[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 116 (Thursday, September 9, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1811-E1812]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN RECOGNITION OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRUG ABUSE ALTERNATIVES 
                                 CENTER

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                          HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY

                             of california

                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 8, 1999

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, my colleague, Mr. Thompson of California, 
and I rise today to recognize the Drug Abuse Alternatives Center, a 
private nonprofit organization in Sonoma County, California that has 
been providing drug abuse counseling, education, and rehabilitation to 
local residents for thirty years.
  The organization began operation on September 18, 1969 as the Sonoma 
County Drug Abuse Advisory Council with a staff of five people who 
recognized that there was an unmet need in Sonoma County for drug 
education and counseling.
  It expanded into rehabilitation and treatment when it merged with 
Turning Point, a residential treatment facility.
  In 1988, the name of the organization was changed to the Drug Abuse 
Alternatives Center.
  In 1992, the organization began providing services in Lake County for 
pregnant and parenting women and in 1993 opened the Lake County 
Transition house of the perinatal program.
  Today the Drug Abuse Alternatives Center provides perinatal day 
treatment, outpatient treatment, family and individual counseling, 
awareness and choices training for students at the Santa Rosa secondary 
schools, HIV and Hepatitis C education outreach, support groups for 
parents and teens. It also operates Bay Area Recovery Services, the 
Turning Point residential treatment center, and the Redwood Empire 
Addictions Program for methadone maintenance and detoxification.
  The Drug Abuse Alternatives Center also collaborates with the Sonoma 
County Health Services Department, the Sonoma County Sheriff's 
Department and the Sonoma County Courts to operate the very successful 
Drug Court program that makes it possible for non-violent offenders to 
get needed drug treatment and counseling. It also works with the Sonoma 
County Office of Education to operate a Clean and Sober high school 
program for teens who are in recovery.
  Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate that we recognize today the tremendous 
work of the Drug Abuse Alternatives Center in helping to combat the 
epidemic of drug abuse in this country.

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