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Licensed Outpatient Treatment
El
Rio
Prison is not the only option when someone is arrested for a drug-related crime. For the right person, a community-based sanction means that the individual can get needed substance abuse treatment while keeping life as intact as possible--retaining a job, an apartment, and family and community ties. Community-based sanctions also permit the person to work at staying drug-and crime-free in a "real-life" setting, full of the usual temptations and challenges

Osborne's El Rio program is a highly structured and effective alternative to incarceration for parole violators and felony defendants mandated to treatment by the courts or community corrections agencies. New York City's first intensive (all-day) outpatient alternative to incarceration, El Rio accepts referrals from judges, prosecutors, probation and parole officers, and community-based programs. El Rio also provides substance abuse treatment to people who are involved with the criminal justice system as an alternative to incarceration.

El Rio operates with a unique sensitivity to the needs of people caught in the complex net of substance abuse and involvement with the criminal justice system. El Rio continues to offer the largest, most comprehensive non-residential and drug-free detoxification, sobriety maintenance and immune-enhancement services outside the City hospital system. The program's services include nutritional support and complementary medicine.

El Rio's Court Unit screens potential clients, brings them into treatment, and provides ongoing case management and monitoring during treatment. Court Unit staff appear in local drug treatment courts to address clients' suitability for services and to report on treatment progress and compliance.


El
Rio's services and activities include:
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Individual
assessments and treatment plans |
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Individual
counseling |
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Therapeutic
and support groups |
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Educational
presentations on chemical dependency and the criminal justice
system |
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Medical
and STD screening/HIV and TB testing |
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Basic
health, nutrition, and HIV education |
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Urine
testing (observed) |
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Evaluation/referrals for ancillary services |
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Careerl Counseling |
El
Rio
809 Westchester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10455
(718) 707-2600
Fax: (718) 707-3102
info@osborneny.org
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