{"id":48374,"date":"2017-01-17T16:37:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T22:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=48374"},"modified":"2017-01-18T16:37:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T22:37:04","slug":"private-treatment-center-fills-void-left-by-state-budget-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/private-treatment-center-fills-void-left-by-state-budget-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Private treatment center fills void left by state budget cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Cloee Cooper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Melvin Daniels was recently\u00a0released from his second stint in prison for unlawful use of a weapon. On a rainy January morning, he\u00a0walked ten blocks from his halfway house in Garfield Park to join a couple dozen people, many of them recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. In a well-lit room, they talked together, drummed, sang and read poetry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really enjoyed that class because I like music a lot, as you can see,&#8221; said Daniels. &#8220;I\u2019ve been through a lot as far as street violence, gang violence, homeless situations and you know, being isolated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Privately funded treatment center fills void left by state budget cuts\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/200042621?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Above and Beyond Family Recovery treatment center in East Garfield park is a nonprofit drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility\u00a0founded in January 2015 by venture capitalist Bryan Cressey. With private funds donated by Cressey, the center can\u00a0use a non-traditional approach to treatment recovery. That approach\u00a0focuses on individualized care for the client. The center also offers\u00a0classes in yoga, acupuncture and trauma recovery. The\u00a0rehabilitation services are free for everyone, including clients like Daniels\u2014who has a court mandate to get treatment\u2014and\u00a0others who walk in off the street.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While the West Side of Chicago\u00a0has the highest rates in the city for heroin overdoses and heroin possession, there has been a steady decline in public funding for drug rehabilitation centers. Since 2010, West Garfield Park and East Garfield Park have ranked first and second for heroin possession and hospitalization rates according to a 2016 study by the Illinois Coalition on Drug Policy at Roosevelt University. The same study found that from 2009-2013, the city of Chicago lost more than 60 percent of its publicly funded treatment centers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not going to fill the void, but I\u2019m very much in favor of nonprofit treatment centers like Above and Beyond,\u201d said Kathleen Kane-Willis, Director of Policy and Advocacy at Chicago Urban League. But in some circumstances, Kane-Willis\u00a0said, for-profit treatment centers are opening up to fill\u00a0the void. She said the need for treatment far outweighs the services available in the state of Illinois. \u201cPeople are desperate to get into treatment,\u201d Kane-Willis said. \u201cOur need outstrips the capacity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cuts in public funding for treatment centers continue to disproportionately impact low-income communities of color, where the need for treatment remains high. For Daniels and other residents in the West Side of Chicago, Above and Beyond provides\u00a0a warm community in an otherwise neglected part of the city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Melvin Daniels plays the drums in a class called Harmony, Hope and Healing at Above and Beyond Family Recovery center in East Garfield Park on Jan. 10, 2017. (Cloee Cooper\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cloee Cooper Melvin Daniels was recently\u00a0released from his second stint in prison for unlawful use of a weapon. On a rainy January morning, he\u00a0walked ten blocks from his halfway house in Garfield Park to join a couple dozen people, many of them recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. 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