Faith, Funding, and Substance Abuse
Why might there be “increasing participation by religious organizations in offering substance abuse treatment funded by federal government vouchers”?
Perhaps because, at least in part, “A program’s faith element relates to the people they serve and the type of help they provide, as programs with more explicit and mandatory faith-related elements are likely to be substance-abuse programs.”
Thus, the more explicitly faith-filled substance abuse programs will increasingly face a special temptation to take federal funds for such purposes. And this will lead to complaints “that many of the faith-based programs funded by ATR [Access to Recovery] do not meet state licensing requirements, and are permitted to use religiously-based materials in treatment programs.”
Perhaps because, at least in part, “A program’s faith element relates to the people they serve and the type of help they provide, as programs with more explicit and mandatory faith-related elements are likely to be substance-abuse programs.”
Thus, the more explicitly faith-filled substance abuse programs will increasingly face a special temptation to take federal funds for such purposes. And this will lead to complaints “that many of the faith-based programs funded by ATR [Access to Recovery] do not meet state licensing requirements, and are permitted to use religiously-based materials in treatment programs.”
Comments
#1 2008-06-01 07:06 (Reply)
Thus, the more explicitly faith-filled substance abuse programs will increasingly face a special temptation to take federal funds for such purposes.
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bird.lavonne
Suffering from an addiction. This website has a lot of great resources and treatment centers.
http://www.treatmentcenters.org
#2 2008-06-20 02:48 (Reply)
There are a number of mental health and substance abuse services that could reasonably be offered by community minded organizations that are faith based. A common goal of community mental health is the promotion of successful integration in a natural community setting. This initiative presents an opportunity to enhance community supports for the disenfranchised persons served by our professions in community mental health centers. This may also provide increased access to services for those who are currently unable to be served due to inadequate resources in our public mental health service system. It should become our role as professionals to join these efforts. Our professional expertise regarding principles of empiric evidence based medicine and demonstrated best practices should be applied to programs irrespective as to the person that provides the actual services.
JWP
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