Generally, they have had poor parent role models and need a good bit of parenting support. Not only are we saving human lives and the human spirit, but we are saving millions of dollars. Beyond alcohol and drug treatment services, the program provides needed mental health prevention and treatment services under the leadership of Linda L. M. Worley, M.D., a physician certified in addictions psychiatry and a professor in the UAMS Department of Psychiatry. Enrolled clients and their dependent children receive individual, group, and family therapy sessions. Twelve Step recovery principles are introduced, as are other recovery methods and tools.
Program evaluations show positive outcomes.
The program works to reverse the harm to families caused by alcohol and drug abuse. Working together, health, human service and housing agencies, churches, and neighborhood residents have helped the program expand. We have spent an extraordinary amount of time serving in many capacities.