Study of alcohol use and abuse

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With regard to treatment resources for Wayne County residents, the following are programs that serve Wayne County and its residents:

  • There is the Dick Van Dyke Alcoholism Treatment Center, which serves many counties, including Wayne. The center is located in Ovid, New York.
  • There is the Finger Lakes Addiction Counseling and Referral Agency (FLACRA), which provides crisis centers, outpatient treatment for adults and adolescents, and a halfway house. There is a center in Newark, New York, which is located in Wayne County. There are also other centers in surrounding counties operated by FLACRA.
  • The Clifton Springs Hospital Addictions Recovery Center has a program in Wayne County.
  • Hannick Hall is a residential treatment program for women with alcohol/substance abuse problems located in Newark, New York and is run by the Catholic Family Center Restart Substance Abuse Center.
  • There is also the Wayne County Substance Abuse Counseling Program located in Lyons, New York.
  • Wayne Behavioral Health Network runs a program called the Wayne Substance Abuse Services program.
  • A program in Geneva, New York called the Chemical Dependency Detoxification Program serves Wayne County residents and is operated by Geneva Regional Health System.
  • There are 12-step programs including Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, and Alateen groups in Wayne County as well as a Narcotics Anonymous Chapter.
  • With regard to prevention and education, there is the Delphi Drug Abuse Center, which has a program for Wayne County youth in the form of prevention counseling services.
  • The Council on Alcoholism & Other Chemical Dependencies of the Finger Lakes has a prevention, education, information, and referral program for Wayne County.

Based on the scenario indicating the community resources available in Wayne County for alcohol and substance abuse problems, do the following:

  • Identify 2 types of programs that you believe are lacking in this community.
  • State why you believe this community would benefit from the 2 types of programs that you identified.
  • State what populations each of the programs you identified would serve.