Description | Signs and Symptoms | General Eligibility | How to Apply
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Description

Through its Children, Youth, and Families Division, Adult Community Services Division and Public Health Division the Dane County Department of Human Services offers a comprehensive array of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse (ATODA) services with the mission of contributing to an environment where children, families, and adults can participate successfully in the community.

The Department does not provide ATODA intervention and treatment services directly . Rather the Department maintains contracts with community agencies and organizations to provide a comprehensive range of programs and services.

Signs and Symptoms

Are you looking for help for yourself, a friend, or a family member? These links provide information on the signs and symptoms of alcohol, tobacco, or other drug abuse, as well as, information on how to help.

Help Your Friend or Sibling There is no specific rule about when to talk to a friend of sibling about their drug or alcohol use. Take the quiz on Freevibe which will give you some things to think about when considering a friend's drug use. Get advice if you have a friend or sibling with a drug problem.

Help Yourself (Teens) This web site is a place for teens to check where they are at with drugs and alcohol. There are quizzes, games, moments of truth about teens who realized that their drug or alcohol use had gotten out of control, and stories submitted by teens who checked out their drug or alcohol use.

Help Yourself (Adults) The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration web site offers self-help tests to see if your drinking or drug use is a problem or how much your drug use is costing you.

The American Cancer Society web site offers facts about smoking, tobacco, and health. The site offers a self-test to calculate how much you smoke and how expensive your habit is.

Help Your Teenager Think your teen may be experimenting with drugs or alcohol? The Parents: The Anti-Drug web site helps parents to learn, evaluate, and take action for addressing their teens drug use or drinking.

Concerned about your teen experimenting with cigarettes-including flavored cigarettes, cigars, or smokeless tobacco? The American Cancer Society web site provides facts about kids and tobacco use, offers suggestions for what parents can do to keep kids from starting smoking, and offers suggestions for helping your child to quit.

Help Your Parent Concerned about your parent's or other caretaker's drug problem? The Freevibe web site offers information for teens concerned about their parent's or other caretaker's drug or alcohol use.

The No Shame web site offers information for Madison area youth concerned about their parents' or their friends parents' alcohol or drug use. Talk, listen, get educated, and take control. There's no shame in caring for someone affected by drugs or alcohol.

Tobacco Use and Prevention Get the facts on tobacco use, secondhand smoke, youth prevention, and cessation.

General Eligibility

To receive ATODA services funded by Dane County, persons generally are required to be Dane County Residents.

Most alcohol and other drug abuse services funded by Dane County are provided for persons without health insurance or the financial ability to pay for services. Persons may contact service providers directly to request information on eligibility for services and funding availability.

How to Apply

For Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services

Persons with health insurance should contact their health plan organization to get a list of approved ATODA providers and services and to obtain any required referrals for service.

Persons without health insurance can contact service provider agencies directly to determine their intake policies, service costs required, and availability of Dane County funding if eligible.

For Tobacco Services

For tobacco cessation services, contact:

• The University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention directly provides cessation resources such as the quitline, research studies, clinics, and support groups.
• Tobacco Free Dane County Coalition Coordinator at (608) 242-6297 for a copy of the Quit Tobacco Services in Dane County book available in English, Spanish, and Hmong.
• Tobacco Free Dane County Coalition

Services

Tobacco

An array of services are provided by the Dane County Public Health Division, including:

• Education and linkage to tobacco cessation resources;
• Clean Indoor Air Law information for businesses outside the City of Madison;
• Mini-grants that provide additional funding resources for tobacco cessation and prevention are available from time-to-time (Note that Tobacco Free Dane County Coalition can not offer smoking cessation aids);
• Peer Education Groups - to train youth to be peer educators in school and community settings;
• Policy and advocacy work for communities looking to make work-sites smoke-free;
• Services to landlords and business owners to promote their businesses as smoke-free;
• Wisconsin Wins - provides point-of-purchase checks on sales of tobacco products to minors. The program provides the ongoing hiring of youth age 15-17. For more information contact the Tobacco Free Dane County Coalition Coordinator at (608) 242-6297.

Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services

Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services are provided through a comprehensive array of purchase of service agencies in Dane County. Services are listed first by service category. This is followed by a description of each agency/service.

I. ARC Community Services

Center for Women and Children
This is an intensive, twelve (12) week step-down program designed for women with children. On-site childcare and AODA prevention/intervention programming for the children of enrolled moms is provided. Services include assessment and treatment planning, family, group and individual counseling sessions. In addition to AODA education and treatment, a wide range of issues are addressed, including but not limited to women's issues sexual abuse, domestic violence and parenting. Other services include life skill building, money management, health education, vocational and educational assistance and referral for other services. Transportation assistance is also provided. Children 0-12 years of age may receive on-site childcare in a licensed childcare center with a range of services including individual play therapy and diagnostic testing to aid in the development of an individual educational program for each child. Aftercare services are available to mothers who complete treatment and desire ongoing support. This program is available for referrals for jail diversion.

Healthy Beginnings
The program provides day treatment and infant care services for AODA involved pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. The target population is women in the W2 training program, minority women, low income women and women involved with the criminal justice system. On site infant care, coordination of prenatal/postpartum medical care, coordination of off-site childcare services, and transportation are made available as appropriate. This program is available for referrals for jail diversion.

Case Management Services
This service provides intensive, assertive case management for women enrolled in the six-month Treatment Alternative Program (TAP), or the Dane County Drug Treatment Court (DCDTC). Services include monitoring and supervision, home visits, daily check-in, random urine testing, weekly criminality and women's groups, and advocacy. The service accepts only female referrals from the Clinical Assessment Unit of the Mental Health Center subsequent to an assessment.

Integrated AODA/Work Services
The service provides an integrated, multi-disciplinary, family-focused comprehensive case management system to meet the needs of TANF eligible, W2 enrolled, and AODA affected women and their families. The project will address identified service gaps in the AODA continuum through comprehensive case management, transitional housing, integrated AODA/trauma services and increased treatment flexibility through outpatient services. The agency can also provide transitional housing and case management in safe, sober housing.

Alternative Living - Females
The service provides Alternative Living for women involved in Dane County TAP, Drug Court Treatment, ARC Center for Women & Children, ARC Healthy Beginnings, ARC House or another court specified AODA treatment programs in the County who are in need of a safe structured living environment during the period of their treatment program. In addition this bed may be used at the discretion of the court as an alternative to incarceration for pregnant women housed in the Dane County Jail.

II. Attic Correctional Services

Treatment Alternatives Program (TAP)
Provision of intensive, assertive case management services including monitoring and supervision, home visits, daily check-in, random urine testing, corrective thinking groups, and advocacy for the duration of this six month program for AODA involved offenders. The service accepts only male referrals from the Clinical Assessment Unit of the Mental Health Center subsequent to an assessment.

Drug Court Treatment Program (DCTP)
Provision of intensive, assertive case management services including monitoring and supervision, home visits, daily check-in, random urine testing, corrective thinking groups, and advocacy for the duration of this 6-12 month DCTP for AODA involved offenders. The service accepts only male referrals from the Clinical Assessment Unit of the Mental Health Center subsequent to an assessment.

III. Centro Hispano

New Routes
Culturally specific case management and support for Latino offenders with the objective of avoiding and/or reducing jail time. The general target group is Latino offenders ages 17 and up for whom language and cultural differences and service access barriers contribute to their pattern of offending behavior and their presence in the Dane County Jail. This program will not serve serious violent offenders. However it may include individuals who have committed criminal traffic offenses, other alcohol or drug related offenses, and various other misdemeanants and are at risk of jail time. Priority may be given to those offenders who are serving time in jail.

IV. Coordinated Community Child Care

Child Care I/R and Training
To make childcare available and accessible to low-income persons while in outpatient alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) treatment and to provide training to County or State regulated childcare providers and other community agencies on the needs of children from AODA involved families.

V. Family Service, Inc.

Alternatives to Aggression
Services provided are domestic violence treatment and prevention for AODA involved offenders referred by TAP subsequent to assessment by the Clinical Assessment Unit of the Mental Health Center. Services include a comprehensive assessment and structured group counseling sessions to address domestic violence and related issues.

PICADA - Prevention, Outreach, Information and Referral Services
Provision of education and training, early intervention, outreach, screening and assessment, information and referral of alcohol other drug involved or at-risk persons. Services include: anonymous phone and walk-in information and referral services; a reference library; community prevention work focusing on hi-risk groups; individual and family screening/assessment, motivational counseling; case finding and referral to appropriate services; and neighborhood based support groups.

PICADA-Educational Track/Drug Court Treatment Program
This service provides a brief educational and intervention program as part of the Drug Court Treatment Program. Persons participating have been screened and referred from the Alternatives to Incarceration Program. The educational program consists of three classes of two and one half each for a total of seven and one-half hours. Classes include lecture, discussion, videos, and exercises on reducing the risk of drug related behavior and problems. The brief intervention program consists of six weeks with weekly one and one half hour meetings.

PICADA - Intervention
This service is focused on mobilizing communities to reduce youth consumption of alcohol by changing community policy and norms governing youth access to alcohol. This prevention service is provided in several communities in Dane County.

VI. Genesis Community Development Corporation

Exodus (prevention) and UJIMA (treatment)
Services provided include outreach, information and referral, and treatment services with alcohol and other drug involved or otherwise at-risk persons of color. Services include individual and family screening, motivational counseling, case finding and referral to appropriate services, in-home and neighborhood based support groups, school and community youth education groups, family awareness and parent-to-parent programs, and dissemination of HIV/AIDS transmission and reduction information. UJIMA services are provided in coordination with the Fatherhood Program of the Urban League of Greater Madison.

VII. Hope Haven/Rebos United

Colvin Manor
An eighteen bed facility for individuals who have attained sobriety, completed a residential treatment program and are employed or have other means of economic support, but who, due to the absence of natural or community support systems, require a semi-structured environment and the peer support of others in order to maintain their sobriety. Length of stay is open-ended.

Hope Haven
A 22 bed licensed, Class A Community Based Residential (CBRF) living facility for individuals with AODA related problems in two or more functional areas (legal, marital/familial relationships, health and/or employment and who are in need of a 24 hour supervised, drug free, supportive living arrangement. Services include services plan development, AODA counseling, job counseling, peer support, and introduction to and promotion of involvement with self help groups. Length of stay is 21 days. Admission restricted to ambulatory persons with the ability follow directions and take independent action for self-preservation under emergency conditions.

North Bay Lodge
A fifteen bed licensed, Class B Community Based Residential (CBRF) living facility for individuals who are 55 years of age or older with histories of long term chronicity and numerous unsuccessful treatment admissions. Length of stay is open-ended. Residents must be ambulatory or semi-ambulatory with the ability to follow directions and take independent action for self-preservation under emergency conditions. Residents must also be able attend to their own personal care needs.

REBOS
A 15 bed licensed, Community Based Residential (CBRF) living facility adult men with AODA related problems in two or more functional areas (legal, marital/familial relationships, health and/or employment and who are in need of a 24 hour supervised, drug free, supportive living arrangement. Services include services plan development, AODA counseling, job counseling, peer support, and introduction to and promotion of involvement with self help groups. Length of stay is approximately 2 months. Admission restricted to ambulatory or semi-ambulatory with the ability follow directions and take independent action for self-preservation under emergency conditions.

Hope Haven -Treatment Alternative Program
Community based treatment to IV Drug abusers who are actively enrolled in the County's Treatment Alternative Program (TAP). Referrals for this for service come from the Mental Health Center's Clinical Assessment Unit. Due to the nature of their disability, these clients are unable to remain in their own homes and would otherwise be institutionalized.

Pathfinder - AODA Jail Pilot
AODA treatment and case management program as a jail alternative for persons with substance abuse problems that are sentenced for AODA-related crimes. The service is provided in partnership with the Dane County Sheriff's Office, Human Services, Catholic Charities, and other local service providers. Services range from residential treatment and day treatment to aftercare/follow-up. "Wrap-around" case-management services to address the multiple needs of each individual and coordinated referrals for women-specific, minority, mental health, language-barrier, transportation, childcare, vocational, educational, re-integration, and other issues of special concern are provided. Clients released from jail custody to the community may be on electronic monitoring (Sheriff's Office or State Probation/Parole).

VIII. Lutheran Social Services

Intoxicated Driver Program
The service provided is outpatient treatment designed to improve driver safety through completion of a driver safety plan. Services include ongoing assessment/diagnosis, treatment planning, monitoring and review, individual, group, couple counseling and medical support services. Referrals are received from the centralized assessment facility subsequent to an OWI (Operating While Intoxicated) conviction.

IX. Mental Health Center of Dane County

Outpatient Services
Outpatient treatment provided on-site, in-home or other natural setting for persons whose personal, social, behavioral, and/or mental functioning has been impaired due to alcohol and/or other drug abuse. Services include but are not limited to assessment/diagnosis, case planning, case management, counseling/psychotherapy (individual, group, couple, family sessions), and psychiatric and medical support services. Special emphasis is given to serving women, minorities, and persons with dual disabilities.

TAP - Clinical Assessment Unit
The service provided is the project coordination, screening and assessment service component of the Dane County AOD Treatment Alternatives Program (TAP). Services are directed to offenders who have been convicted and sentenced for AODA-related offenses. Services are also be targeted to jail inmates under state probation holds awaiting formal alternatives to revocation.

TAP - Outpatient Services
Services provided are outpatient treatment services for clients in the Dane County Treatment Alternative Program (TAP), and also for jail inmates under probation holds awaiting formal alternatives to revocation. Services are directed to offenders who have been convicted and sentenced for AODA-related offenses. Services include but are not limited on-going assessment, diagnosis, case planning, counseling/psychotherapy and medical support services.

Drug Treatment Court/ Clinical Assessment Unit
This service includes liaison, project coordination and assessment services components of the Dane County Drug Court Treatment Program (DCTP). The target population for the assessment services is all individuals that are referred from the Alternatives to Incarceration Program subsequent to establishing eligibility for the DCTP. The target population for the coordination services is all individuals admitted to the DCTP.

Drug Treatment Court/Outpatient Treatment Services
This service provides treatment services to DCTP participants whose personal, social, behavioral, and mental functioning has been impaired due drug abuse. Services are designed to assist adults in increasing their social functioning and their ability to cope with stress. Services include but are not limited on-going assessment, diagnosis, case planning, counseling/psychotherapy and medical support services.

Intoxicated Driver Program
This service provides outpatient treatment designed to improve driver safety through completion of a driver safety plan. Services include assessment/diagnosis, treatment planning, monitoring and review, individual, group, couple counseling and medical support services. Referrals are restricted to those received from the centralized assessment unit subsequent to an OWI (Operating While Intoxicated) conviction.

X. Meriter Health Enterprise

Court-Ordered Drug Testing (General Medical Laboratories - GML)
This service is alcohol and other drug testing (toxicology - urinalysis) with youth and/or their parents when this testing is ordered by the juvenile court. GML is the local federally approved alcohol and other drug-testing provider in the area.

XI. Meriter Hospital

Newstart Intoxicated Driver Program
This service provides outpatient treatment designed to improve driver safety through completion of a driver safety plan. Services provided include assessment/diagnosis, treatment planning, monitoring and review, individual, group, couple counseling and medical support services. Referrals are restricted to those received from the centralized assessment unit subsequent to an OWI (Operating while Intoxicated) conviction.

Newstart Intensive Outpatient Program
This service provides outpatient services as an alternative to inpatient treatment for persons in need of an intensive, structured program who have stable living environments and do not require 24 hour medical supervision and are unable to avail themselves of inpatient treatment. Services include screening, assessment/diagnosis, treatment plan development, individual, group, couple and family counseling, back-up psychiatric and crisis intervention, monitoring and review, HIV/AIDS education and referral to other needed services.

XII. Outreach

AODA Information/Referral/Outreach
This agency offers an array of services, including crisis intervention, information and referral, counseling services, outreach and advocacy services primarily for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LBGT) persons of Madison and Dane County, Wisconsin. Many of the services also benefit straight people interested in knowing more about being LGBT or about the area's LBGT communities.

XIII. Project HUGS

Parent AODA Support and Intervention
This agency provides multi-disciplinary intervention, advocacy and case coordination services to parents/families of alcohol and other drug involved youth, including those involved with gangs and cults. The agency also provides consultation to law enforcement and other community agencies and groups.

XIV. Tellurian UCAN, Inc.

Detoxification and Detention Services
This service includes protective custody and voluntary detoxification from alcohol and other drugs (excepting barbiturates and benzodiazepines) in a 30-bed locked detention facility. Services are also available for persons under civil commitment to Dane County. Services include 24-hour registered nurse coverage and on-call physician services.

Community Intervention Team (Street Team)
This service includes case management services for persons who have multiple psychosocial, economic and medical problems due to severe, chronic alcohol and/or other drug abuse and/or alcoholism. Specific services include ongoing assessment, planning, service coordination, monitoring, advocacy and evaluation.

Adult Residential Program
This program is an intensive residential treatment program for persons with severe alcohol and other drug abuse problems. Treatment services are tailored to the individual needs of each client, while providing alcohol and other drug education, individual and group counseling, recovery skills training, and recreational alternatives. Services are generally available for up to 90 days. The program serves Treatment Alternatives Program (TAP) and Intoxicated Driver Program (IDP) referrals and other adults who are non-psychotic, non-violent and have no open arrest warrants pending.

Synergy Day Treatment Program
This is a community based AODA treatment program for persons who are in need of an intensive, structured day treatment program, who have an otherwise stable living environment and do not require 24-hour medical supervision, and are unable to avail themselves of inpatient treatment. Restricted to AODA involved offenders referred by the Treatment Alternatives Program (TAP).

Network Day Treatment
This service is a day treatment program that provides an array of services to adolescent youth and their families. Adolescents are generally experiencing problems in their family, with alcohol and/or other drug abuse, in school and in the community and often at risk of being placed outside of their home (residential or corrections placement).

XV. Thomas & Associates

Cool Choices
This program provides case management, individual and group treatment and support for primarily young adult African-American offenders as a jail diversion program. The general target group is African American offenders ages for whom cultural differences and service access barriers contribute to their pattern of offending behavior and their presence in the Dane County jail. Persons to be served include individuals who have committed criminal traffic offenses, alcohol or drug offenses, and various other misdemeanants and who are at risk of jail time or have been recently admitted to jail. Priority is given to those offenders who are in jail.

XVI. University Community Clinics/Gateway Recovery

Outpatient Services
This service provides outpatient treatment for adults and youth whose personal, social, behavioral, and/or mental functioning has been impaired due to alcohol and/or other drug abuse. Services include assessment/diagnosis, treatment planning, individual, group, couple counseling, monitoring and review and medical support services.

Intoxicated Driver Program- Outpatient
This service provides outpatient treatment with persons convicted for driving while intoxicated and is designed to improve driver safety through completion of a driver safety plan. Services include assessment/diagnosis, treatment planning, individual, group, couple counseling, monitoring and review and medical support services. Referrals are restricted to those received from the County's centralized assessment unit.

XVII. University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Adolescent Alcohol and other Drug Assessment and Intervention Program (AADAIP)
This program provides: (a) comprehensive alcohol/drug abuse screening, assessment, intervention and referral services, including "fast track" emergency assessments for adolescents; (b) Juvenile Court Pilot Project (JCPP) screening; (c) court-ordered assessments for Juvenile Court and municipal courts; (d) occasional parent assessments, (e) state institutional gate-keeping services (Anchorage); and (f) AOD consultation services throughout the county. Although not funded under this contract, UW Hospital and Clinics, along with other community hospitals, provides 24-hour emergency room, including detoxification, services for acutely intoxicated youth in Dane County.

Cost

If a person or family seeking alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) services has private health insurance or Medical Assistance available, there is generally a specific service provider that they are required to use (check with your health plan administrator).

Most AODA services funded by Dane County are provided with individuals and families without health insurance or the financial ability to pay for services. Persons may contact AODA service providers directly to request information on eligibility for services and Dane County funding availability.

Some service providers have other sources of funding to help keep the cost of services affordable for individuals and families. Some agencies charge service fees based on the consumer's ability to pay. You can contact agencies directly to inquire about fees for their services.

Additional Help

New Directions - Consumer operated information and referral services for persons seeking help from mental health and/or alcohol and other drug services (608) 280-2675.

Local Alcoholics Anonymous, Alateen, Al-Anon, Smart Recovery or other support groups (list of groups available from Family Services - PICADA at 246-7606).

"Alcoholism Information & Treatment Centers" and "Drug Abuse and Addiction-Information and Treatment" in the Yellow Pages of your phonebook.

Social workers and AODA Coordinators at most middle schools and high schools in Dane County.

Dane County Anti-Drug Coalition - an organization serving the South Madison area that helps promote neighborhood safety and peacefulness (website: http://www.smadc.org)

Dane County Chemical Dependency Consortium - a group of AODA service providers and interested citizens that meets the first Thursday of each month at the Mental Health Center of Dane County.

Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources - Agency and website oriented to helping youth, families, schools and communities lead healthy and productive lives with AODA and other prevention resources. (website: wch.uhs.wisc.edu)

Tobacco Control Resource Center for Wisconsin - Is a resource for tobacco control coalitions and advocates. The Center is part of the Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources. The web site provides facts on tobacco and second hand smoke, prevention and cessation, as well as, tobacco industry links, information on legislation and policy, and additional materials. The Center also has a lending library of print and multimedia materials available.

Tobacco Free Dane County Coalition Get the facts on tobacco, second hand smoke, youth prevention, cessation, and links to tobacco related resources from the Tobacco Free Dane County Coalition.

University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention - Provides cessation resources such as the quitline, research studies, clinics, and support groups. This web site offers information for smokers, researchers, employers, healthcare providers, insurers, and advocates. This particular link goes to the web page for smokers.

Wisconsin Tobacco Control Program - This State web site provides information and links to tobacco prevention and tobacco addiction treatment resources in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Wins - This State web site provides information on the Wisconsin Wins program to reduce youth tobacco access throughout the State. The site has information for youth, tobacco vendors, contractors, and for the community.

Contact

For information on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Programs contact:

Todd Campbell
Substance Abuse Services Manager
Dane County Department of Human Services
(608) 242-6488
campbell.todd@co.dane.wi.us

For information on Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs contact:

Ryan Sheahan
Tobacco Free Dane County Coalition Coordinator
(608) 242-6297
sheahan@co.dane.wi.us

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