Carilion Clinic’s Project “Back on Track” program is receiving a major boost, thanks to a ,000 grant from Foundation for Roanoke Valley.
The grant comes from the Foundation’s Thomas P. and Lewise S. Parsley Fund, which was established in 1991 to support a number of interests including community outreach programs that address substance abuse.
Project “Back on Track,” a program of Carilion Clinic’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, was started in 2011 to provide intensive, outpatient counseling services to youth with substance abuse disorders. This program uses the country’s most promising treatment approaches for adolescent addiction and for reducing juvenile crime. The goals of the program are to: (1) avoid youth criminal offenses and (2) prevent further substance use among youth participants with the aim of long term relapse prevention and recovery. The program involves clients and its families for a minimum of 12 weeks intensive of services and 12 weeks of aftercare.
“The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine is committed to providing the necessary intake, assessment, psychiatric and counseling services integral to the successful implementation of Project Back on Track, as well as program evaluation and grant administration services. This is a promising collaborative that brings together partner organizations with solid professional reputations as longstanding service providers in this community. Funding from Foundation for Roanoke Valley will make it possible to study the project’s effectiveness as replicated here in our community and will offer the possibility of documenting evidence of impact needed to secure sustainable funding support,” said Dr. Cheri Hartman, Project Back on Track, Grant Projects Manager.
Alan Ronk, Executive Director of Foundation for Roanoke Valley added “The Foundation has a long history of supporting effective programs aimed at improving an individual’s quality of life. We are delighted to provide this grant and look forward to seeing the positive impact that it will have on youth struggling with addiction issues.”
Foundation for Roanoke Valley currently administers over 250 named endowment funds and awards approximately $3 million annually to benefit the community.
For information on the Foundation, visit www.foundationforroanokevalley.org or call 985-0204.
