Commission on Addiction Prevention & Treatment
Press Conference: Moms & Kids Who Survive

WHAT: A Pima County – Tucson Commission on Addiction Prevention & Treatment Press Conference to support local women with children recovery programs and announce a 1st annual holiday drive.
WHEN: 3 p.m., Wednesday, November 28, 2007.
WHERE: Every Voice in Action Foundation ®, 2851 N. Country Club, North of Glenn on the West side.
PURPOSE: Demonstrate the impact of addiction on women and their children and how successful recovery works.
ACTIVITIES: Press Conference with Ms. Joan McNamara, Chair of the Commission, community and social service organization leaders, and women in successful recovery from local programs that assist them and their children.

The Moms Who Survive Recovery Holiday Drive will be sponsored by the Commission, Community Partnership of Southern Arizona, and Fresco Pizzeria & Pastaria.

Local participating recovery programs include:
- The Haven’s program for women recovering from alcohol, methamphetamines and other substance addictions that housed more than 200 women last year. Over three quarters of the women had children living with them as part of this family-building program.
- Compass Health Care’s Vida Nueva program, a Shelter Plus-funded recovery community that provides safe, affordable housing for single recovering women and their children through case management and peer support. The program provides structured activities and a stable transition to self-reliance and self-responsibility with eventual return to the community.
- CODAC Behavioral Health Service’s Mothers Caring About Self (MCAS), an intensive outpatient, outreach and case management program, and Las Amigas residence, a unique housing program for expecting and new birth mothers with substance abuse disorders. MCAS is a collaborative effort between CODAC Behavioral Health Services, Community Partnership of Southern Arizona, La Frontera, Compass Health Care and COPE Behavioral Health.
- La Frontera Center’s program to assist women and children at over 20 citywide locations, where more than 15,000 Pima County residents have received substance abuse treatment services since 1968.