Alcohol and Drug Abuse Workshops
are activities primarily designed to prevent, deter, reduce, or eliminate substance abuse or addictive behaviors. Services
may include intake and assessment; treatment matching and planning; behavioral therapy and counseling appropriate to the client
and the severity of the problem; substance abuse toxicology and screening; clinical and case management; outcome evaluation;
and self-help and peer support activities. Executive Director, 808 17 Street NW Suite 410, Washington, DC 20006, Phone
202-293-0090 or 1250, Email dcoffice@nasadad.org
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Child Care Workshops for caregivers
with children (including infants, pre-schoolers, and school age children) are services or activities provided in a setting
that meets applicable standards of state and local law, in a center or in a home, for a portion of a 24-hour day. Component
services or activities may include a comprehensive and coordinated set of appropriate developmental activities for children,
recreation, meals and snacks, transportation, health support services, social service counseling for parents, and plan development.
Commissioner, Dept of Human Services, 222 South warrenStreet, PO Box 700, Trenton, NJ 08609, Phone 609-292-3717
Commissioner, Office of Temporary and Disability
Assistance, 40 North Pearl Street, Albany, NY 12243, Phone 512-474-4152 0r 518-486-6935
Deputy Secretary, Office of Social
Programs Health and Welfare, Bldg. Rm 533, PO Box 2675, Harrisburg, PA 17105, Phone 717-787-3438
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Education and Instructional Workshops
and Training Services provided to improve knowledge, daily living skills, or social skills. Services may include instruction
or training in (but not limited to) such issues as critical thinking, problem solving, consumer education, health education,
education to prevent substance abuse, community protection and safety education, literacy education, English as a second language,
and General Educational Development (GED). Component services or activities may include screening, assessment and testing;
individual or group instruction; tutoring; provision of books, supplies and instructional material; counseling; and referral
to community resources. Chair, State Employment and Training Commission, PO Box 940 Trenton, NJ 08625, Phone 609-637-0605
or 1359
Commissioner, Dept of Civil Services, State
Office Campus Bldg. 1, Albany, NY 12239, Phone 518-457-3701 or 7546, Email gcs@cs.state.ny.us
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Home Health Workshops are
in-home or out-of-home services or activities that provide direct treatments or are designed to assist individuals and families
to attain and maintain a favorable condition of health. These services may be especially critical to your client as they transition
to stable housing. Component services and activities may include providing an analysis or assessment of an individual’s
health problems and the development of a treatment plan; assisting individuals to identify and understand their health needs;
providing directly or assisting individuals to locate, provide or secure, and utilize appropriate medical treatment, preventive
medical care, and health maintenance services, including in-home health services and emergency medical services; provision
of appropriate medication; and providing follow-up services as needed. Commissioner, Dept of Health and Senior Services,
John Fitch Plaza, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625, Phone 609-292-7837 or 0053
Colmmissioner, Dept of Health, Corning
Tower Bldg., Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237, Phone 518-474-2011
Secretary, Dept of Health, PO Box
90, Health and Welfare Bldg., Harrisburg, PA 17108, Pnone 717-787-6436
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HIV/AIDS Workshops include
HIV/AIDS primary and secondary intervention and prevention services; HIV/AIDS counseling and testing, primary care, provision
of HIV/AIDS anti-retroviral and other medications, rehabilitative, and supportive services for persons affected and infected
with HIV.
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Information and Referral Workshops
are services or activities designed to provide information about services provided by public and private service providers
and a brief assessment of client needs (but not diagnosis and evaluation) to facilitate appropriate referral to these community
resources.
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Legal Workshops are services
or activities provided by a lawyer or other person(s) under the supervision of a lawyer to assist individuals in seeking or
obtaining legal help in civil matters such as housing, divorce, child support, guardianship, paternity, and legal separation.
Component services or activities may include receiving and preparing cases for trial; provision of legal advice; representation
at hearings; and counseling.
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Life Skills Training and
Development provides critical life management skills that may never have been learned or have been lost during the course
of mental illness, substance use, trauma and homelessness. They are targeted to assist the individual to function independently
in the community. Component life skills training includes the budgeting of resources and money management; household management;
conflict management; shopping for food and needed items; nutrition; the use of public transportation; and parent training.
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Mental Health and Counseling Workshops
are services and activities that apply therapeutic processes to person, family, situational, or occupational problems in order
to bring about a positive resolution of the problem or improved individual or family functioning or circumstances. Problem
areas may include family and marital relationships, parent-child problems, or symptom management. Component services may include
crisis interventions; individual, family or group therapy sessions; the prescription of psychotropic medications or explanations
about the use and management of medications; and combinations of therapeutic approaches to address multiple problems.
Director, Divisio of Mental Health Services, 50 East State Street Capital Center, PO Box 727, Trenton, NJ08625, Phone 609-777-0702,
Email alan.kaufman@dhs.state.nj.us
Acting Commissioner, Office of Mental Health,
44 Holland Avenue, Albany, NY 12229, Phone 518-474-4403 or 2149, Email coeusec@omh.state.ny.us
Deputy Secretary, Offoce of Mental health
and Substance Abuse Services, Dept of Public Welfare, PO Box 2675, Harrisburg, PA 17105, Phone 717-787-6443 or 5394, Email
jeorney@state.pa.us
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Outreach Workshops include
extending services or assistance in order to provide basic materials, such as meals, blankets, or clothes to homeless persons;
referrals, information support services or to publicize the availability of shelters and programs to make homeless persons
aware of various services and programs.
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Transitional Living Workshops
are services and activities designed to help make the transition from homelessness to stable housing. Component services or
activities may include supervised practice living; budgeting; one-time payments associated with establishing tenancy; food
planning and preparation; and post-foster care services for homeless persons.
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Transportation Workshops are
services or activities that provide and arrange for the travel, including travel costs, of individuals in order to access
treatment, medical care, services, or employment. Component services or activities may include special travel arrangements
such as special modes of transportation and personnel to accompany or assist individuals or families who utilize transportation.