The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence received a $2,500 grant from PSEG for the HOPE (Heroin Outreach Prevention & Education) Program.
Funding for the HOPE Program will help to support the ongoing operation of this comprehensive program designed to educate young people ages 14-18 about the potential health consequences associated with heroin use and provide a bridge to treatment for teens suffering from heroin addiction.
With significant price drops in the street price of heroin on Long Island, increasing numbers of young people are using the drug. Heroin arrests by the DEA have surged in recent years.
Calls to LICADD’s hotlines and requests for services mirror these increasing trends and beyond the sheer rise in numbers of young people and their families seeking heroin addiction treatment services, the rapid progression from snorting to injecting the drug is startling and obviously increases the potential health consequences for users.
“We are so grateful to PSEG for supporting this important program. LICADD will continue to participate in community meetings and network with a variety of youth-serving agencies to promote service coordination, collaboration and innovation” says Executive Director Steve Chassman.
For more than 58 years, LICADD has successfully delivered evidence-based programs designed to prevent and treat substance abuse and addiction.
LICADD offers crisis intervention, screenings, brief interventions, referrals to treatment and several family education workshops to help Long Islanders struggling with the effects of addiction. Through our Open Arms, EAP Program, LICADD has provided targeted solution-focused support to companies all along the East Coast, serving over 60,000 employees and their families.
For more information please call (516) 747-2606 or visit us on the web at www.licadd.org and Facebook.
