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Since 1949, the focus of the Alcoholism Council has been
to reduce problems related to alcoholism and other drug addiction through
the delivery of treatment and prevention services. The Council has a wide
range of programs that serve children, adolescents, families, women, older
adults and persons with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health
disorders. For over 65 years, the Council's information and referral
services have provided a central point of access to the existing public
system of care. In July of 2003, the Council expanded its ability to provide
assessment, referral and treatment for individual and family counseling
with the introduction of the Recovery Health Access Center (RHAC) project
funded by the Hamilton County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board.
The Alcoholism Council’s approach to service delivery
reflects the knowledge that alcoholism and other drug dependence is a
multi-faceted public health problem – preventable and treatable – which
requires a coordinated response on multiple levels of our community.
Contained within our mission is the commitment to the availability of
appropriate services for all who need them and the commitment to provide
directly only those services not adequately available elsewhere. We are
energized by the challenge of assuming complicated, interrelated roles of
leader, advocate, supporter and provider.
As an affiliate of the National
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency, the Council has
access to a strong national staff and the ‘best practices’ efforts of 200
other national affiliates. In addition, as an affiliate of the National
Association of Children of Alcoholics, we continue to improve ways of
preventing abuse and addiction in families affected by alcoholism and ways
to integrate a family based treatment approach in all that we do. The
Council seeks to assist people in the identification of alcohol and other
drug problems in their early stages and to be responsive by recommending
and participating in intervention strategies for individuals and families.
Our philosophy supports our practice of searching for
new information and best practice approaches for addressing alcohol and
other drug-related problems and disseminating this information in the
Greater Cincinnati community. It further supports our collaborative efforts
with both local and national entities.
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