Salvation Army alcohol treatment work
gets funding
$85,000 has been provided for a two-year
pilot youth alcohol and drug treatment programme run by the
Salvation Army in
Whangarei.
---------------------------------
Funding
secured by the Progressive Party for alcohol and other drug
treatment in the Coalition Government's budget process has
been allocated to the Salvation Army organisation in
Whangarei, Associate Health Minister Jim Anderton said
today.
"$85,000 has been provided specifically for a
two-year pilot youth alcohol and drug treatment programme,"
the Progressive leader said
"The reason this funding has
been allocated is because it was drawn to my attention at a
public forum in Whangarei that I was chairing that Northland
lacked youth alcohol and drug treatment facilities," Jim
Anderton said.
"The feeling at the forum was that the
region needed a residential facility for youth, so I asked
Ministry of Health officials to investigate the situation,
which they did. However, officials advised that the gap in
Northland youth alcohol and drug treatment was not at the
residential treatment end, but at the community service
end," Jim Anderton said.
"The Salvation Army is well known
for its expertise in running successful adult alcohol and
drug treatment programmes and this expansion to meet the
need for youth treatment in Whangarei is a welcome and very
valuable
addition.
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