The grown-up support for students in the throes of crisis — or even those having just a really bad day — in Palm Beach County public schools is undergoing a change unlike any in the district’s history. The district has contracted for an additional 60 mental...
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Jonathan's Success Story Some get speeding tickets. Some get in fights. Some get tattoos. Jonathan got strung out on marijuana. He was 14 then. He’s 18 now, and it took him four years – and DATA – to get clean. “I don’t know if she was impressed or...
Sarah's Success Story One staff member described her as “hell on wheels” when she arrived at DATA’s Walter D. Kelly Treatment Center. Sarah was angry, obstinate and in denial of a drug problem that had alienated her family and led to a string of arrests. The...
The grown-up support for students in the throes of crisis — or even those having just a really bad day — in Palm Beach County public schools is undergoing a change unlike any in the district’s history. The district has contracted for an additional 60 mental...
DATA’s Dr. Jay Flicker talks with the CBS12 morning news crew about the increase of drug and alcohol use in teens during the summer months....
During its recent annual meeting, DATA CFO Micheleen Hughes became the first recipient of the Laurie Henry Award. The award was created in honor of Laurie Henry, a beloved, long-time DATA employee who died of cancer in 2005....
John Fowler, president and CEO for the Drug Abuse Treatment Association, Inc. (DATA), is pleased to announce that DATA has received its seventh consecutive, three-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)....
Laurie Henry’s legacy at DATA is much more than an off-white cardigan sweater hanging on the back of the CEO’s office door. But seeing it when he comes to work each morning makes John Fowler smile, just as she could make him smile each day....
