Treatment Access And Services Center Of Berks County-Tasc-Inc

Programs: Central intake unit - tasc provides a central point of intake, evaluation, and referral for the uninsured and publicly funded clients of berks county who are in need of drug and alcohol treatment services. The population served includes individuals involved in the criminal justice system, children & youth services, berks connections/pre-trial services, and juveniles involved with the juvenile probation office. Tasc also facilitates the court reporting network (crn) evaluation, which is the state-mandated screening tool required for all individuals arrested for a driving under the influence (dui) offense. Tasc also provides assessments for juveniles involved in act 53, whereby a parent or legal guardian may petition the court of common pleas for commitment of the minor to involuntary drug/alcohol treatment services. Tasc also conducts assessments and treatment referrals at theberks county jail system as part of the ma jail program. For fiscal year 2016/17, tasc served 6,316 individuals, including 1,276 crn evaluations.

mental health case management services - tasc provides case management services for the mentally-ill publicly funded clients of berks county, with the goal of reducing suicide, homelessness, incarcerations, and entanglement with an ongoing number of conflicting systems. These services address the ancillary needs of individuals in helping them become self-sufficient and independent. For fiscal year 2016/17 tasc provided intensive mental health case management services to 107 individuals, encompassing over 16,000 service units.

urine collection center - tasc provides random, scheduled, and observed urinalysis testing services for individuals involved in the criminal justice system, primarily through the adult probation and parole office, children and youth services, berks connections/pre-trial services, and for the public at large. Tasc works closely and provides testing for individuals involved in the drug, mental health, and dui treatment court and intermediate punishment programs. All referral sources have online access to testing and attendance results within 48 hours of the specimen collection date. Donors are observed through a one-way observation window by gender specific monitors. All specimens collected are sent to redwood toxicology for a 6-panel test for marijuana, cocaine, amphatamine/methamphetamine, benzodiazepines, oxycodone, and opiates. Individuals remit a $6. 00 co-pay at the time of service. Tasc may also test for k2/spice, and conduct etg testing to screen for alcohol consumption over a 3 day "look back" period. During fiscal year 2016/17,tasc served 3,542 clients, and collected 31,441 samples. Tasc reported a collective positive rate on all samples of 10%. Instant cups - tasc purchases and distributes instant drug test supplies, comprised of 6-panel instant cups, and paperwork, for resale to the various berks county halfway and recovery house programs funded by the council on chemical abuse, including the ymca, easy does it, and camp joy. These drug testing supplies provide the halfway and recovery housing staff a resource for monitoring abstinence among their residents and in confirming that their housing environments remain drug-free. Tasc works with the houses to determine the number of urine kits needed, and invoices coca for the housing program that made the request.