Christian-based Teen Challenge treatment program prompts fight over state …
Teen Challenge becomes the “choice'' of people who have run out of choices. One of its strengths is that it offers a 12-month, residential treatment program for alcohol and drug addiction. Most programs in the state offer much shorter residential programs.
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Photos: 'Prototypes' program offers women alternative to prison
Prototypes, residential treatment program in Pomona, California, is part of the Second Chance Women's Re-entry Court program, one of the first in the U.S. to focus on women. It offers a cost-saving alternative to prison for women who plead guilty to …
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Legislation would bring needed oversight to residential neighborhood treatment …
Ben Unger, D-Hillsboro, closes a regulatory loophole allowing locally developed community-based residential treatment programs to operate without state oversight. The Hillsboro Neighborhoods Coalition brought licensing concerns to Rep. Unger shortly …
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