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Choosing the correct drug rehab in Delcambre,Louisiana is often a very confusing and extremely important endeavor. It is important to be well informed in order to choose the correct drug rehab facility in Delcambre for yourself or a loved one.
Each drug rehab in Delcambre, Louisiana has a different approach to the recovery process. Take note of what is important to you, and make decisions based on your personal needs. Keep in mind that in Delcambre there are a multitude of treatment options to choose from: outpatient treatment, in patient treatment, support groups, drug rehabilitation, alcohol rehab, drug treatment programs, sober living, halfway houses, long term treatment, short term treatment, counseling, and many more. An individual can become thoroughly confused by asking a half-dozen recovering alcoholics or drug addicts in Delcambre how they conquered their abuse of alcohol or drugs; the answers vary although each of them are convincing and emotional. They will cite such diverse approaches as hospitalization, diet, exercise, counseling, sauna's, religion, hypnosis, amino acids and self-help groups. When it comes to successful treatment, only one thing is certain: practically any approach will work for some of the people, some of the time. To put it another way, successful drug rehabilitation is like a designer suit- it's got to be tailor-made for each individual. A great deal of variation exists in the degree of dependence among drug users. The teenager who smokes marijuana three times a week is not as dependent as the thirty year old who has smoked marijuana six times a day for 15 years and has already relapsed after being in two drug rehabilitation centers. It's obvious that these individuals need different approaches to treatment. Similarly, among cocaine users are some who use it in binge fashion, one or two days a month, and others who use it several times each day. Again, different treatment approaches are required for each case.
For those who do not have a long history of drug addiction, an outpatient treatment program might be the correct decision. This form of treatment may be a viable solution for those who have a brief drug addiction history. These individuals might only need the guidance and counseling available though this method of treatment. On the other hand, those who have experienced an extended period of drug addiction, choosing the correct drug rehab program typically means that they should enter into an in patient drug rehab program not located in Delcambre. The structure, 24-hour support and change of enviornment made available through this type of drug rehab recovery program can be highly effective for those recovering from a long term drug addiction problem. Most drug rehab professionals in do not recommend any one "best" treatment approach, recognizing the many variations among drug and alcohol abusers. In general, the levels of treatment range from simple and behavioral to complex and medical. The person dependent upon drugs or alcohol may have used the chosen substance for so long that he or she has literally forgotten how to cope with the daily challenges of life; how to have a meaningful, drug-free lifestyle; or how to solve the social or psychological problems that prompted the substance abuse in the first place. In these instances, a very comprehensive approach must be prescribed if the individual is to expect any degree of successful recovery. Once stability is achieved, the "clean" or sober individual can take several steps to enhance recovery and avoid relapse. Among the general recommendations are belonging to a group as a support system, having a religious involvement, practicing good health habits; including proper diet, sleep, and exercise, as well as goal planning and self enhancement projects.
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Google BookmarksPopulation: 4,465,430
Law Enforcement Officers: 19,833
State Prison Population: 47,100
Probation Population: 36,319
Violent Crime Rate
National Ranking: 6 2004 Federal Drug Seizures
Cocaine: 678 kgs.
Heroin: 0.7 kgs.
Methamphetamine: 83.1 kgs.
Marijuana: 864.2 kgs.
Ecstasy: 22,475 tablets
Methamphetamine Laboratories: 74 (DEA, state, and local)
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Drug Situation: The illegal drug threat in Louisiana is the widespread availability
and abuse of major drugs such as cocaine, crack cocaine, and heroin, along
with its homegrown marijuana and the increasing danger of local manufacture
of methamphetamine and designer drugs. Conventional drugs such as cocaine,
methamphetamine and marijuana comprise the bulk of drugs shipped through
and arriving in the Louisiana. Overland transportation utilizing private
and commercial vehicles continues to be the most commonly encountered smuggling
method in Louisiana. Elevated security due to the September 11th tragedy
has deterred transportation of most drugs via commercial air travel. Colombian,
Mexican and Caribbean traffickers traveling to and from Miami, Houston, or
the Southwest Border via I-10, I-12, I-20 (East / West routes) and Interstate
55 (North / South route) are largely responsible for the transportation and
distribution of cocaine, crack, methamphetamine and marijuana into Louisiana.
Additionally, regional and local DTOs ensure widespread availability throughout
the state. Regional DTOs have also made significant inroads into the distribution
of imported designer drugs such as MDMA and GHB, particularly near larger
metropolitan areas of Louisiana where college populations are heavy. Various
pharmaceuticals such as OxyContin have penetrated the illicit drug market
at an alarming rate and in some areas accounts for more deaths than any other
pharmaceutical drug.
Cocaine: The widespread availability of powdered cocaine and the distribution and abuse of crack cocaine are still the primary illicit drug threats in Louisiana. Law enforcement agencies continue to make large seizures of cocaine, especially powdered cocaine, on the southern interstate corridors in Louisiana. Louisiana law enforcement authorities remain concerned due to cocaine's impact on the community in terms of its direct correlation to incidents of violent crime and homicide. Houston and Miami are the primary source cities for cocaine in Louisiana. Mexican and Black American criminal groups are the primary wholesale distributors of powdered cocaine in Louisiana. Caucasian, Dominican, Haitian, and Jamaican criminal groups also distribute powdered cocaine at the wholesale level in New Orleans but to a lesser extent. These criminal groups supply wholesale quantities of powdered cocaine to Black American and Hispanic gangs as well as local independent dealers who convert most of the powdered cocaine to crack.
Heroin: Altogether, heroin distribution and abuse is not a significant threat in Louisiana, with the exception of the greater New Orleans area. Most heroin entering Louisiana is in transit from Texas and California to either the Midwest or Northeast U.S. Heroin distribution and abuse in New Orleans has reached an all time high, advancing the city into a regional distribution center. It is being transported primarily through commercial parcel delivery services, body carry on commercial air flights, commercial buses as well as via vessels from Colombian ports. Heroin available in the New Orleans area is of South American origin with purity levels as high as 45 percent. When cut with mannitol, the color is off-white, however street distributors also use brown sugar to cut their product, resulting in a slightly darker color. Heroin is shipped into Louisiana using various modes of transportation. The primary consumers of Colombian heroin are typically younger, middle to upper class Caucasian adults from the New Orleans suburbs. They come into the inner city to buy the drug, and have higher consequences of overdosing because of the extreme purity levels. New Orleans drug treatment centers report that the high purity levels have resulted in an increase of overdoses, and highly addicted patients. Younger abusers of all races are mixing the heroin with other drugs for the 'cocktail' effect. Caucasian youth frequent the housing projects in search of heroin.
Methamphetamine: Production, trafficking and illegal abuse of methamphetamine continues to be the fastest growing drug problem in Louisiana. Mexican criminal groups are the primary wholesale distributors in Louisiana of methamphetamine produced in Mexico, California, and Southwestern states. Caucasian independent dealers distribute locally produced methamphetamine. Because of the rural nature of Northern Louisiana and the abundance of horses and livestock, iodine crystals, commonly used in the handling of farm animals and as precursor chemical used in the ephedrine process of methamphetamine manufacturing, are widely available and accessible. Anhydrous ammonia is also readily available in Louisiana. Due to the recent increase in clandestine methamphetamine laboratory seizures throughout the state, law enforcement authorities can expect a continuing increase in clandestine lab investigations. Almost nonexistent three years ago, methamphetamine related cases and arrest are now occurring statewide. The movement within the state seems to be from north to south. State agencies note a direct relationship between methamphetamine distribution and abuse & violent crime, particularly domestic violence, child abuse, aggravated assault and murder. Another factor is the profound environmental damage (5 to 7 lbs. of toxic waste / lb. of methamphetamine) resulting from methamphetamine production and the associated cost of remediating these laboratory sites. In addition, methamphetamine producers and distributors sometimes resort to violence to protect their laboratories and territories. Some methamphetamine producers are heavily armed and booby-trap their laboratories to guard against law enforcement seizures or theft by competitors. The most recent associated crime threat to Louisiana involving methamphetamine is the theft of anhydrous ammonia. There have been several incidents where individuals were apprehended stealing anhydrous ammonia from businesses as well as methamphetamine. In-state methamphetamine production has become a significant issue in Louisiana. EPIC statistics reported 89 laboratories seized in CY 2003 compared to 132 laboratories in CY 2002, indicating a decline in illicit manufacturing.
Club Drugs: Though most drugs are either declining or holding steady in their abuse or distribution, "Club Drug" abuse and distribution among teenagers and young adults is on the rise in Louisiana. Police and treatment counselors throughout the state report an increase in the availability and abuse of MDMA (ecstasy), Ketamine, Rohypnol, LSD, and GHB. GHB and MDMA are the drugs of choice and the end-users are young Caucasians at all economic levels. MDMA from sources in California, Texas and Florida is distributed to college aged youths. Counterfeit pills are also sold to young adults as MDMA and have become an extremely lucrative business in Shreveport nightclubs. Vietnamese trafficking groups are now playing a role in the influx of MDMA into the New Orleans area.
Marijuana: Marijuana is the most widely available illicit drug in Louisiana. Most marijuana available in Louisiana is produced in Mexico; however, marijuana produced locally and neighboring states is also readily available. The availability of high-grade domestically produced marijuana has increased due to modern techniques of indoor cultivation (i.e., the use of cloning and hydroponics to increase the potency). In many regions of Louisiana, the price of marijuana has been decreasing due to the availability of Mexico produced marijuana transported from hub cities in Texas (i.e., Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Brownsville & El Paso, Texas). A common practice among distributor is to " bulk up" domestic marijuana with less expense, lower quality Mexico produced marijuana to increase profits. Mexican DTOs clearly dominate the greatest portion of wholesale distribution through Texas into Louisiana. Local independent dealers, street gangs, and some small ethnic drug groups dominate domestic marijuana retail distribution.
Other Drugs: The illegal diversion, distribution and abuse of oxycodone products, particularly OxyContin, has become a significant threat, especially in Louisiana’s southeast parishes. OxyContin is being abused at a rate many law enforcement officials describe as epidemic. The problem is due in part to physicians who write prescriptions for the drug without performing proper screening and examinations. Louisiana pharmacies have also seen an increase in the number of burglaries and robberies as abusers and distributors seek to obtain this and other prescription drugs.
DEA Mobile Enforcement Teams: This cooperative program with state and local law enforcement counterparts was conceived in 1995 in response to the overwhelming problem of drug-related violent crime in towns and cities across the nation. There have been 409 deployments completed resulting in 16,763 arrests of violent drug criminals as of February 2004. There have been 13 MET deployments in the State of Louisiana since the inception of the program: Donaldsonville, Concordia Parish, New Orleans, Hammond, Slidell, Shreveport, Bogalusa, Houma, Baker/Zachary, Kenner, St. Landry Parish, Jefferson Parish and two deployments in Alexandria.
DEA Regional Enforcement Teams: This program was designed to augment existing DEA division resources by targeting drug organizations operating in the United States where there is a lack of sufficient local drug law enforcement. This Program was conceived in 1999 in response to the threat posed by drug trafficking organizations that have established networks of cells to conduct drug trafficking operations in smaller, non-traditional trafficking locations in the United States. Nationwide, there have been 22 deployments completed resulting in 608 arrests of drug trafficking criminals as of February 2004. There have been no RET deployments in the State of Louisiana.
Special Topics: HIDTA - The Gulf Coast HIDTA hosts the following DEA initiatives in Louisiana:
Caddo/Bossier HIDTA Task Force
Network Coordination Group/Intelligence Coordination Network
Major Investigations Team I (Metairie, LA)
Major Investigations Team II (Metairie, LA)
Middle Louisiana Major Investigations Team/Financial Investigations Team (Baton
Rouge, LA)
Southwestern Louisiana Major Investigations Team/Financial Investigations Team
(Lafayette, LA)
| Louisiana Formula Funding | Fiscal Year 2004/05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant: | $ 26,021,415 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Community Mental Health Services Block Grant: | $ 6,000,390 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH): | $ 636,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Protection and Advocacy Formula Grant: | $ 439,561 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Subtotal of Formula Funding: | $ 33,097,366 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Discretionary Funding | Fiscal Year 2004/05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Mental Health | $ 2,645,447 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Substance Prevention: | $ 3,421,479 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Substance Abuse Treatment: | $ 9,966,729 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Subtotal of Discretionary Funding: | $ 16,033,655 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Total Mental Health Funds: | $ 9,721,398 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Total Substance Abuse Funds: | $ 39,409,623 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grantee: Louisiana Federation/Families/Child MH | ||
| Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants | ||
| Congressional District: LA-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $70,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007 | ||
| The focus of this project is both to increase the organizational and collaborative capacity of the parent-run Louisiana Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, and to create and internship opportunity for a local youth with a Severe Emotional Disorder to develop skills of leadership. | ||
| Grantee: State of Louisiana Dept of Hlth | ||
| Program: Children's Services | ||
| Congressional District: LA-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $1,500,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2009 | ||
| Louisiana-Youth Enhanced Services (LA-YES) for Children's Mental Health incorporates a comprehensive and coordinated system of care for children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders. LA-YES provides a community-based service system that is family friendly and culturally competent. The LA-YES consortium goals are to provide culturally competent social services, involve the community in all levels of the delivery system, increase access of the target population, develop a comprehensive system of care, generalize evidence-based practices, provide early intervention and prevention of emotional and behavioral problems, facilitate the provision of a broad array of mental health and other related services, treatments, and supports, and increase awareness of mental illness in youth. The care system confronts the access barriers to improve the needs of children: racial and ethnic disparities, fragmentation of services, an over-reliance on end-stage care, a lack of coverage, and agency focused rather than child-centered care. With this grant, LA-YES, in partnership with the Office of Mental Health and a community-based consortium of youth with serious emotional and behavior disorders and their families, public and non-profit child-serving agencies, advocates, and public officials, will be able to continue its consortium for the well-being of children to address issues of capacity, the desire for quality services and the demand for total systems' reform. It has been in existence for over a year and is weaving itself into the care community. LA-YES is energizing families and care providers to confront the challenges and to create caring systems. | ||
| Grantee: LSU Health Sciences Center | ||
| Program: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children | ||
| Congressional District: LA-02 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $399,323 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2007 | ||
| The Louisiana Rural Trauma Services Center's will provide, improve and enhance needed services for rural children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events in Louisiana. It will focus on two important treatment and services components for children and adolescents: (1) hospitals that provide emergency services and (2) school districts that meet the educational needs of rural children. Within the hospital setting, professionals from the LRTSC will provide training that is both developmentally sensitive and focuses on specific aspects of crisis response. Within the school setting, training and interventions will enhance the recognition of traumatic exposure, response to crisis situations, and mitigation of the impact of trauma. In addition, telecommunications consultations, group interactions, and educational updates will be provided for the schools and hospital facilities. Collaborative partners for the Center include the Louisiana State Department of Education, public and community hospitals, and key State agencies. | ||
| Grantee: City of Baton Rouge/ P E B R | ||
| Program: Jail Diversion | ||
| Congressional District: LA-06 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $300,000 | ||
| Project Period: 04/01/2004 - 03/31/2007 | ||
| The Office of the Mayor-President of the City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge will plan and implement a Jail Diversion Program. At present, 21% of the Parish jail inmates are estimated to be mentally ill. The jail diversion program is designed to steer persons with mental illness from the criminal justice system to community mental health and supportive services, where appropriate. The diversion programs will work to: 1) create service linkage among mental health, substance abuse, and criminal justice systems to address jail diversion and 2) expand local services to assess and treat persons with a mental illness and dual disorders who are diverted from the criminal justice system. | ||
| Grantee: Louisiana Mental Health System | ||
| Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants | ||
| Congressional District: LA-06 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $142,200 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007 | ||
| This project will continue the State's effort to build infrastructure to collect data and report the remaining Mental Health Block Grant Uniform Reporting System Developmental Measures. Grant efforts will focus on (1) local provider training to improve data quality, (2) implementation of web-based technology using DS2K + data standards to collect, report, and improve accessibility of data, and (3) strengthening internal and external database linkages. Project outcomes will include consistent data definitions, timely capture of data, improved measure of service outcomes and client change, improved data quality, and enhanced ability to analyze and report on developmental measures such as school attendance, school performance, and involvement with the criminal justice system. The project outcomes will be evaluated based on the ability to produce the data required for URS and other desired reporting. The project will also be evaluated in terms of its ability to produce data that is useful to and is used by system stakeholders. | ||
| Grantee: Parish of Ascension | ||
| Program: Drug Free Communities | ||
| Congressional District: | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $75,000 | ||
| Project Period: 10/01/2001 - 09/30/2005 | ||
| The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions. | ||
| Grantee: Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse | ||
| Program: Drug Free Communities | ||
| Congressional District: | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $75,000 | ||
| Project Period: 10/01/2000 - 09/30/2004 | ||
| The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions. | ||
| Grantee: 24th Judicial District Attorney | ||
| Program: CSAP 2004 EARMARKS | ||
| Congressional District: LA-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $298,230 | ||
| Project Period: 09/28/2004 - 09/27/2005 | ||
| Grantee: Quad Area Community Action Agency Inc | ||
| Program: Drug Free Communities | ||
| Congressional District: LA-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2005 | ||
| The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions. | ||
| Grantee: Childrens Coalition for the Bayou Region | ||
| Program: Drug Free Communities | ||
| Congressional District: LA-03 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $97,284 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2005 | ||
| The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions. | ||
| Grantee: SW Louisiana Area Hlth Education Ctr | ||
| Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 4 Services | ||
| Congressional District: LA-07 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $350,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008 | ||
| The SW Louisiana Area Health Education Center in Lafayette, Louisiana has received a 5-year grant to provide integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services to minority and underserved populations. The grantee will implement the Substance Abuse and HIV Integration Prevention (SHIP) project throughout the seven parish area of Region IV, also referred to as the Acadiana area in Southwest Louisiana. The SHIP program will target 11-18 year old African American youth, residing in high risk environments or out-of-home placements, in Southwest Louisiana. The SHIP program will address issues related to substance abuse prevention and HIV prevention through a small group of interventions utilizing a science-based curriculum. A youth development approach will be an integral part of the program with youth participating in at least one community service project. | ||
| Grantee: Louisiana Ofc for Addictive Disorders | ||
| Program: State Data Infrastructure | ||
| Congressional District: LA-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2005 | ||
| This project will support the transition of the LA Office for Addictive Disorders (OAD)'s substance abuse treatment services data system from its current mainframe system to a web-based application. OAD's current system is inadequate to meet federal reporting requirements and does not provide information needed to continue to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the system. Enhancements to the current system will improve OAD's capability to report on Performance Partnership Grant (PPG) performance measures and meet the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA) requirements. | ||
| Grantee: State of Louisiana Dept of Hlth | ||
| Program: Treatment of Persons w/Co-Occuring Substance Related and Mental Disorders | ||
| Congressional District: LA-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $1,095,298 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008 | ||
| Louisiana has developed the Louisiana Integrated Treatment Services (LITS) Model for serving persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders. This model, developed through two SAMHSA Community Action Grants, was successfully piloted in one region of the state and has been adopted for statewide implementation. The COSIG grant will focus on implementation of the LITS Model in the state's remaining regions and on development of statewide infrastructure to support and sustain LITS. | ||
| Grantee: Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse | ||
| Program: Strengthening Access and Retention (SAR) | ||
| Congressional District: LA-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $197,179 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| The objectives of this project are to support the Bridge House of New Orleans in strengthening client access to and retention in their substance abuse treatment program through (a) adoption of a Continuous Quality Improvement system, (b) utilization of Motivational Enhancement Therapy and the American Society of Addiction Medicine's Patient Placement Criteria, and (c) engagement in activities focusing on treatment access and retention innovation dissemination. | ||
| Grantee: Odyssey House Louisiana, Inc | ||
| Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS | ||
| Congressional District: LA-02 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $487,746 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| To expand gender specific residential treatment services for HIV positive African American women. | ||
| Grantee: Brotherhood, Inc. | ||
| Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS | ||
| Congressional District: LA-02 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $424,202 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007 | ||
| Brotherhood Incorporated, New Orleans, LA -- $500,000 -- to enhance and expand HIV prevention and substance abuse treatment services. The program will use Targeted Capacity Expansion TCE/ HIV to target injection drug users, men who have sex with men, and adolescents from the African-American populations. | ||
| Grantee: 19th Judicial District Court LA | ||
| Program: CSAT 2004 EARMARKS | ||
| Congressional District: LA-06 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $70,581 | ||
| Project Period: 08/01/2004 - 07/31/2005 | ||
| This project proposes to conduct a new feasibility study to expand the 19th Judicial District Court's Drug Treatment Court and create a multi-jurisdictional, outpatient and residential substance abuse treatment program. Several of the surrounding parishes such as Ascension, Assumption and Iberville are not able to afford the treatment and social service infrastructure needed for a regional treatment facility. | ||
