Dick Batchelor – Social-Service Workers, Clients Rally to Decry Funding Cuts

Published February 22, 2013

Dick Batchelor – Social-service workers, clients rally to decry funding cuts – Dozens of social-service workers and their clients rallied in Orlando on Friday to warn of “Draconian” legislative cuts targeting state-funded programs for mental health , drug and alcohol rehabilitation, foster children and those with disabilities… www.orlandosentinel.com

McCready's death renews questions for Dr. Drew

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Arizona took center stage in the national immigration debate Tuesday as Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano toured the state's border with Mexico and Sen. … Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandra, are to appear in federal court Wednesday to …
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Audit critical of how DA Early doles out seized drug money

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

State law requires most of the money must be spent on investigations and law enforcement operations, but allows district attorneys the leeway to spend up to 10 percent of their share of forfeited funds on “drug rehabilitation, drug education and other …
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