Sarasota News Leader
May 31, 2013
• A VIP-ER (Voluntary Interim Placement-Enhanced Recovery) program supervised by
the Salvation Army in Sarasota, which involves substance abuse treatment, job
training, family counseling and psychiatric intervention for those unable to pay for
treatment.
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As a result of the CART Initiative, Sutton told
the commissioners, statistics collected in recent years showed police officers are finding
only about 250 impaired people a year on the
streets.
Between Aug. 1, 2006 and March 31 of this
year, Sutton continued, 6,829 people had been
voluntarily admitted to the First Step program.
• Transitional housing to allow graduates of
the first and second phases to live in a sup- The completion rate for the VIP-ER program
portive atmosphere for up to two years to is 73 percent, he added. "Now, that's an amazing thing, when you talk about people who've
assist with long-term recovery.
A chart shows the coordination of organizations under the umbrella of the Community Alliance of
Sarasota County. Image courtesty Sarasota County
