ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROGRAMS

Monterey County Strategic Prevention Framework Plan for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention (3.81MB)

TARGET POPULATION: All Residents of Monterey County

SERVICES: Administers and coordinates a comprehensive range of alcohol and other drug services through contracts with community-based organizations. These services provide a continuum of services which include:

• Prevention:
  • Friday Night Live
  
  
  • Club Live
  
  
  • Preventing Alcohol Related Trauma in Salinas (P.A.R.T.S.)
  
  

• Intervention:
  • Drinking Driver Problems
    
  • Drug Diversion
  
  
  • Options for Recovery
  
  

• Drug Court: Offenders charged with simple possession or under the influence of a controlled substance are eligible to participate in drug court if they have failed to complete, or are ineligible for, a court-ordered diversion program for first offenders and have no drug, violent, or felony convictions.

• Drug Treatment: To assist individuals and families with drug-related problems by providing individual and group counseling, drug education, and recovery support services in an outpatient drug free setting or in a residential treatment program.

• Narcotic Replacement Therapy: Detox and maintenance programs to reduce the use of narcotics and the risk of HIV infection through intravenous drug use.

• Proposition 36: Non-violent offenders who use or possess illegal drugs will receive up to one year of drug treatment and up to six months after-care in the community rather than incarceration.

Locations: Salinas, Seaside, Monterey and King City

Cost of Services: Fees are based on the individual’s ability to pay

Telephone: (831) 796-3066

Language: All languages can be accommodated with prior notice