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Suffolk TASC

Suffolk TASC

Program Overview

Suffolk TASC promotes public safety by assisting individuals struggling with alcohol and substance abuse issues who are also involved in the criminal justice system.

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Clients Served Last Year:

1,035

Program Contact:

Elba Garcia Marmo
Progam Director

Funding Generously Provided by:

New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Office of Probation and Correctional Alternatives and private donations.

Contact Information:

804 County Center North
Veterans Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, NY 11788
(631) 853-5777
Elba.Garciamarmo@eac-network.org

Elba Garcia Marmo - Suffolk Drug Court Expansion Project
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Program Description

The Problem:

Studies have shown there is a direct correlation between drug abuse and crime.

Our Solution:

Divert individuals with alcohol and substance abuse issues out of the criminal justice system and into treatment facilities.

How We Do it:

Suffolk TASC is an alternative to incarceration program that diverts individuals who have substance use or mental health concerns and charged with non-violent offenses from imprisonment to treatment and other supportive services.

Our aim is to stop cycles of addiction, crime, and incarceration by helping individuals become and remain drug-free, reclaim their lives, reunite with their families, and rebuild their communities. TASC is a well-developed and proven program model designed to engage persons referred by the justice system, connect them to substance abuse treatment and other services, and collaborate with both justice and treatment to ensure that appropriate and adequate services are available to empower participants to live up to the hopes they have for themselves and the promises they make to others.

TASC case management is distinguished from more typical types of case management because of the level of assertiveness, its ongoing nature, its focus on long-term positive outcomes, and its continual inter-agency and inter-system communication.

The TASC model comprises four discrete activities:

1) identification of alcohol or drug-involved and/or mentally ill individuals to determine their appropriateness for referral by the criminal justice system into the TASC case management system;

2) assessment of the individual’s behavioral health treatment needs,

3) referral to the appropriate treatment placement, and

4) continuous case management through reporting protocols, urine monitoring, and ancillary requirements to ensure compliance with criminal justice orders and the treatment regimen.

How You Can Help:

To support Suffolk TASC with a gift, click here or call (516) 516-539-0150 x117.

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The Outcomes of Suffolk TASC

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3,843

For the past ten years, 3,843 individuals have been referred to Suffolk TASC for screening and assessment.

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More than half of these individuals were determined eligible for services

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83.6%

After 9-18 months of TASC supervision, 83.6% of participants successfully complete the program and continue conducting themselves in an abstinent law-abiding manner.

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