Homeless Children Now Will Get Proper Care

Homeless children now will get proper care

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Those parents who are alcohol or drug dependent will receive drug and alcohol evaluations and/or mental health evaluations. Inpatient or outpatient treatment for alcohol dependency or drug abuse will be made available to parents. Perhaps job training …
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A dad, his daughter and drugs

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I was numbed by drugs through the whole thing, but they weren't.” Phil Lahey said addiction is the one disease whose sufferers resist treatment. Addiction comes with such heavy stigma that it's still nearly impossible for the show to recruit the …
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Hamilton County jails are often home for the mentally ill: Advocates say they

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The prostitute who confesses a drug addiction, enters a treatment program and gets clean. The burglar who meets Jesus in prison and promises never to steal again. But what about the delusional? The man who urinates in public because he no longer is …
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11 ways the budget sequester could affect Wisconsinites

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That includes $ 1.4 million in grants to help prevent and treat substance abuse, $ 543,000 for responding to public health threats such as bioterrorism and infectious diseases, $ 173,000 in vaccines for children and $ 108,000 for HIV testing. In addition …
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