818 East Jefferson Boulevard
South Bend, IN 46617
Phone: 574-234-6024 |
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Center for Addictions - Assessment, Referral and Education (CARE)
CARE: Center for Addictions ~ Assessment, Referral and Education
MISSION
The mission of the Center for Addictions ~ Assessment, Referral and Education is to provide unbiased professional and objective guidance to individuals and families faced with alcohol and other drug problems. Furthermore, its aim is to ensure that a person in need of treatment for an alcohol or other drug problem has access to treatment regardless of age, sex, race, religion, creed or socio-economic status.
Despite reduced local funding, CARE has continued to provide services to people in need regardless of their income because CARE believes that where there is Help, there is Hope.
CARE's staff will do its best to assist anyone who contacts its office. This might mean spending time with a concerned caller, explaining what to do about an adult child's substance abuse; providing telephone numbers to treatment centers throughout the state; or providing 12-step meeting information. CARE offers basic assistance to the concerned public in the first steps toward recovery.
Prevention and Education services can be structured from a class of one to a crowd of hundreds. Each request is individualized to meet the needs of the program recipients.
CARE provides formal addictions assessment services by a Substance Abuse Profesional (SAP). The SAP assemment services meet the credential criteria for conducting assessments for the Department of Transportation.
Intervention services are offered in a three part format: 1. The information seeking gathering is held with interested family members and friends. Those willing and able to continue with the intervention process, enroll in a three-part education program that includes individual and group assistance, an intervention planning session and rehearsal. Following successful completion of the series, the intervention is conducted with careful planning for treatment admission. The intervention team is also offered a post-intervention meeting to process the event.
CARE maintains independence from treatment providers in order to give the most objective assistance possible. This neutrality allows the CARE staff to provide a variety of treatment centers or social service agencies without a conflict of interst.
Speakers on alcohol and other drug issues are available upon request. These presentations can be informational or educational. The AARC staff is also called upon as a professional resource to train staff in the area of alcohol and other drug issues. |
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Video Lending Library
Resource Room/Video Lending Library/Print Lending Library
The Resource Room contains hundreds of videos that are available for loan at no charge. Titles on specific populations and topics are a part of the video lending library. Also available is a print lending library. Other print materials are made available at no charge through the Resource Room and provide information on various alcohol and other drug-related concerns.
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