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How many people in Baltimore receive treatment each year?
On an average, 18,000 city residents seek access to and receive some type of treatment service through bSAS each year.
How effective is treatment?
Treatment works. An independent drug and alcohol treatment outcomes study found that among substance abusers in Baltimore, a year after starting treatment, treatment was associated with:
• 69 percent reduction in heroin use
• 48 percent reduction in cocaine use
• 38 percent reduction in re-incarceration rates
How much are we spending each year on substance abuse programs?
From July 2006 through June 2009 bSAS’ annual treatment budget averaged $54.704 million. bSAS’s annual budget is derived from a host of funding sources including federal, state, local and private foundation funding.
Are we investing our funds wisely?
BSAS implores a system of checks and balances, data tracking, along with regular program monitoring and oversight to ensure that public resources we are entrusted with are maximized. bSAS utilizes a comprehensive MIS (Management Information System) System to monitors a program’s utilization rate on a quarterly basis, assessing the use of treatment slots and the numbers of clients admitted and discharged. In addition, each month bSAS assesses each program by on-site visits to providers during which case files are reviewed, meetings with staff are held, and physical facilities are inspected.
Who is eligible to receive treatment services through the bSAS system?
Any Baltimore City resident is eligible to receive services under the bSAS system irregardless of his/her ability to pay. This includes city residents with no verifiable source of income.
How large is the unmet need for treatment?
Exact numbers on the size of unmet treatment need, in Baltimore City, vary from report to report, or study to study. In Baltimore city it is a well documented fact people calling for treatment are often placed on a waiting lists for placement in a program. In 2005 the bSAS Board of Directors published a document stating the Baltimore’s treatment system would need an infusion of $15 million (in new treatment funding) to adequately address the issue of unmet treatment need in Baltimore City.
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