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Outreach
is a premier provider and champion of quality, life-changing drug
and alcohol abuse treatment and training services. For
nearly three decades, Outreach has reached out to build healthy
lives throughout the New York Metropolitan Area.
Our
Mission:
"To
inspire individuals and families to achieve a life of unlimited
potential by developing and delivering community-based substance
abuse treatment services and training programs of an unmatched
quality, depth and breadth."
From Our Beginnings to
Today:
Co-founded
in 1980 by Kathleen A. Riddle, President, Outreach began as an
assessment and referral center in Glendale, Queens where an initial
staff of three working out of a small local storefront encouraged
local community members to seek help for their problems with
substance abuse. In
these early years, the scarcity of resources and lack of services
available to substance abusing populations in the Greater New York
area were quickly discovered. Treatment
gaps were especially apparent for adolescents and women.
Outreach responded by designing programs targeting these
populations with particular attention to youthful substance abusers.
As a result, Outreach's
services increased to include advocacy, adolescent and adult drug
and alcohol treatment, vocational services and community and
professional training. From
an original grant of $60,000 for three employees, Outreach's
leadership has facilitated growth today to a staff of over 200
employees and a budget of more than $13 million, offering
state-of-the-art programs at six locations in New York City and on
Long Island.
Our Continuum of Care:
Outreach’s
dedicated staff provides nearly 2000 individuals and families with
care and treatment through a diverse set of programs and upwards of
300 students participate in professional training each year.
Outreach’s continuum of services include:
Adolescent
Residential Treatment:
Outreach
House I
(Ridgewood,
Queens) and
Outreach
House II (Brentwood,
Long Island) provide
residential care for adolescents, 12-17 years of age, who are
struggling with alcohol and/or other substance abuse.
Along with a full day of school, residents receive
individual, group, vocational and family counseling, and health and
recreational services. Supportive
services are available to family members and upon program
completion, continuing care provides outpatient counseling for
adolescents and their family designed to ease the transition to home
and community, as well as build on program successes.
Adolescent
Outpatient Services
(Richmond
Hill, Queens
▪ Brentwood, Long Island ▪
Bellport,
Long Island): For
adolescents, 12-18 years
of age with alcohol and/or other substance abuse, adolescent
outpatient services incorporate evidence-based practices in
providing individual, group and family counseling and supportive
services after school and during afternoon and evening hours.
Adult
Outpatient Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment Services (Bellport, Long
Island
▪
Richmond
Hill, Queens ▪
Greenpoint, Brooklyn): provides medically supervised treatment/outpatient counseling
services for substance abusing individuals, 18 years and older.
The treatment regimen is individualized and outcome-oriented
with services that address drug and alcohol use, vocational
counseling and related issues.
Services
are available in
Spanish
at the Richmond Hill facility and in
Polish
in Greenpoint. Special program tracks are available for
individuals with
DWI/DUI
violations.
Specialized
Treatment for Women and Women with Children (Bellport, Long Island
▪
Richmond Hill, Queens):
An intensive medically supervised day program designed to meet the
special needs of women, pregnant women and women with children in a
safe, supportive, gender-specific milieu.
Services include individualized assessment and treatment
planning; case management services; family therapy, education,
support groups and parenting skills training; vocational counseling,
work readiness and employment skills training; on-site child care,
self-help and creativity/recreation groups.
Outreach
Training Institute (OTI)
(Richmond Hill, Queens
▪
Brentwood, Long Island ▪
Greenpoint,
Brooklyn): OTI has over
25 years’ experience in providing professional training for
persons committed to successfully treating substance abuse and
alcoholism. Specializing
in the 350-hour Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Counselor (CASAC) Diploma program approved by the New York State
Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, OTI is the
largest approved provider of CASAC training in New York State.
Outreach Career Services at OTI offers job preparation,
training and placement support for CASAC Diploma recipients.
Outreach
Haven (Flushing, Queens):
Outreach Haven is a non-secure detention program for girls, ages
9-16 who are awaiting court disposition.
In this short-stay facility, Outreach provides an array of
age-appropriate therapeutic experiences including full-day
educational programming.
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