Program areas at DATA
Residential - DATA operates two adolescent residential substance use treatment centers: Walter D. Kelly Center (West Palm Beach) and Norman C. Hayslip Center (Fort Pierce). Admission is determined in part by meeting placement criteria as defined by the American Society of Addiction Medicine. The program consists of three interrelated components: therapeutic, behavioral, and academic. The therapeutic component consists of participation in evidence-based individual, family, and group therapy that addresses issues identified in the client's collaboratively developed strengths-based treatment plan. The behavioral component consists of a level system that rewards positive behaviors. Clients must also progress academically by participating in our onsite school provided by local school districts. Successful completion of the program is determined by achieving goals/objectives on their treatment plan, abstinence from substances, and achieving maximum benefit. DATA served 95 youth during the fiscal year.
Outreach Programs - Services are provided through a formal program to both individuals and the community. Community services include education, identification, and linkage with high-risk groups. These services are designed to encourage, educate and engage prospective clients who show an indication of substance use and/or mental health problems or needs. DATA provides outreach services in the public-school system and in other community settings and provided outreach services to approximately 10,000 youth, parents, and community members.
Prevention - DATA provided evidence-based prevention programs (Project SUCCESS) in middle and high schools throughout Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, and Indian River counties. This program uses interventions that are effective in reducing risk factors and enhancing protective factors. Services include individual/family/group counseling (indicated), a prevention education series and parent groups (universal direct), and environmental awareness activities (universal indirect). During the fiscal year 703 youth participated in individual counseling with an average success rate of 98%. Additionally, over 4,000 youth participated in the prevention education series.
Outpatient - Outpatient services include screening, assessment, evidence-based individual, family, and group counseling sessions, treatment plan development and review, information and referral, and urinalysis testing services. We provide these services at our two outpatient clinics located in West Palm Beach and Fort Pierce as well as several satellite offices. Our outpatient centers are closely located to our residential centers and serve our residential clients once they have completed the residential modality. This level of care generally consists of three months of treatment which includes weekly sessions supplemented by participation in self-help meetings. During the fiscal year 565 clients were served with an average success rate of 78%.
In-Home/Onsite & TASC - Therapeutic services and supports are rendered in non-provider settings that include schools, detentions centers and other community settings. Services provided by DATA in school settings remove transportation issues as an obstacle to receiving services. These evidence-based services include the identification of youth at risk through individualized biopsychosocial assessment, short-term individual, family and group counseling, and linkage to appropriate services for individuals that need more intensive services. It also may include evidence-based anger management and substance use education as forms of intervention. During the fiscal year 1,765 clients were served in our school-based and community intervention programs. 83% of clients successfully completed the program.
Multisystemic Therapy (MST) DATA was funded to implement MST in Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties during this fiscal year. MST is an evidence-based and intensive family and community based treatment that addresses the multiple causes of serious antisocial behavior and delinquency. The program has successfully served youth from 12 to 17 years old, as a clinical and cost-effective alternative to out-of-home placements (e.g. incarceration, residential placement, and psychiatric hospitalization) for youths presenting serious clinical problems. The program seeks to improve the real-world functioning of youth by changing their natural environments (e.g. home, school, and neighborhood) in ways that promote prosocial behavior while decreasing antisocial behavior. The extent of treatment varies by family according to clinical need and addressing deep issues, however most youth and families are in the program for 4 to 6 months
TASC case management and other program services.