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Each drug rehab in Robinwood, Maryland 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 Robinwood 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 Robinwood 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 Robinwood. 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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Maryland State Facts
Population: 5,375,156
Law Enforcement Officers: 16,495
State Prison Population: 36,100
Probation Population: 80,708
Violent Crime Rate
National Ranking: 2 2004 Federal Drug Seizures
Cocaine: 111.2 kgs.
Heroin: 10.7 kgs.
Methamphetamine: 0.0 kgs.
Marijuana: 106.4 kgs.
Ecstasy: 69 tablets
Methamphetamine Laboratories: 1 (DEA, state, and local)

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Drug Situation: Maryland is situated on the north end of the mid-Atlantic region and bisected by Interstate-95. Drugs, weapons and illicit proceeds destined for points south of New York City routinely transit the state through Baltimore. Maryland's drug situation is complicated by the presence of two major metropolitan areas in the state: Baltimore and its surrounding counties in the northern part of the state, and the suburban counties of Washington, DC in southern Maryland. In addition, Maryland's major seaport in Baltimore contributes to a substantial amount of international drug traffic coming into the state. Baltimore is deeply affected by the heroin trade, having carried the dubious distinction as one of the most heroin-plagued cities in the nation for over a decade.

Cocaine: Cocaine and crack abuse and distribution pose a significant threat throughout the state of Maryland, particularly in cities situated near Washington, DC. Law enforcement sources in cities and towns located along the Eastern Shore and in western Maryland also cite crack cocaine as the primary drug threat in their areas. Violence continues to accompany the cocaine trade in the state. Wholesale levels of cocaine are readily available via suppliers in New York City and the southwestern U.S.

Heroin: Heroin is abused throughout Maryland but is most problematic in and around the city of Baltimore. Baltimore is home to higher numbers of heroin addicts and heroin-related crime than almost any other city in the nation, and those problems tend to spill over into adjoining counties where many heroin distributors maintain residences. The enormous demand for heroin in the Baltimore metropolitan area led to an increase in the drug's abuse among teens and young adults, who routinely drive into the city to obtain heroin for themselves and other local abusers. In the Baltimore metropolitan area, heroin is sold almost exclusively by street name and packaged in gelatin capsules. Highly pure heroin - "raw" - marketed toward suburban users is sometimes packaged in vials (much like crack cocaine).

Methamphetamine: Methamphetamine is not in high demand nor is it widely available in the state of Maryland. Although clandestine methamphetamine laboratories have been seized in the state in the past few years - one of which was large enough to receive classification by EPIC as a "super-lab" - the problem overall is minimal. Drug users in western Maryland, near West Virginia, and young adults involved in the cities' rave scenes are the primary audiences for methamphetamine.

Club Drugs: Baltimore, Maryland maintains a thriving rave and nightclub scene in which club drugs, usually MDMA, are abused. Club drugs such as Ketamine, GHB and others do not carry the same demand nor availability as MDMA. Notable, however, are recent statements by law enforcement sources that MDMA has become a drug of choice among young, inner-city drug dealers in Baltimore and among young, primarily blue-collar individuals in the western part of the state. An MDMA laboratory was recently seized in the city of Baltimore.

Marijuana: The most widely-abused drug in Maryland, marijuana remains easily available in every part of the state. Low levels of marijuana cultivation occur in the state, primarily in western Maryland and along the Eastern Shore, where private farmland and public parkland are conducive to growers' concerns for anonymity.

OxyContin and Other Prescription Drug Diversion: Until recently, Maryland experienced high levels of pharmaceutical diversion primarily in association with Baltimore's open-air drug markets. OxyContin, however, has become the drug of choice among pharmaceutical drug abusers. Maryland - particularly the city of Baltimore - is becoming a source area for OxyContin abusers in Virginia and West Virginia, likely due to the enormous scrutiny the drug is under in those two states.

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 four MET deployments in the State of Maryland since the inception of the program: Baltimore, Hagerstown, and Annapolis (2).

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 has been one RET deployment in the State of Maryland since the inception of the program, in Baltimore.

Special Topics: The Washington/Baltimore HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) supports and assists in the funding of a multi-agency enforcement task force and an Intelligence group in Washington, DC. In addition, the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department has its own Major Narcotics Branch, and other drug and violent crime-related enforcement operations in place.

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Maryland Discretionary Funds

Maryland Formula Funding						Fiscal Year 2004/05
Maryland Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant:							$ 32,191,130
Maryland Community Mental Health Services Block Grant:							$ 8,269,375
Maryland Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH):							$ 1,065,000
Maryland Protection and Advocacy Formula Grant:							$ 449,346
Maryland Subtotal of Formula Funding:							$ 41,974,851
Maryland Discretionary Funding						Fiscal Year 2004/05
Maryland Mental Health							$ 4,013,774
Maryland Substance Prevention:							$ 2,800,368
Maryland Substance Abuse Treatment:							$ 4,547,784
Maryland Subtotal of Discretionary Funding:							$ 11,361,926
Maryland Total Mental Health Funds:							$ 13,797,495
Maryland Total Substance Abuse Funds:							$ 39,539,582

Grantee: On Our Own of Maryland, Inc
Program: CMHS Statewide Consumer Network Grants
Congressional District: MD-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
On Our Own of Maryland is a statewide consumer organization that develops consumer organization skills through management and leadership skill training. The training builds consumer capacity to participate in state planning and strengthen relations with other groups that identify technical assistance needs. The project proposes to convene a statewide consumer leadership summit that will explore current and alternative service delivery models for funding and the structure of the public mental health system. This summit will explore implementation of a self-directed care model. Four regional summits will convene to disseminate findings and recommendation from stakeholders at local levels. Consumer will also be provided hands on technical assistance from consultants and staff in organizational development. On Our Own will meet quarterly with local leaders and conduct anti-stigma workshops, sponsor business management and cultural competence seminars. In addition, the project will examine methods to increase consumer participation on state level, disseminate information and link consumers to national technical assistance centers.

Grantee: Maryland Dept of Hlth and Mental Hygiene
Program: Alternatives to Restraint & Seclusion SIGs
Congressional District: MD-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $237,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
The Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration will implement a two-pronged infrastructure development approach aimed at creating alternatives to the use of seclusion and restraint in the state-operated psychiatric facility system. Implementing the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) Core Interventions, MMHA will also implement the Maryland Youth Practice Improvement Committee's (MYPIC) Staff Guide and Training Curriculum for reduction of seclusion and restraint. The project aims at broad organizational culture change and work force improvement through development of new cognitive awareness and intervention skills for staff. The project will develop a system-wide telemedicine capacity as part of its infrastructure building activities. In response to evidence of higher rates of seclusion and restraint among African American populations, the applicant will develop a Cultural Competence Core to review all proposed activities and interventions through the lens of cultural competencies. Statewide Consumer and Family organizations will be key partners, as will two local Schools of Medicine located within Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland. In addition, the Maryland Protection and Advocacy agency, Maryland Disability Law Center, will play a key role. Evaluation services will be provided by HSRI.

Grantee: Maryland Dept of Hlth and Mental Hygiene
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants
Congressional District: MD-01
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: Maryland Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene
Program: Emergency Response
Congressional District: MD-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $99,903
Project Period: 06/01/2003 - 05/31/2005
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH), Mental Hygiene Administration (MHA) and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration (ADAA) will work in partnership on a project to enhance capacity for emergency mental health and substance abuse response. Funding will be utilized to: 1) develop coordinated emergency response plans at the State and local level based on an All-Hazards approach, 2) expand staffing through the recruitment of professional and lay volunteers, and 3) hire a qualified individual with expertise in disaster planning to ensure planning efforts are comprehensive and coordinated. To achieve these goals, the Coordinator will be charged with working collaboratively with MHA and ADAA, State Advisory Councils and Committees, local Health Departments, local mental health and substance abuse authorities, State Department of Human Resources and local departments of social services, Maryland State Board of Education, providers, consumers, and family members. Over the next two years, the Coordinator will survey 12 local jurisdictions each year on their level of preparedness and response capacity to enhance Maryland's statewide mental health and substance abuse emergency response.

Grantee: Maryland Dept of Hlth and Mental Hygiene
Program: Disaster Relief
Congressional District: MD-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $969,374
Project Period: 02/06/2004 - 11/05/2004
In response to tropical storm damage, the State of Maryland received a Regular Services grant through the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program, which is conducted through an interagency partnership between the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Center for Mental Health Services. Services provided through this grant include outreach, individual and group counseling, and public education regarding the mental health effects of disasters.

Grantee: MD Coalition of Fam. for Children's MH
Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants
Congressional District: MD-02
FY 2004 Funding: : $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
The Statewide Family Network Grant will be used to build capacity in Maryland through expanded outreach to families, building family leadership, creating training opportunities, and initiating a project to build youth leadership. Outreach staff will provide information, support, training and advocacy for families caring for a child with mental health needs.

Grantee: Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Program: Evidence Based Training & Evaluation
Congressional District: MD-07
FY 2004 Funding: : $286,985
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006
Building on Maryland's commitment to integrate effective treatments into routine health care settings for those with severe mental illness, this project will provide training on Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) to three sites. Upon successful implementation, and completion of Training of Trainer activities, these sites will become the ACT Training Resource Programs for the State. Evaluation activities will assess training efforts, program fidelity, implementation, and outcomes. The project will address the gap between scientific advances in knowledge about effective treatments for persons with serious mental illness and the availability of those services in routine health care settings. Program implementation will be closely monitored, including fidelity to the model and consumer outcomes. Once the initial three sites receive training and education in ACT and successfully implement programs in their own agencies, they will receive special training on becoming ACT trainers themselves. This 'train the trainer' model will be piloted within the state as a mechanism for disseminating evidence-based practices, expanding the long term capacity of the system to provide ACT and other EBPs to consumers. The project will expand on the collaborative relationship between the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) and the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry (Mental Health Systems Improvement Collaborative). Also, in partnership with On Our Own of Maryland (OOOMD), the statewide mental health consumer advocacy group, consumers will be trained to administer a survey to ACT clients assessing consumer satisfaction, including cultural competency. This aggregate information, along with the ongoing collection of outcomes conducted by the sites, will then be used to help the ACT provider sites assess their services for relevance, satisfaction to consumers and for cultural competency, and to take corrective measures when necessary.

Grantee: People Encouraging People, Inc
Program: AIDS TCE-Service Capacity Bldg in Minority Communities
Congressional District: MD-07
FY 2004 Funding: : $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
People Encouraging People (PEP) and the Park Heights Community Health Alliance (PHCHA) plan to utilize a mobile treatment model to provide psychiatric services to the consumer in an environment in which they are most comfortable. The Mobile Treatment Team will consist of a nurse, a social worker and an outreach worker. The staff will be supported by a psychiatrist who will make visits in the community and follow best practices of treatment for HIV/AIDS. The staff will receive special training in the combined treatment of HIV/AIDS and the unique mental health needs of this population.

Grantee: Montgomery County Health/Human Services
Program: Children's Services
Congressional District: MD-08
FY 2004 Funding: : $1,338,312
Project Period: 09/30/1999 - 08/31/2005
The Community Kids project creates a multi-agency, neighborhood school level, service delivery system for children and adolescents, ages 5-13 with SED and their families. Youth experiencing or at-risk of out-of-home placements will be a special focus. Over its grant period, the program will extend its family-centered decision-making structure and wraparound services approach to multi-agency teams in each of the 12 neighborhood school regions. Family/provider teams will operate at the individual, community, and county policy levels.

Grantee: Harford County Maryland
Program: Drug Free Communities
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $74,653
Project Period: 10/01/2000 - 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: County of Kent
Program: Drug Free Communities
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $74,508
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: Talbot Partnership for Alc/Other DA Prev
Program: Drug Free Communities
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $65,000
Project Period: 10/01/2003 - 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: Suitland Family & Life Development Corp
Program: Drug Free Communities
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000
Project Period: 10/01/2003 - 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: County Commissioners of Queen Annes Cty
Program: Drug Free Communities
Congressional District: MD-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $94,236
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: Worcester County Health Department
Program: Drug Free Communities
Congressional District: MD-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $60,725
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: Strategic Community Services, Inc.
Program: Youth Transition into the Workplace
Congressional District: MD-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $150,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2006
Stretegic Community Services, Inc. will be developing a health-oriented substance abuse prevention program to reduce youth drug use and abuse in the workplace. The project is located in Prince George's County Maryland. The target population is African-American youth ages 16-24. Target Security Company is the worksite partner and other private security companies interested in implementing the practice will be selected during Phase I. GetFit@SAMHSA.gov will be tailored for this poopulation along with reviewing and tailoring Working for Wellness and Healthy Workplace.

Grantee: Strategic Community Services, Inc.
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 4 Services
Congressional District: MD-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $350,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The Strategic Community Services, Inc. in Glenarden, MD has received a 5 year grant to provide integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services to minority and underserved populations. This program will use a youth popular culture framework to integrate substance abuse prevention and HIV prevention interventions. The project is entitled "Hip Hop to Prevent Substance Abuse and HIV" (H2P), and will integrate a SAMHSA model program and a CDC HIV Prevention Effective Program: Project School Using Coordinated Community Efforts to Strengthen Students (SUCCESS) and Becoming a Responsible Teen (BART).

Grantee: McFarland Institute Inc
Program: Family Strengthening
Congressional District: MD-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $474,997
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2005
The Program Coordinating Center (PCC), in collaboration with the Study Sites and CSAP/SAMHSA staff, will develop a guiding framework, which will include a design for identification of common variables to be studied and measured, including those data related to: (1) wide spread dissemination of the program model or focus area, (2) implementation barriers and successes, (3) intermediate and long-term outcome findings, and (4) cost-benefit analysis. The PCC will assist CSAP/SAMHSA staff in program management and implementation. This will include monitoring sites, coordinating communication, providing technical assistance, disseminating information, assisting with training, conducting site visits, managing data, analyzing data, and reporting results. An important part of the analysis of common variables and cost will include a detailed analysis of the full range of individual activities used by the Study Sites. The PCC will establish and maintain an interactive website for use mainly by the Study Sites and will provide ongoing overall study coordination including development and dissemination of cross-site evaluation materials. The PCC will maintain the process and outcome data in a fully documented manner with an electronic data repository.

Grantee: Pacific Institute for Research
Program: Youth Transition into the Workplace
Congressional District: MD-05
FY 2004 Funding: : $150,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2006
PIRE with Amtrak and Amtrak's unions propose a randomized controlled trial designed to reduce substance abuse among 1,500 Amtrak permanent employees aged 18-24 at enrollment. A grant-funded youth preventive services coordinator will develop and deliver (1) orientation training adapted from the US Navy's promising PREVENT curriculum, (2) youth-oriented materials for current prevention programs, and (3) training of a large workplace peer prevention network, Operation RedBlock, on young worker issues. Operation RedBlock, a union-operated, management supported, and company-funded peer support program was implemented in 1989. RedBlock harnesses the energy of 2,400 active volunteers to keep the workplace substance-free and steer employees with drug or alcohol problems to help. RedBlock markoff, which allows employees with substance abuse issues to "mark-off" and not get on board with confidentially without penalty and receive assistance for these issues.

Grantee: Collington Square Non Profit Corp
Program: Drug Free Communities
Congressional District: MD-07
FY 2004 Funding: : $99,967
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: MD Department of Hlth/Mtl Hygiene
Program: Cooperative Agreement for Ecstasy & Other Club Drugs Prevention Services
Congressional District: MD-07
FY 2004 Funding: : $292,356
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
The Maryland AIDS Administration in collaboration with Chase Brexton Health Services Inc., and the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health is proposing a project to reduce club drug use among men who have sex with men (MSM) through a coordinated system of prevention and substance abuse treatment for MSM in the Baltimore metropolitan area. The proposed project was developed in response to the growing use of club drugs (e.g. ecstasy, methamphetamine, GHB, ketamine, and LSD) and high-risk sexual practices among MSM, which pose serious public health effects within the MSM community. In order to halt the progression of this growing problem, this project will expand and strengthen effective, culturally competent club drug prevention services for MSM in Baltimore.

Grantee: Identity, Inc
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 4 Services
Congressional District: MD-08
FY 2004 Funding: : $350,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The Identity, Inc. in Washington, D.C. has received a 5 year grant to provide integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services to minority and underserved populations. Identity will implement a science-based integrated HIV and substance abuse prevention after-school curriculum for at-risk middle school Latino youth in Montgomery County, Maryland. that builds upon a comprehensive needs assessment conducted in 2002-2003. The curriculum contains a youth, parent, social action cultural sensitivity and an ATOD free lifestyle component responding to and designed with extensive community input from the target population, community members and community leaders. Identity's proposed program goal is to increase protective factors and decrease risk factors associated with HIV and substance abuse among Montgomery County middle school Latino youth.

Grantee: Identity, Inc
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 3 Services
Congressional District: MD-08
FY 2004 Funding: : $345,825
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2005
Identity's proposed program goal is to increase protective factors and decrease risk factors associated with HIV and substance abuse among Montgomery County Latino youth. The program objectives and action steps respond to specific needs of Montgomery County Latin youth, identified through a comprehensive needs assessment that included a literature review, surveying 575 youth ages 14-19, and focus groups with youth, parents and English as a Second Language (ESOL) teachers and counselors. The curriculum contains a youth, a parent and a youth social action component responding to and designed with extensive input the target population, community members and leaders.

Grantee: National Assoc for Equal Opport High Edu
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 2 Youth Services Cooperative Agreements
Congressional District: MD-08
FY 2004 Funding: : $63,636
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 03/31/2005
National Association for Equal Opportunity In Higher Education (NAFEO) proposes to conduct a culturally appropriate Substance Abuse, HIV/STD and Wellness project SHAPE, for African American youth, ages 13-17, and other communities of color in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States. Over the three-year project period, NAFEO in conjunction with the One Hundred Black Men of America (100BMOA), will conduct focus groups with youth to determine the content and format of Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention training. In addition, Train the Trainer (TOT) educational sessions will be provided for selected adolescents and members of the 100BMOA who will be working directly with the target population. NAFEO's long-term goals are to 1) develop a culturally appropriate Substance Abuse/HIV Prevention and Wellness program for African American youth, 2) increase the knowledge, attitudes and skill levels of African American youth around SA/HIV Prevention and Wellness, and 3) provide 100BMOA, HBCUs, CBOs, and their communities, with resources and skills to continue to provide health education to African American youth.

Grantee: State of Maryland - DHMH - ADAA
Program: State Data Infrastructure
Congressional District: MD-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2005
Under this proposal, the Maryland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration (ADAA), in collaboration with the University of Maryland, Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR), is proposing to develop an electronic web-based data management system to track client progress, capture state required data, share information among agencies and generate information pertaining to client and program outcomes for treatment agencies throughout the State. Under this proposal, Maryland will expand the scope of the web-based data management system to will allow treatment providers real time access to their client data, allow for the transfer and sharing of information among agencies, track client and program outcomes to improve service delivery among provider agencies, track staff and caseload information for management purposes, and provide an inexpensive means of data management for treatment providers.

Grantee: Baltimore City Health Dept
Program: CSAT 2004 EARMARKS
Congressional District: MD-02
FY 2004 Funding: : $994,100
Project Period: 07/15/2004 - 07/14/2005
This opioid treatment program will enhance the rates of treatment entry for individuals on drug treatment waiting lists through the support of 425 interim methadone treatment slots. Individuals who are treatment program waiting lists will be placed on methadone treatment with only emergency counseling for up to 120 days.

Grantee: Danya Institute, Inc
Program: Addiction Technical Transfer Center
Congressional District: MD-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $649,933
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
ATTCs provide state-of-the-art education and training programs to health care professionals, state and local governments, and community organizations. Utilizing comprehensive curricula addressing all elements of addiction treatment and recovery, ATTCs disseminate research-based knowledge to addictions treatment and public health/mental health personnel, institutional and community corrections professionals, and others.

Grantee: Johns Hopkins University
Program: Residential SA TX
Congressional District: MD-07
FY 2004 Funding: : $250,174
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2005
The residential program at Mountain Manor Treatment Center aims to enhance effectiveness by adding innovative, evidence-based components focusing on community re-integration, family participation, assertive continuing care, and the use of emerging technology to promote pro-social behavior among youth ages 13 to 20. Continuing care enhancements will draw on the manualized Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (ACRA), utilize an information system, include assertive family outreach and engagement, provide linkages with the community, and develop a low-intensity residential level of care. The target population will be 75 percent indigent, 35 percent female, and 30 percent African American.

Grantee: Gaudenzia, Inc
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS
Congressional District: MD-07
FY 2004 Funding: : $405,663
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
To expand the capacity to provide specialized substance abuse, HIV/ AIDS prevention and treatment services. The program will target criminal justice individuals, injection drug users, and men who have sex with men from the African-Americans and Latino populations.

Grantee: Chase Brexton Health Serv, Inc
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS
Congressional District: MD-07
FY 2004 Funding: : $409,743
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
To address the co-occurring problems of substance use, HIV/AIDS, and mental health issues in our primarily African American population of Men who have sex with Men (MSM), Chase Brexton Health Services (CBHS) will implementan Enhanced Services Model, comprising: Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for MSMs and those with (or at risk for) HIV/AIDS; Integration of primary care, mental health, psycho-social, and pharmacy services; and Office Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT).

Grantee: Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS
Congressional District: MD-07
FY 2004 Funding: : $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
To enhance the capabilities of the substance abuse treatment program offered through drug courts. The program will target women, criminal justice individuals, injection drug users, and individuals who have sex for money or drugs from the African-American population.

Grantee: The American Society of Addiction Medic
Program: DATA Physician Clinical Support System
Congressional District: MD-08
FY 2004 Funding: : $499,681
Project Period: 09/01/2004 - 08/31/2007
The grantee, in consortium with other specialty addiction medicine, psychiatric, pain and general medicine societies will create a Physician Clinical Support System designed to assist physicians in the appropriate use of this buprenorphine treatment.

Grantee: Adventist Healthcare, Inc
Program: Effective Adolescent Treatment
Congressional District: MD-08
FY 2004 Funding: : $238,490
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
This program is designed for youth age 12- 21 who meet medical criteria for substance abuse or dependence. The program will adopt or expand use of a treatment protocol that combines two types of therapy, Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. This Motivational Enhancement Therapy/Cognitive Behavior Therapy, a five-session protocol, was previously proved to be effective with substance abusing youth.