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River Valley Meth News
Maggie Fitch, 2008-2009 recipient of the 'Bob Adkison/ARVAC Addictions Research Scholarship' is pictured with Mr. Bob Adkison, Chief Executive Officer of ARVAC
Janis Burnside, Clinical Director of Freedom
House, a residential alcohol and substance abuse treatment facility, and
Bob Adkison, CEO of ARVAC, Inc., discuss the final report of the
Legislative Task Force on Substance Abuse. Recommendations as to how the
community can get behind the upcoming 5% alcohol industry support of a
substance abuse treatment pre-payment fund were discussed at the
November River Valley Meth Project meeting. The intent of the alcohol
pre payment fund is to support programs for the elderly, women and
children, and community and family members who experience the need for
substance abuse treatment. According to law enforcement officials, other
expected benefits of the legislation include reduced burglaries and
thefts which would have impact upon local businesses, law enforcement,
and the larger community in general.
River Valley Meth Project (RVMP) Vision Statement: To support and promote healthy community living.
Mission Statement: To sustain a viable coalition of retail/business/industry: public school and university; law enforcement; social services; treatment and other community leaders through combining human, financial and other resources to:
* Increase awareness of the methamphetamine problem locally
* Reduce the use of methamphetamine locally
* Reduce the production of methamphetamine locally
* Reduce the distribution of methamphetamine locally
* Improve treatment for methamphetamine locally
River Valley Meth Project Steering Committee
David Gibbons,
Prosecuting Attorney 5th Judicial District
Gary McElligott
Code Camey & Associates
Marti Wilkerson, LPC
Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Science & IV-E Coordinator Academic Partnership in Public Child Welfare
Janet Cook
Community Service, Inc.
Jay Winters
Sheriff, Pope County
Phil Latta
Latta Consulting