Drug Prevention and Services Supporting the Whole Person

About the Program

School-based free counseling currently available at five schools for youth whose family environment, behavior and/or psychosocial development place them at higher risk for alcohol and substance abuse. Parents and/or siblings of these students may also be included in program depending on their involvement in these at risk behaviors.

The program currently serves children and adolescents in the Rochester City School District, the Hilton School District and Bishop Kearney.

What the Program Offers

Individual and family counseling, student group sessions, evidence based approach counseling, classroom presentations, connection to outside community supports.

Eligibility criteria

Referred by school staff, students and parents within the identified school districts.

Intake Process

CD Counselor is contacted concerning referral, availability is checked to make initial referral assessment or placed on waiting list, and referral is admitted into program and/or outsourced to Community Resources.

Program Cost

Free of charge to eligible participants.

About the Program

The Recovery Connection program provides intensive case management and outreach to clients with chemical dependency or co-occurring mental health disorders that have significant and high use of costly and intensive inpatient services. These individuals are often referred from inpatient treatment providers, detoxification centers, hospital emergency rooms, homeless shelters and other treatment centers. All of these clients have extensive basic needs for food, clothing and shelter, and ongoing income and insurance, are often still in active addiction. The goal in this program is assisting clients with their basic support needs, engaging clients into treatment for mental health and chemical dependency, developing abstinence and accomplishing their other individually defined goals.

What the Program Offers

The program provides extensive outreach and case management support to clients involved with the program. Care Coordinators assist with the location of safe and appropriate housing, facilitation in establishing or following through with medical or mental health services and supporting the client to address other key needs.

Eligibility criteria

Clients must be residents of Monroe county, between the ages of 18 and 64, Medicaid eligible, have a history of hospitalization or inpatient treatments at least three times in 12 months or four times in 24 months and in need of case management.

Program Cost and Selection Process

Clients must be residents of Monroe county, between the ages of 18 and 64, Medicaid eligible, have a history of hospitalization or inpatient treatments at least three times in 12 months or four times in 24 months and in need of case management.

There are no costs for program services.

Intake Process

Interested individuals may contact the Program Manager at 585-546-1271 x6383 or complete an application for services and appropriate releases and fax to 585-546-2607.