TASC - West Central Illinois
Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities
TASC advocates for people in courts, jails, prisons, and child welfare systems who need treatment for alcohol/drug and mental health problems.
Why we're here
Click here to read inspiring stories of TASC clients.
Clients who receive TASC adult court and probation case management services are twice as successful in treatment.
Who we are
We are people who believe in making a difference for our clients, our communities, and the public systems we serve.
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President Barack Obama, then US Senator, praised TASC in 2005. Watch video.
Where we serve
TASC reaches 25,000 individuals each year throughout Illinois, and we offer training and consultation services nationally and internationally.
What we know
Thousands of people with substance abuse and/or mental health problems are mandated to TASC by criminal justice, corrections, and child welfare authorities.
Results show that TASC clients are more successful, in terms of reduced drug use and crime, than their counterparts who don’t go through TASC.
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How we do it
TASC conducts assessments to determine our clients' clinical needs.
We advocate for and place eligible clients into licensed treatment programs across Illinois.
We follow through to make sure our clients are getting the services they need and are doing what they need to do to turn their lives around.
TASC
3 Old Capitol Plaza W #8
Springfield IL 62701
Tel: 217 544-0842
Fax: 217 544-0847
E-mail: information@tasc-il.org
TASC (Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities) is a not-for-profit organization that provides behavioral health recovery management services for individuals with substance abuse and mental health disorders. Through a specialized system of clinical case management, TASC initiates and motivates positive behavior change and long-term recovery for individuals in Illinois' criminal justice, corrections, juvenile justice, child welfare, and other public systems.
TASC provides direct services, designs model programs and builds collaborative networks between public systems and community-based human service providers. TASC's purpose is to see that under-served populations gain access to the services they need for health and self-sufficiency, while also ensuring that public and private resources are used most efficiently.
Mission
TASC works with families, organizations, and public systems to build healthy and safe communities.
We provide services to help individuals overcome addictive and other behavioral illnesses and their consequences.
We advocate for policies and services that help individuals reclaim control of their lives.
We respect the dignity, value, and potential of all people.
Creed
We recognize the uniqueness of each person we serve and that our responsibility is to respond to his or her needs to the best of our abilities.
We are committed to the provision of the highest quality of independent case management and other services.
We will honor the people we serve and the people who work with us in our endeavors.
We support growth in ourselves, the people we serve, and the systems we serve.
We will aggressively advocate for our clients among the systems in which they are involved.
We will be accountable to the people we serve and to the systems we serve.
We will strive to achieve a wise use of fiscal and clinical resources.
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