM UTILIZES A COMBINATION OF MEDICATION AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC CLINICAL TREATMENT INTERVENTIONS THOUGH OUR DAY TREATMENT AND OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAMS AIMED TOWARD BUILDING A FOUNDATION UPON WHICH LONG TERM RECOVERY CAN TAKE PLACE. THE PROGRAM SERVES OVER 750 CLIENTS.

THE ORGANIZATION'S OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES CONSIST OF FIVE DIFFERENT SEPARATE PROGRAMS AS DESCRIBED BELOW:AIDS COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES PROVIDE AIDS EDUCATION, RISK REDUCTION AND PREVENTION SERVICES, COUNSELING, HIV ANTIBODY TESTING SERVICES AND SECONDARY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE CLIENTS INPARTICIPATING IN CASA'S PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAM SERVES OVER 300 CLIENTS.NUEVA VIDA IS A CULTURALLY CENTERED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM SPECIALIZING IN OUTREACH AND CASE MANAGEMENT TO THE UNDERSERVED RE-ENTRY POPULATIONS OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO COMMUNITIES. THE PROGRAM FEATURES AN ACTIVE PEER-MENTORING PROGRAM THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF THE RECOVERING COMMUNITY AT LARGE. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON EMPOWERMENT, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CULTURAL PRIDE. THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IS A PEER-DRIVEN, PEER-LED, AND PEER-OPERATED RECOVERY SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS DIVERSE PATHWAYS TO RECOVERY AND INCLUDES ALL ASPECTS OF WHAT THE RECOVERING COMMUNITY IS SEEKING: FAMILY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES; RECOVERY FORUMS FOR THOSE IN RECOVERY AND THEIR FAMILIES; EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH; COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CIVIC SERVICE; ALCOHOL AND DRUG-FREE RECREATIONAL/SOCIAL ACTIVITIES; THE VALUE AND THE POWER OF THE WOUNDED HEALER, HELPING ONESELF BY HELPING OTHERS; LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY THAT WORK TO PUT A VISIBLE FACE ON RECOVERY IN THE LATINO AND AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAM SERVES OVER 40 INDIVIDUALS.THE PILOTS PROGRAM IS A SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM LOCATED IN BRIDGEPORT, CT DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AND/OR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND HAVE COMPLETED A RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM WITH TRANSITIONAL SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. THE PROGRAM ASSISTS RESIDENTS WITH REINTEGRATING INTO THEIR COMMUNITY. A TEAM OF CASE MANAGERS AND TEAM LEADER WITH GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF CHEMICAL ABUSE/MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, HOUSING AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST THE CLIENTS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CASE MANAGERS AND RESIDENTS, ASSESSMENTS ARE CONDUCTED, AND SERVICE PLANS DEVELOPED TO HELP MOBILIZE RESOURCES TO ENABLE RESIDENTS TO REACH THEIR SERVICE AND PROGRAM GOALS. THE PROGRAM SERVES OVER 40 INDIVIDUALS.RECOVERY HOUSE LOCATED IN BRIDGEPORT, CT PROVIDES TRANSITIONAL RESIDENTIAL SERVICES INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT, VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, REFERRAL FOR TREATMENT PROGRAMS, REFERRAL AND SUPPORT FOR PERMANENT HOUSING AS WELL AS LINKS TO THE RECOVERING COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAM SERVES OVER 50 CLIENTS.NOBLE HOUSE LOCATED IN BRIDGEPORT, CT PROVIDES TRANSITIONAL RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR MEN WITH HIV OR AIDS VIRUS. IT ALSO PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT, REFERRAL FOR TREATMENT PROGRAMS, REFERRAL AND SUPPORT FORPERMANENT HOUSING AS WELL AS LINKS TO THE RECOVERING COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAM SERVES NEARLY 25 CLIENTS.

THE CASA HOSTOS FACILITY LOCATED IN BRIDGEPORT, CT OPERATES TWO LEVELS OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, INCLUDING INTENSIVE AND INTERMEDIATE, TO ADULT SUBSTANCE ABUSERS IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT WHO ARE MEDICALLY INDIGENT AND ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUG DEPENDENT. CASA HOSTOS OFFERS AN ARRAY OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES WHICH INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP THERAPY, PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION AND FOLLOW-UP, RECREATIONAL THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES, VOCATIONAL AND HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT, FAMILY COUNSELING, BASIC PRIMARY CARE SERVICES, TRAUMA THERAPY AND GENDER SPECIFIC THERAPY. SERVICES PROVIDED RANGE IN TIME PERIOD FROM ONE TO SIX MONTHS. THOSE SEEKING ADMISSION TO THIS RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM MUST MEET THE CRITERIA AS OUTLINED IN THE ASAM III CLINICAL CRITERIA. THE PROGRAM SERVES APPROXIMATELY 300 CLIENTS.

THE PROJECT COURAGE PROGRAM LOCATED IN BRIDGEPORT, CT IS A MULTI-LEVEL OUTPATIENT PROGRAM SERVING ADULT, PREGNANT OR PARENTING WOMEN. THIS GENDER SPECIFIC PROGRAM OFFERS TWO LEVELS OF CARE (DAY/EVENING TREATMENT AND LOW-LEVEL OUTPATIENT) DESIGNED TO WORK MUTUALLY. IT ALSO PROVIDES AN OUTPATIENT TREATMENT DESIGNED FOR WOMEN WITH CHILDREN AS BABY-SITTING SERVICES AND LUNCH IS AVAILABLE WHILE CLIENTS ARE IN TREATMENT. THIS PROGRAM GIVES PRIORITY TO PREGNANT WOMEN. THE PROGRAM SERVES OVER 100 CLIENTS.