| Truth 180° Adolescent Programs (YouthTruth) Expanded in Covington! Truth 180° opened its office in Covington, LA to better serve the needs of the residents of St. Tammany Parish in mid-year 2008. The Covington office has now expanded adolescent services, in addition to the existing substance abuse program where new clients are also being accepted. Referrals, self or via an agency, are now being accepted for the Court Empowerment behavioral program and the Access To Recovery substance abuse program. Court Empowerment focuses on behavioral and mental health issues for adolescents ages 12 -17 years old with group treatment focused on: 1) substance abuse education 2) gender specific issues (girls and boys groups), relationship and self awareness 3) anger management and conflict resolution Family attendance and participation in group is a mandatory part of the program to address needs such as communication and boundary setting. There are no financial limits for eligibility and the program is open to pre-adjudicated and non-adjudicated adolescents (post-adjudicated with the permission of the Office of Juvenile Justice). Access to Recovery focuses on substance abuse treatment for adolescents 12 - 17 years old. Family participation is also offered with a weekly multi-family group and parent education group. A limited number of individual and family sessions are also available. Eligibility is determined by family income (you may qualify for free, or sliding scale fee services). Both of these programs are provided to the community by grants from the Office of Juvenile Justice and the Office of Addictive Disorders, respectively. Truth 180° Adolescent (YouthTruth) and Adult (Truth Services) Programs Expanded in Slidell! The Slidell office has now expanded their adolescent and adult services. New clients are being accepted into our current adolescent and adult intensive outpatient substance abuse programs, as well as the adolescent programs for the Court Empowerment behavioral program and the Access To Recovery substance abuse program (described above). All services of Truth 180° are offered to the community on a sliding scale fee basis or free of charge, dependent upon family income. Current and expanded services offered to the adolescent and adult community are listed below: Adolescent and Adult Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse Programs Adolescent Anger Management Marijuana Abuse Program (MAP) Please call one of our offices (listed below) for referral or service information. Truth 180° continues to serve the citizens of St. Tammany Parish by turning lives around! | 
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