Budget Cuts Could Close Treatment Centers Across State

Budget Cuts Could Close Treatment Centers Across State – Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services is preparing to slash its budget by 3 Million, and proposed cuts would eliminate funding for adult services for all state-funded drug and alcohol treatment centers, methadone clinics and detox facilities across the state. KXLY4’s Kylee Cruz reports.

Announcement Modified for 0000 Funding for Development of Substance …

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A funding opportunity notice from the Bureau of Justice Assistance states: "RSAT [Residential Substance Abuse Treatment] funds may be used to implement three types of programs: prison-based residential, jail-based, and aftercare. … 12 months; 2 …
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Vietnam: Resistance, Regret and Redemption

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For many, it was a war of resistance within a war of aggression, with their resistance expressed in publicly protesting the war in uniform, publishing underground newspapers, black militancy, refusing orders, taking drugs, growing long hair and afros …
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Playing a part she knows too well

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Then 21, Milburn and her friends Rawley Pappas and Austin Keiser had traveled to Gordon to see friends and were returning to Chadron, where Milburn was preparing to begin her senior year at Chadron State College, when the accident occurred. She didn't …
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How Mobile Phones And The Internet Fight (And Help) Human Trafficking

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In late November, a movie called Journey to Freedom was shown at the State Department in Washington. The film, which calls attention to the existence of modern-day trafficking in humans, was jointly funded by Google and the State Department. Google's …
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