The ARP (Addiction Recovery Program) provides outpatient services to court-mandated probation, parole, family court and self-referred clients. Treatment plans use a combined approach of education, counseling and self-help group attendance to allow each individual to form appropriate strategies to maintain a sober, productive life. In 1999, ARP was licensed under the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services as an ambulatory care facility.
ARP works with the Work First New Jersey (WFNJ) Substance Abuse Initiative Network (SAI). This initiative (SAI) was created by the state to expand screening, assessment, treatment and care coordination for substance abuse in WFNJ recipients so they may better participate in work and work readiness activities.
ARP provides individual and group counseling to the criminal justice population. In the group modality, clients move from one phase to another after meeting the treatment requirements of the specific phase, which may include maintaining abstinence, attending required self-help groups and consistent attendance. ARP currently offers three consecutive treatment phases: Educational Seminar, Treatment Group and Recovery Maintenance Group.
ARP is an approved IDRC (Intoxicated Driver Resource Center) Treatment Provider site and provides four IDRC Treatment Groups each week, both day and evening. Participants in ARP-IDRC Treatment Groups are the indigent and working poor.
In 1999, 406 new cases were opened, an increase of 18% above 1998. The increase is due in part to better identification by the courts of individuals with substance abuse problems and a greater acceptance of mandated treatment. Of the 406 new cases, 274 were court referrals, 120 were IDRC referrals, and 12 were from other sources. A total of 622 clients received substance abuse treatment at ARP during the year.
