You asked for a list of substance abuse (drugs, alcohol, and tobacco) treatment programs operated or funded by state agencies and the number of clients they served in FY 2001-02.

This report provides FY 2001-02 substance abuse treatment data for five agencies-the departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Children and Families, Correction, Judicial, and Veterans' Affairs. The first four provide the bulk of state services to drug and alcohol abusers. It also includes FY 1999-00 data for the Department of Social Services, which pays for substance abuse treatment under the Medicaid program.

The University of Connecticut Health Center is the only state agency we could find that runs tobacco cessation programs, most of which are research programs. We could not obtain information on the number of people they involve, but we suspect the number is low.

Because the agencies use different terms to identify their programs, we have listed each agency separately.

DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES (DMHAS)

DMHAS is the state's lead agency for treatment and prevention of alcohol and other substance abuse. It operates three inpatient treatment facilities (Blue Hills Hospital, Connecticut Valley Hospital, and Greater Bridgeport Community Mental Health Center) and funds approximately 170 community-based treatment programs. The facilities and programs provide a variety of treatment modalities, including residential and ambulatory detoxification, community-based residential treatment, methadone maintenance, inpatient and partial hospitalization, and outpatient. In FY 2001-02 DMHAS served a total of 42,190 clients in treatments as outlined in Table 1.

Table 1: DMHAS Clients by Treatment Type, FY 2001-02

*includes 216 youth referred by the Judicial Department

As noted, some of the clients who received treatment in the DMHAS system also may be included in data from other agencies. For example the same person may be counted under the Department of Children and Families Project Safe program or the Judicial Department's juvenile residential program and DMHAS because that agency referred the individual to a DMHAS treatment program.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (DCF)

DCF serves substance-abusing youth (up to age 18) in residential and outpatient treatment programs. It also operates a program (Project SAFE) in collaboration with DMHAS in which DCF screens and evaluates child-abusing parents for substance abuse and refers them for DMHAS outpatient treatment. Other DCF programs provide multisystemic therapy for substance abusing youths (and others) and their families, case management for substance abuse families at risk, and supportive housing (including case management) for substance abusing parents with children in the child welfare system. Table 2 lists DCF's programs and clients.

Table 2: DCF Clients by Program, FY 2001-02

Program	# Clients Served
Outpatient	634
Residential	291
Project SAFE	7,462*
Multisystemic Therapy	180
Families-At-Risk	507
Supportive Housing	90**
TOTAL	9,164

*includes screening, evaluation, and treatment (not all parents screened receive treatment)

**families containing 225 children

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION (DOC)

DOC's Addiction Services Unit treats offenders with substance abuse problems. It treated 9,771 inmates in FY 2001-02. Table 3 lists its programs and the number of inmates who received treatment. DOC says about 88% of its inmates have a significant need for drug or alcohol treatment.

Table 3: DOC Clients by Treatment Type, FY 2001-02.

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

The Judicial Department's Court Support Services Division (CCSD) provides intake, assessment, referral, and supervision services for adult (age 16 and older) pre-trial and post-conviction offenders and delinquent juveniles and those in its Families with Service Needs (FWSN) program. CCSD administers a statewide network of community-based residential and outpatient treatment and intervention services for these populations. Table 4 shows the number of adults who received substance abuse treatment through the Judicial Department by treatment type.

Table 4: Judicial Department Clients by Treatment Type

FY 2001-02

Program	# Clients
Outpatient	14,562
Residential	1,271
TOTAL	15,833

The department did not provide similar treatment data for delinquent juveniles or FWSNs. It reports about 50% of all juveniles it deals with screen positive for drug abuse; 15% of them for serious alcohol problem and 37% for a serious drug problem. It reports that approximately 1,600 of the approximately 3,500 juveniles referred to juvenile detention centers last fiscal year were assessed for substance abuse.

VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARMENT

The Veterans Affairs Department treated 76 people in FY 2001-02 at its Veterans Recovery Center.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES (DSS)

Unlike the agencies described above, DSS does not provide direct substance abuse treatment services or contract with others to serve its clients, but it does pay for treatment received by Medicaid beneficiaries. In FY 1999-00, it paid for treatment for 4,278 people (652 under age 18, 3,626 over age 18) through its Medicaid managed care plans.

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