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<p><strong>ABOUT GOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL - SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SERVICES - SUNCOAST</strong></p> <p>Goodwill's Saint Petersburg-based Suncoast branch hosts two main substance abuse treatment programs in collaboration with the Florida State Department of Corrections. Both <strong>court-ordered alternatives to incarceration serve men and women</strong> out of Goodwill's Tampa Bay Community Corrections Center and involve <strong>long-term residential care and work therapy</strong>. The women's treatment program is <a href="https://www.fdle.state.fl.us/cms/CJSTC/Documents/Agency-Addresses/Dept-of-Correction-s-Directory-5-28-15.aspx" target="_blank">also known as</a> Suncoast Community Residential Center, according to a 2017 state directory of treatment facilities. Goodwill International is a nonprofit organization that serves individuals struggling with poverty, addiction, and other mental health disorders, through work training and employment at its resale stores.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>Both Goodwill Suncoast treatment programs run for six months and offer nearly identical services to men and women either through the the Pinellas Country Drug Court or the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court. The latter is called a Community Partnership Program. </p> <p>During the first two months of residence, participants are involved in <strong>intensive substance abuse counseling</strong>. In addition, they prepare for their GED if necessary and receive <strong>support in obtaining a job</strong>. The last two-thirds of the programs require work at a community job and continued treatment at the facility. There are no details about which counseling approaches or other therapeutic modalities are used on the Goodwill website. </p> <p>The treatment facility also provides <a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/extended-recovery-programs/" target="_blank">aftercare support</a> by way of weekly counseling sessions available once each individual has completed their mandated six months on-site. </p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>There is currently no information provided by the facility regarding its treatment staff. However, the one former participant surveyed by Rehabs.com to date rated the staff's level of training and experience three out of five stars and described counselors as "relatable and experienced."</p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>The Tampa Bay Community Corrections Center is located on a Saint Petersburg Goodwill site which also has offices, training facilities, and a resale store. No details or images depicting living arrangements or related offerings are provided by the facility. Metrics measuring the quality of accommodations revealed dissatisfaction from the one alum surveyed by Rehabs.com. They rated meals, nutrition, policies regarding outside communication, and the facility's cleanliness and upkeep all just two stars and exercise and leisure activities only one. "Bad food, too close living situation," they wrote.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>Along with unfavorable opinions of accommodations, the sole survey respondent provided low ratings for most metrics measuring treatment. The anonymous individual indicated that they would not recommend the program to others and rated the effectiveness of treatment just two stars. In particular, a lack of structure and insufficient monitoring were cited as weaknesses. The Goodwill Suncoast facility's capacity for treating <a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/dual-diagnosis-recovery/" target="_blank">co-occurring substance use and other mental health disorders</a> received the alum's highest rating of four stars; this aspect was not addressed on the Goodwill website. Opportunities for family participation and for <a href="http://www.recovery.org/forums/discussion/7265/what-is-holistic-treatment-and-how-can-it-help" target="_blank">holistic therapies</a> were granted only one star each.</p> <p>Feedback elsewhere on third-party review sites was not apparent at the time of this writing.</p> <p><strong>CONCLUSION</strong></p> <p>Other than noting funding received from the state and the county, the Goodwill Suncoast website does not provide details about its treatment costs. The alum polled rated the treatment's affordability two stars.</p> <p>In recent years, two related programs providing work release services at Goodwill Suncoast sites received news coverage for court-ordered participants escaping. An October 2014 Tampa Bay Business Journal article <a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2014/10/03/families-sue-goodwill-industries-suncoast-for.html" target="_blank">reported a lawsuit</a> filed against the parent organization after a previous incident resulted in a death outside the facility. In March 2016, the Tampa Bay Times <a href="http://www.tbo.com/news/crime/department-of-corrections-searching-for-inmate-who-escaped-in-st-pete-20160328/" target="_blank">reported another program participant's escape</a>. In response to the early situation, Goodwill closed one of its centers and increased monitoring procedures at the others. These were not substance abuse treatment programs, but the more recent incident was at the same location as the drug court and community partnership.</p>
— Rini Cobbey · 2017-08-22 10:53:41 PDT
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