Crittenton's Adolescent Chemical Dependency Intensive Outpatient Program serves young persons, ages 12-19, middle school and high school aged from the Greater Kansas City area, experiencing problems in their lives associated with their use of substances. Crittenton
treast the young person as well as their family and community, as the family and community are also affected by the use of substances. Crittenton strives to offer the highest quality, culturally competent care for its clients. 

COMBAT funding enables Crittenton to treat clients with financial needs due to loss of employment, exhaustion of insurance benefits or without insurance coverage for substance use counseling, incarceration and other long-term problems that impinge on employment and income status. Clients need substance use services to achieve abstinence from all mind-altering chemicals and to enhance functioning in all areas of their lives. Some are currently involved with the legal system and 80% or more report engaging in illegal activity related to their drug use, as well as violence and/or anger issues.

Treatment addresses the clients and their families' traumas, including previously experienced traumas, along with trauma that occurred during/as a result of the clients' substance use. Clients seek treatment to address isolation, denial, legal issues, stressed family functioning, poor judgment, mental health issues, inadequate coping skills and stress management. 

Intensive Outpatient Program services include screening, assessments, treatment planning, group education/counseling, self-help support education and groups, individual sessions, family-counseling, drug screening, recreational/expressive therapies and case-management. Recovery is monitored via randomly collected urine and/or serum drug screens completed in outpatient laboratories or via on-the-spot quick testing. Disposable breathalyzers are also used on an "as needed" basis. 

Crittenton utilizes The Hazelden Matrix Model for Teens and Young Adults. This Evidence-based Model correlates effectively with Crittenton's selected evidence-based therapies: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Enhancement.

Education topics include drug/alcohol effects, recovery strategies, relapse prevention techniques, denial, disease concept, triggers, communication skills, anger and stress ·management, healthy leisure awareness, coping with grief and loss, and related treatment topics.

Individual counseling is used for ongoing assessment, individualized treatment planning and targeted specific client needs.

Clients are given written work, homework/tasks to complete between sessions. Three primary written components of a client's Treatment Plan are their Using History, Recovery Plan and Relapse Prevention Plan. Additional treatment assignments are also included in the Adolescent Matrix Model of Treatment Manual along with written Step Work and attending 12 Step/self-help support groups.

SAMHSA's Anger Management for Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Clients Workbook assignments are used to help clients deal with their anger and violence issues. 

Crittenton communicates with referral sources such as parents/guardians, case-managers, schools, probation officers, drug and family courts, mental health practitioners, treatment facilities, and independent living facilities to ensure continuity of care and to improve clients' opportunities for success. 

Desired outcomes include: evident decrease in substance usage by clients, decrease in law enforcement/legal involvement, increase in positive family relationships/functioning, decrease in violent interactions, increasing coping skills for trauma, development of recovery support systems, and retention in school or work.

COMBAT Funding: $112,464.00