Street Team Fights Early Signs of Addiction

Date Posted: May 07, 2008

Over the past two years, Second Genesis and the D.C. Addiction Prevention & Recovery Administration (APRA) have launched an initiative called Project New Communities. Working on the streets of D.C.‘s blighted communities, outreach workers provide screening, intervention, and assessment to residents needing drug treatment. Clients typically go to a detoxification center followed by referrals to a residential center. The goal is to revitalize high-risk communities suffering from the impact of addiction, lack of social services, unemployment, and a broken education system.