January 15, 2010 |
Tiffany's Transition Tiffany Hall of Marietta graduated exactly one year and a month ago from the Family Dependency Treatment Court program in Cobb. Gone are the days of getting high primarily from methamphetamine, marijuana and alcohol, she said. The program, she said, saved her life. MORE >> |
March 2009 |
Organization extends help to homeless, addicted women The Extension, a nonprofit agency, will open a center in May where women can live, receive treatment for their addiction and learn job skills. The Extension has operated a men’s residential treatment center for 14 years. MORE >> |
October 2008 |
Courts Give Addicts a Chance to Straighten Out In Seattle, as in drug courts across the country, the stern face of criminal justice is being redrawn, and emotions are often on the surface. Experts say drug courts have been the country’s fastest-spreading innovation in criminal justice, giving arrested addicts a chance to avoid prison by agreeing to stringent oversight and addiction treatment. Recent studies show drug courts are one of the few initiatives that reduce recidivism – on average by 8 percent to 10 percent nationally and as high as 26 percent in New York State – and save taxpayer money. MORE >> |
June 2008 |
Anyone Can Fall into the Substance Abuse Trap Officials say the program has worked for most of the 350 kids who've gone through it the past six years. More than 80 percent have graduated from the program. MORE >> |
June 2008 |
Juanita Stedman's Recipe for Juvenile Justice On the bench: Presiding over Cobb County's drug court program, judge works to find right balance when dealing with young offenders. MORE >> |
May 2008 |
Derailed again by alcohol, Cobb teen works program with court Bonnie was the poster girl for the Cobb Drug Court, filming videos for a recent fund-raising campaign. With 11 months and 14 days of sobriety, she'd graduated from the program and made for a great face of success. MORE >> |
April 5, 2008 |
Second Chances A drug addiction at 11. A pregnancy at 18. After graduating from the Family Dependency Treatment Court at 26, Amanda Pilcher was given - a Second Chance. MORE >> |
March 2008 |
Report shows family recovery court to be effective, cost-efficient Parents who took part in a special Maryland family drug treatment court program were much more likely to complete substance abuse treatment and become reunited with their children. MORE >> |
June 2007 |
Teen dies after state cuts drug program In January, a group of teenage girls showed up at the state Capitol, begging just about any official who would listen not to end a state-sponsored drug and alcohol treatment program. The long-term residential treatment program, in which young people lived with other recovering addicts in group homes, was being phased out in favor of mostly outpatient therapy that would allow state dollars to stretch further.
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Click here to view the Reconnecting Families video.
T.W., a 14-year-old participant in our Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program, attended Run4Life, a therapeutic running program to help empower youth for better health, confidence and self-love. This led to his composition and performance of a song about living a drug-free life and making better choices. Listen to the song here.
Reconnecting Families, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established under the laws of the State of Georgia.
