Florence County Commission On Alcohol And Drug Abuse

Programs: We are structured to accomplish three elements of our mission - prevention, intervention and treatment. Under the treatment phases of services we provide a comprehensive bio-psycho social assessment and treatment plan for each individual. The biological component of the bio-psycho social model seeks to understand how the cause of the illness stems from the functioning of the individual's body. The psychological component of the model looks for potential causes for a health problem such as lack of self control, emotional turmoil and negative thinking. The social part of the model investigates how different social factors such as socio-economic status, culture, poverty, technology and religion can influence health. Our clinical staff is trained and qualified to provide a multitude of services that deal with each of these issues related to addiction. Also included in this element would be our chrysalis center which provides residential treatment for pregnant

in the intervention phase of the program we strive to minimize the negative impact of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs on the community by providing support and education to families and individuals that are impacted by the effects of substance abuse. In our prevention component we have a variety of evidence based curriclulum driven programs that are provided to youth in schools and in community settings to increase their preception of the risks associated with using alcohol tobacco and other drugs. Some of the other acivities include speakers bureau, hiv/aids education and alcohol and drug testing which helps support both our pervention and intervention services.