An additional 500 people in the city outside the criminal-justice system need treatment, he said. DiGirolamo said the cut that was restored yesterday would have come in a Department of Public Welfare program designed to pay for substance-abuse treatment in and out of hospitals for single adults who, after welfare reform, are no longer eligible for Medicaid. It seems that every year, addiction services are under attack in the budget. . . . These are not popular programs. Much the same effect would have been felt throughout the state, said Kathy Hubert, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of County Drug and Alcohol Administrators.
Counties are the major providers of addiction services for the indigent.
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