| Description |
We have weekly staff meetings. Our counselors get together and go over the strengths and weaknesses of their groups. We find a solution for those that are having difficulties in staying sober. Our goal is to teach these young people an alternative lifestyle to drugs and alcohol. We have three locations, Corpus Christi, Kingsville and Alice. We have day centers (a safe place for them to hang out after school and on school holidays), we take them camping and on other types of retreats. There are 12-step meetings 5 nights a week. We have a weekly preventave meeting for children ages 5-12 that have a sibling or parent that have used mind altering substances. We work with these children at an early age, teaching them how to process their feelings so that later on in their teen years they will have the tools to use instead of turning to drugs to numb their feelings. This grant will be used to help pay for supplies and retreats for these two groups. Last year, 2013, was extremely busy as the PDAP staff worked with approximately 4,976 individuals, conducted over 5,100 twelve-step appointments, and maintained an average monthly attendance of over 1,000 teenagers, young adults, and parents. In addition, PDAP staff spoke to over 6,000 young people, parents, teachers, and community leaders in our area schools, industries and civic organizations about all aspects of chemical dependency. |
