Explore Carroll: County announces Junction deal with Youth Services Bureau - the story so far
May 30, 2011
The staff of Junction on approximately October 16, 1971…
According to Yount, “… (Junction) opened it's doors for business in 1971, but
there were many of us that helped fix it up when the county gave it to the
non-profit...
Jun 15, 2011
This morning the Carroll County Board of Commissioners
announced that Carroll County government “has successfully worked in tandem
with the Youth Services Bureau to preserve the critical role of Junction,
Inc,” ...
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Nov 20, 2008
Junction is a local Westminster Carroll County Maryland private
nonprofit agency for substance abuse prevention and outpatient drug treatment.
It provides prevention, intervention, and treatment of substance abuse
for ...
Oct 16, 2006
A Longaberger Basket Bingo fundraising event for the benefit
of Junction, Inc., a Carroll County grassroots drug and substance abuse
outreach, prevention and rehabilitation organization will be held on Saturday
November ...
May 30, 2011
Junction is a local Westminster Carroll County Maryland
private nonprofit agency for substance abuse prevention and outpatient drug
treatment. It provides prevention, intervention, and treatment of substance
abuse for ...
Sep 08, 2006
Junction is a local Westminster Carroll County Maryland
private nonprofit agency for substance abuse prevention and outpatient drug
treatment. It provides prevention, intervention, and treatment of substance
abuse for...
Junction to continue to provide community drug treatment
services
Agreement to merge with Youth Services Bureau announced by
commissioners this morning.
Junction to continue to provide community drug treatment
services
Labels: Carroll
Co Commissioners, Carroll
Co Commissioners 59th Brd, MD
State Budget, Non-profits-Junction
Related: Westminster
Patch: “Junction
Survives, Will Continue to Serve Community” By Kym Byrnes | Email
the author | June 13, 2011 – and Carroll County Times Junction
will continue to offer services From staff reports Tuesday, June 14, 2011
9:35 am
Posted 6/13/11
This
morning the Carroll County Board of Commissioners announced that Carroll
County government “has successfully worked in tandem with the Youth Services
Bureau to preserve the critical role of Junction, Inc,”
Junction, which began operations in 1971, is a
Westminster-based private nonprofit providing substance abuse prevention,
intervention and treatment for individuals and their families throughout
Carroll County.
The county commissioners “recognized the need to facilitate
an opportunity for Junction to continue to serve the needs of Carroll’s youth. Based on this recognition, the Board directed
staff to initiate discussions and work with key entities in the county to
develop a plan focused on preserving Junction’s mission.”
Previously, on May 18, the board of Junction had announced
“Due to changes in the funding of our private non-profit addiction program, the
Junction Board of Directors has elected to close its doors on June 17, 2011.
“It has been a privilege to serve the clients and community
of the greater Carroll County area for the past 40 years. Junction is in contact with the Carroll
County Health Department, Carroll County Youth Service Bureau and other local
agencies to minimize the impact on those we serve.”
With the agreement announced earlier today, Junction will
continue to offer drug treatment services to Carroll citizens by way of a
collaboration with Youth Services Bureau.
“Carroll County Government, the Carroll County Health
Department, the Junction board and staff, and the staff and board of the
Carroll County Youth Services Bureau are anticipating a smooth transition with the
very capable Junction staff,” said a county statement released this morning.
“Junction, Inc. will continue to accept clients and provide
services at their current location; 98 N. Court Street in Westminster. This
collaboration will be an exciting opportunity to mesh the skills and talents of
two very outstanding agencies.
Kevin Dayhoff, a member of the Junction board for over ten
years – and now, a Carroll Eagle history columnist, said, “It’s a good day for
Carroll County that happened through teamwork and partnership - recognizing a
need and stepping-up to the plate to make sure that it happened.
“I’m pleased that Carroll countians will continue to receive
the services they need – that drug prevention and drug treatment services will
continue with Youth Services Bureau.
It’s an excellent fit with a top-notch service provider.
“We are all in debt to the Board of County Commissioners,
chief of staff Steve Powell, Lynn Davis, Gary Honeman, and the board of Youth
Services Bureau, the chair of the Junction board, Jimmie Saylor and John Bosley
and the counselors at Junction for working the extra-long hours to put this
together.”
Carroll County Board of Commissioners’ release Junction to
merge with Youth Services Bureau to meet a community need
[20110610 CCBOC release Junction YSB community_need]
[20110613 d1 SCEArtKED Junction to continue]
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Previously:
Junction will be closing its doors on June 17, 2011
May 23, 2011 by Kevin Dayhoff Labels: MD
State Budget, Non-profits-Junction
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2011/05/junction-will-be-closing-its-doors-on.html http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2011/05/junction-will-be-closing-its-doors-on.html
On May 18, 2011 Junction released a statement that it was
closing its doors on June 17, 2011. “Due
to changes in the funding of our private non-profit addiction program, the
Junction Board of Directors has elected to close its doors on June 17, 2011.
“It has been a privilege to serve the clients and community
of the greater Carroll County area for the past 40 years. Junction is in contact with the Carroll
County Health Department, Carroll County Youth Service Bureau and other local
agencies to minimize the impact on those we serve.
“Substance Abuse Prevention Services will continue and are
in the process of being relocated.
“For more information, please contact Acting Director, John Bosley at 410-848-6100, ext. 34”
It has been the perfect storm for funding a non-profit; the
economic downturn has taken its toll on all our funding sources - not unlike
all community-based non-profits for the past five years; but especially for
community outreach programs in the field of mental health and drug addiction.
It has also become increasingly difficult to be reimbursed
for care by insurance companies - and many of our clients have also been hit
hard by the economy and have a limited ability to help with the expense of the
complicated care and treatment of drug addiction.
Junction has always been a bare-bones, no frills
organization down-to-basics organization totally focused on client care, so the
economy has hit us hard... I mean, for
forty-years, there has been certainly nothing fancy with a program being run
out of an old county jail...
State and federal government cutbacks in funding and the
increasing bureaucratic and administrative demands have hit all community-based
non-profit mental and drug addiction programs hard.
Junction was able to get by and continue its work based on
hope and fear for years. Hope that we
could keep the program going and, of course, the fear that we could not weather
the continuing national - and state and local economic downturn.
In the last several years, we have not gotten as many grants
as we have received in years past... Losing
the ADAA grant is the straw that broke the camel's back.
I'm worried that losing a program such as Junction, with
over 40-years experience in the difficult area of drug treatment, will have a
negative impact on our community. Anecdotally,
I'm under the impression that marijuana, tobacco and alcohol abuse, heroin use
and the misuse of prescription medications statistics are not going down and
remain a challenge in our community.
I firmly believe that an organization like Junction is best
suited to address the challenges that the various patients and clients have so
they can be productive citizens.
Throughout this difficult process, working with Carroll
County government has been wonderful. We are working hard with the Health
Department to make sure all of our clients are taken care of and placed in good
programs to see to it that they get the services they need to be productive
members of the community, their workplaces, and their families.
My heart goes out to all the wonderful caring professionals
that work for Junction and all our clients that have turned to us for
help.
Hopefully we can get all our clients placed in other
programs and it is also really important for Carroll County that we find jobs -
in the county - for the excellent team that we have assembled at Junction over
the last 40 years.
I'm major bummed. It
is said that all things happen for a reason.
I hope I live long enough to see a good reason to lose a great program
like Junction - that has helped so many folks and asked for very little in
return, except for some meager funding to keep the lights on...
For more, see: Carroll
County Times: “Substance
abuse nonprofit Junction Inc. to close June 17” By Alisha George,
Times Staff Writer Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:48 pm – and Westminster Patch: “Junction,
Inc. the Latest Victim of Budget Cuts,” By Kym Byrnes May 23,
2011 Monday 2:09pm
[20110523 KED Junction statement] [20110518 Junction PRESS
RELEAS2.pdf]
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Junction disclosure and information – November 20, 2008
The web site for Junction can be found here: http://www.junctioninc.org/
I’ve been a member of the board of Junction since October
2000.
Junction is a local Westminster Carroll County Maryland private
nonprofit agency for substance abuse prevention and outpatient drug treatment. It provides prevention, intervention, and
treatment of substance abuse for individuals, their families, and the community
through education, counseling, community collaboration, and leadership in Carroll County
It was incorporated on September 27, 1971. A month after incorporation, on December 6,
1971, it opened its doors in the historic Carroll County Jail on Court Street
in Westminster
Junction Inc., http://www.junctioninc.org/,
(410) 848-6100, 98 North Court
Junction is a local Westminster Carroll County Maryland
private nonprofit agency for substance abuse prevention and outpatient drug
treatment. Junction Inc.,
http://www.junctioninc.org/, (410) 848-6100, 98 North Court P. O. Box 206 , Westminster ,
MD 21158
[20081120 Junction disclosure and information]
Junction, Westminster, Carroll County, drugs, drug
treatment, drug prevention, history, budget cuts
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