Organization: CHEMICAL ABUSE SERVICES AGENCY INC
Mission: THE MISSION OF CASA, INC. IS TO PROVIDE HOLISTIC AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT COMMUNITY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN CT SEEKING RECOVERY FROM ADDICTIONS, CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS AND RELATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES.
Activities: 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 THROUGH OUR DAY TREATMENT AND OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAMS AIMED TOWARD BUILDING A FOUNDATION UPON WHICH LONG TERM RECOVERY CAN TAKE PLACE. THE PROGRAM SERVES OVER 700 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 CONNECTICUT CLIENT PLACEMENT 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.
NTEE category: Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
Secondary category: Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines