Audubon Area Community Services, Inc.
F.I.R.S.T. Project ( Family Intervention Resource Service Team )
and Reconnecting Youth
Operated in the Green River Area jointly through a contract with the Department for Mental Health/Mental Retardation (includes substance abuse), the Department of Education, and local Daviess County contributors.
John Blaney , F.I.R.S.T. and Reconnecting Youth Director
Audubon Area Community Services, Inc. recently contracted with the Department for Mental Health/Mental Retardation (includes substance abuse), the Department of Education, and local Daviess County contributors to administer fiscal services to the F.I.R.S.T. (Family Intervention Resource Service Team) Program. AACS, Inc. administration of the F.I.R.S.T. began on July 1, 1999.
F.I.R.S.T. provides case managers for young adults attending sixth through ninth grades of the Owensboro, Daviess County, and Owensboro parochial school systems who display mental health, substance abuse, or other behavioral problems which have brought them to the attention of court designated workers or the Cabinet for Families and Children.
Reconnecting Youth serves young adults much like the F.I.R.S.T. program. However, Prevention Path receives referrals from school personnel. There is one major difference in the two programs, F.I.R.S.T. is an intervention based program whereas Prevention Path steps in before a significant problem occurs. On June 1, 1999, Audubon Area accepted a Juvenile Justice Community Partnership Grant on a recommendation from the Daviess/Henderson County Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Council. The grant will be administered by the Daviess County Fiscal Court through Audubon Area.
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