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Illinois receives $13.9 million to expand drug
treatment and recovery options
Access to Recovery grant to increase client choice in treatment
programs and recovery support services
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[October 18, 2007]
CHICAGO -- Illinois Department of Human Services Secretary Carol
L. Adams, Ph.D., announced Oct. 2 a $13.9 million Access to Recovery
grant that will allow the department to expand options for over
6,000 people seeking drug and alcohol treatment. The grant is part
of a federal initiative to provide vouchers for substance abuse
treatment and recovery services.
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 ATR is a three-year competitive discretionary grant program
funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. The new grant
will provide Illinoisans seeking drug and alcohol treatment with
vouchers to pay for a range of individualized treatment and recovery
services, including faith-based and community-based services.
"There is more than one way to treat addiction, and people should
be able to choose what is best for them," Adams said. "With this
grant, we can continue to promote client choice while expanding
access to a greater array of treatment options and recovery
services."
With the ATR program, people in need of treatment or recovery
support services can inquire about vouchers at one of three
different enrolling agencies: Treatment Alternatives for Safe
Communities, known as TASC; Family Guidance Centers Inc.; and IOTA
Inc., which stands for information, organization training and
applications. After an enrollment assessment and screening
interview, participants will be allowed to select services from a
list of alternative local providers enrolled in the program. There
are now more than 110 providers who can receive the electronic
vouchers to provide treatment services to individuals in the state.
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 "By increasing the number of providers that can offer treatment
and recovery support services through vouchers, we are expanding
recovery options for thousands of people, while improving our
service delivery system throughout the state," said Theodora Binion-Taylor,
director of the IDHS Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse.
The recovery grant will allow Illinois to expand its Pathways to
Recovery initiative, implemented in 2004. As a result, ATR-supported
services will be continued in Cook County and the 5th and 6th state
judicial districts in east-central Illinois, and will be expanded to
the five counties that comprise the 10th Judicial District in
west-central Illinois. The program will include a focus on
individuals involved with the criminal justice system, a
methamphetamine treatment component, and Screening, Brief
Intervention and Referral to Treatment among its voucher services.
During the implementation of the first ATR grant awarded in 2004,
approximately 8,600 people received treatment or recovery support
services in Cook County and 11 counties in east-central Illinois.
For the new grant, 6,200 people are expected to receive substance
abuse treatment or recovery support services.
[Text from file received from
the
Illinois Office of
Communication and Information]
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