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DEPARTMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS
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Bernalillo County’s Department of Substance Abuse Programs (DSAP) was created in 2006 to “provide fundamental community public safety” by offering free care to County residents affected by alcohol and/or drug abuse or dependence and a comprehensive DWI prevention program. Its full continuum of care includes free detoxification services to indigent adults at its Metropolitan Assessment Treatment Services facility (MATS) at 5901 Zuni SE in Albuquerque; a methamphetamine crisis response team; case management; and an addiction treatment program for court ordered inmates with multiple DWI convictions or a DWI in their past. The Addiction Treatment Program is located at the Metropolitan Detention Center with aftercare provided for these same inmates placed in the County’s Community Custody Program (CCP) that requires corrections officer supervision and electronic monitoring. This fall, a residential program to help women recovering from addiction with children is also scheduled to open.
DSAP also houses the New Mexico Department of Health’s Turquoise Lodge—a short term inpatient treatment program--and the University of New Mexico Hospital Forensic Unit for clients with a mental illness diagnosis in the MATS facility.
DSAP’s budget for fiscal year 2008 is slightly more than $7 million—more than half of which is used by the DWI program. The program employs more than 70 dedicated men and women.
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Location:
5901 Zuni SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108 |
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Phone:
505-468-1550 |
Fax:
505-266-3726 |
Hours:
8:00 am to 5:00 pm |
E-mail:
info@bernco.gov |
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