Debra Norton
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Outreach Services maintains a standard of excellence placing those suffering from Chemical Dependency, Dual Diagnosis, and other addictions into the appropriate treatment facility. Outreach Services has ongoing relationships with qualified treatment providers throughout the United States and Canada. Our goal is to be of service by informing callers of their available options based on the individuals needs.
Debra Norton, Founder
Ms. Norton has worked in the field of chemical dependency for 16+ years and has held positions from Intake Coordinator, Quality Improvement Director, Executive Director to Chief Financial Officer. Her love for people and serving those in need as well as her personal life experiences with chemical dependency has resulted in her developing OUTREACH SERVICES. OUTREACH SERVICES is now her passion because it affords the ability to help so many more people rather than just serving one facility. Her experience in marketing, personnel, intake, clinical management and quality improvement allows Outreach Services to continue to grow as a reputable placement organization.
Also, founded DARS - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Services and provide referrals and education through this website across the country free to the public.
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*** A Story of Hope
“Before I came to Amistad, nobody ever took time to teach me how to do something. I just had to figure it out on my own. Now I have mentors who are like me. They have been drug addicts and they have been incarcerated but they are doing something different with their life today. I could relate. I started to open up, build my confidence, and pay attention to what people were saying. I used to say I don’t need help… I know what I’m doing. Now when someone opens a door for me I accept it.
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*** Amity Foundation’s Annual Acknowledgement Ceremony
We need to send a message to the world. Let it be known that the people in our penal institutions are not invisible; they are not to be thrown away. There is redemption that can be had in the lives of every human being. We stand here in solidarity today with Amity Foundation to say that we believe in the power of redemption.” rn- Rev. Jeff Carr Amity’s Amistad de Los Angeles began six years ago with a vision; a vision to create a place of sanctuary for individuals coming out of prison, a home providing a place to re-group and find a new direction.
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Creator of Amity’s Circle Tree Ranch Exclusive Curriculum
Twenty-five Years of Research on alcohol and drug abuse treatment has consistently shown that longer length of stay in treatment is directly related to better treatment outcomes. Individuals with chronic, serious, substance abuse histories need long – term, inpatient rehabilitation treatment to obtain full recovery. Ms. Arbiter is the principal of Extensions, LLC, a private consulting group, which she founded. Ms. Arbiter has, in the past two years, been in twenty-two states consulting and providing training to state agencies and to professionals in human services.
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Drug Treatment in a Direct Supervision Jail: Pima County’s Amity Jail Project
The Amity Jail project represents a cooperative effort between Amity, Inc., and the Pima County Sheriff's Department, Tucson, Arizona, funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, and administered by the. American Jail Association. This project intends to serve as a model of the value and ...
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***Intervention
Intervention and Intervention Services Intervention and Family intervention is often an essential part of the recovery process. Denial is an ever-present partner with drug addiction. Just because an individual's life has become unmanageable as a result of drug addiction and/or alcoholism, no matter what the drug being abused, along with the abuse comes a lack of willingness and/or ability to confront the true nature of one's own problem with drugs and alcohol and to take any kind of action to better their lives.
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Founder of DARS and Outreach Services
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Find information on treatment for drug or alcohol addictions as well as eating disorders, interventions, dual-diagnosis treatment and various behavioral health issues. 866-418-1397