Partners and Affiliates
Drug Abuse Alternatives Center |
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The Drug Abuse Alternatives Center (DAAC) and Center Point, Inc. initiated a strategic regional partnership on May 1, 2012. This partnership capitalizes on the respective history, strengths and organizational capabilities of both Agencies. DAAC and Center Point are both long-established non-profit substance abuse, mental health and social service agencies. The Drug Abuse Alternatives Center (DAAC) is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families. The Agency's mission is Turning Lives Around by Providing Healthy Alternatives to Alcohol and other Drug Use. DAAC has provided thousands of people the tools and guidance to live a healthy and sober life. DAAC serves over 2,800 clients annually in their treatment programs and over 6,000 individuals annually in outreach programs. Located in Northern California, close to San Francisco, Sacramento and Oakland, DAAC offers a safe environment in which to recover from the toxic effects of drug addiction and alcoholism. |
Treatment Communities of America |
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TCA was founded in 1975 as a not for profit member-led professional association in the United States and Canada. The Therapeutic Community Model of Services has been evolving since 1946, with roots in social welfare, psychiatry, psychology, sociology and more recently, addiction treatment. TCA is a consortium of over 600 programs providing an array of integrated services which include primary and preventive care, outreach, education, assessment, referral and follow-up, detoxification and crisis management, residential treatment with aftercare support, outpatient services, family therapy, mental health services, vocational assistance and job placement and emergency, transitional and permanent housing with supportive services. TCA programs serve a broad sector of the community including pregnant and postpartum women and their dependent children, the homeless, adolescents, those with mental illness and addictive disorders, those afflicted with HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C, inmates, ex-offenders, those involved with the criminal justice system, veterans and the National Guard. TCA believes that addiction requires a diagnosis and diagnosis requires an appropriate level of treatment. Further, that treatment saves money and lives and that recovery restores families and communities. Dr. Sushma D Taylor is currently the President of the Treatment Communities of America, the first woman in the history of the organization to be elected to such a position in the pre-eminent national association in the field. |
California Perinatal Treatment Network |
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Center Point is part of the Women and Children’s Residential Treatment Services (WCRTS) which is an affiliation of nine California agencies that have pioneered services for women and children. The WCRTS programs, collectively known as the California Perinatal Treatment Network (CAPTN), provide comprehensive care, family support, and reunification for vulnerable women and children. Based in five counties (Los Angeles (3), San Diego, Alameda, San Francisco, Marin, and San Joaquin), WCRTS has been operating as a statewide program for over 15 years and serves as regional geographic service center hubs. Each regional program accepts referrals from any county and finds placement at one of the eight programs without a charge back to the referring county. The WCRTS programs have achieved positive outcomes for keeping at-risk families safe and stable since their inception in 1993 as a national demonstration program. Annually, the programs average a 67% success rate at keeping families intact and 64% of heads of household are employed or in job training when they complete the program. |
California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives |
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Center Point is a member of the California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives. CAADPE is a professional association of community-based nonprofit alcohol recovery and other substance use disorder treatment agency executives. Member agencies provide substance use disorder treatment services at over 300 sites in California. Established in 1989, CAADPE is the only state-wide association representing all types of substance use disorder treatment programs. CAADPE is organized by chapters throughout the state and is headquartered in Sacramento for easy access to state government. A volunteer board of directors, elected by the members, guides the association and its policies on issues vital to its members. Our organization sponsors professional education and training programs and conducts public education about the need for quality alcohol and other substance use disorder services to meet the need of the community. CAADPE's regional chapters meet to exchange information, review and develop strategies on local issues, and coordinate local responses to statewide issues. Chapters currently operate in Southern California (Los Angeles), Northern California, the San Francisco Bay Area and San Diego. |
World Federation of Therapeutic Communities |
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The goal of the World Federation of Therapeutic Communities (WFTC) is to join together in a worldwide association of sharing, understanding and cooperation within the global TC Movement as well as to widen recognition and acceptance of the Therapeutic Community and the Therapeutic Community approach among health organizations and health delivery systems of international and national bodies. The WFTC calls for a holistic approach to healing — drawing upon all the disciplines, including medical, psychiatric, and social services, as well as TC trained professional service providers. The WFTC recognizes the importance of adapting the TC model to the respective cultures of programs in countries worldwide. |
Concepts Foundation |
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Concepts Foundation supports charitable programs which provide educational, vocational, psychological and social rehabilitation services that combat social problems, including addictive disorders, poverty, homelessness and unemployment. Concepts Foundation is committed to pro-social change by supporting programs and organizations that provide social rehabilitation services for disenfranchised families, men, women and children. Concepts Foundation funds innovative programs that help individuals and families deal with homelessness, unemployment, addictive disorders, mental illness, medical problems and other impediments to self-sufficiency. In 2004, a distinguished group of concerned citizens interested in conducting philanthropic activities, created the Concepts Foundation. Concepts Foundation supports charitable programs that will promote the development of services for underserved communities, individuals and families by improving their quality of life, self-worth, dignity and promoting personal and social responsibility. |
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CENTER POINT INC. © 2012 | PRIVACY POLICY
Therapeutic Concepts
Empathy
The ability to imagine how others feel. In order to develop my empathetic skills I must ask myself, "How would I feel under the same circumstances?"
Initiative
When I put out the positive effort and energy to begin an action that is likely to help me effect a constructive change in my life.
Effort
Working hard in order to achieve a goal worth reaching. Putting out the necessary energy to get what I really want. Effort plus initiative adds up to success in the end.
Open Channel
The ability to communicate my thoughts and feelings in an open, honest way without judgment or censorship. In order to maintain an open channel I must be willing to: 1) totally disclose what I’m thinking and feeling; 2) be receptive to others viewpoints; 3) maintain a self-critical attitude.
Support
When I show care and concern not only for myself but for those around me by being truthful with my feelings and acting responsibly for myself and towards others, I am being supportive. When I care enough for others to confront their destructive behavior.
Responsibility
Start with the realization that I am the cause and not the victim of what happens to me. When I think through and I am accountable for my own actions, I am being responsible.
Completion
Finishing what I start. Following through with things until I reach a satisfactory resolution and sense of completion.
Pride
The good feeling I have about myself that comes with being responsible, showing integrity and following through.
Trusting
When I allow myself to rely upon or believe in the integrity of another person, I am being trusting. Allowing others to see who I really am inside and what I usually hide, is a way of showing my trust. The willingness to accept that others care about my life and feelings as they really are.
Integrity
When I behave in an honest, responsible and accountable manner, I am choosing to live my life with integrity. In order to live my life with integrity, I must develop a keen sense of right and wrong.
Spirituality
The personal quest to find answers to the ultimate questions about life, values, free choice, about meaning, our purpose in life and our connection to the sacred or transcendent. Spirituality is inwardly directed, without doctrine and is unifying rather than dividing.
Moral Courage
Cowardice is worse than violence. We need the moral courage to be honest (in thought, word and deed), to speak the truth to be what we really are, the courage to live honestly within our own means and not dishonestly upon the means of others and to do that which is just, no matter what the cost.
Honesty
The ability to communicate true feelings, thoughts and intentions in a sincere, straightforward manner without guile, deception or ulterior motive. When I fully disclose the truth, regardless of the consequences, I am being honest.
Spontaneity
To act in a manner which is natural, congruent, authentic and without premeditation. When my responses are authentic and balance emotions with ideas and principles, I have spontaneity. Spontaneity is not spontaneous or immediate.
Gratitude
To permit sincere feelings of appreciation and genuine acknowledgement of what we are blessed with and of what others do for us. Gratitude is defined by giving without remembering, receiving without forgetting and remaining humble and unpretentious.
Respect
The act of appreciative consideration for the thoughts, feelings and actions of others. Finding something of value in everyone.
Discipline
Mental attitude harnessing persistent effort. Discipline calls for optimism, confidence, faith, courage, imagination, tolerance, patience and refusing to give up. It is a continuing upward spiral of progress and a willingness to accept the challenge of that which is difficult.
Reciprocate
To give or take mutually: To create connections and networks of mutuality where the exchange of tangible goods or intrinsic service is offered and accepted, which create no lenders and no borrowers. In order to reciprocate, one must give more than that which has been received.
Honor
The special quality of grace which distinguishes us and forces us to act with dignity, respect and esteem. Honor is the reputable code of behavior by which we act and by which we are judged by others.