UMADAOP Lucas County
2447 Nebraska Avenue
Toledo, Ohio 43607
Phone (419) 255-4444
Fax (419) 531-1596

The Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program (UMADAOP Lucas County) is a 501(c)(3) which is broad based, independent, multi-program prevention organization that is committed to promoting healthy and drug-free living among its residents. UMADAOP works with community organizations, government agencies, policy makers, and others to help secure the health and welfare of its community. Through its extensive collaborations, UMADAOP is making substantial gain towards its vision of a community this is free from alcoholism, tobacco use and other forms of drug abuse and drug-related problems.

UMADAOP Lucas County has touched the lives of many people in different ways. Cultivating the critical minds and nurturing the tender hearts of children in positive and uplifting ways is of the utmost importance. To this end, our programs work to build educational achievement, resiliency, self-esteem, personal growth, social and civic responsibility, mutual cooperation, leadership, cross-cultural respect, and community awareness. At the same time, our program efforts work to empower parents and youth, in community decision making processes affecting their lives and communities. UMADAOP Lucas County strives to release the potential of youth to help them become active, contributing members of society, through initiatives that engage young people to excel academically, behave responsibly, and become prepared to work for a better world.

The Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program of Lucas Countywas established in 1980 that provides efforts to help achieve the State Prevention Services Goals of ODADAS and the ADAS Board of Lucas County. UMADAOP of Lucas County provides age appropriate, gender-specific and culturally relevant after-school, evening and weekend activities designed to promote and enhance developmental assets that help young people make positive and healthy choices to increase abstinence from alcohol and illicit drugs. Other program activities are designed to increase youth awareness and provide education to avoid violence, delinquency, school failure, gang involvement, family alienation and teen pregnancy.

THE RECOVERY CENTER OF UMADAOP LUCAS COUNTY

UMADAOP Lucas County’s treatment program "The Recovery Center" offers the community an array of accessible services and supports that are culturally responsive, person and family-centered, and has a primary aim of promoting resilience, recovery, and inclusion in community life. The Recovery Center is committed to helping individuals acquire “transformation for the long run” to improve the quality and effectiveness of the individuals overall state of wellness. The recovery Center is joined in this effort, by professional counselors and peer-to-peer staff that are committed to the delivery of effective service as part of the process of recovery oriented transformation.


CIRCLE FOR RECOVERY OF OHIO (CFRO)

The Circle for Recovery of Ohio is an education-based relapse prevention support project designed for males who are returning to the community following incarceration in a state operated penal institution. The project serves recovering drug abusers or offenders who were traffickers prior to incarceration.


FIRST HAVEN WOMEN'S PROGRAM

This program provides pre and post-treatment services for Urban Adult and adolescent females geared to help them overcome chemical dependency addiction or the abusive use of alcohol and other drugs that might cause difficulty in making positive choices and maintaining healthy lifestyles. Women who use alcohol or other drugs can receive assistance to help them acquire access to appropriate treatment facilities and a host of other services prior to or after treatment services have been provided. The program also assists women with a number of services for their children.

STAR QUEST PROGRAM (OFF-SITE SUSPENSION PROGRAM)

The Star Quest Program enables suspended students an opportunity to report to an off-site location and participate in structured, small group behavioral conduct training sessions during the period of their suspension. The students are bound to similar rules of in-school suspension and must maintain behavior, or they will be dismissed from the program. If a student is dismissed, or simply chooses not to attend the program, he/she will be marked unexcused during all the days of the suspension, and will not be permitted to make-up any work or tests upon his/her return.

Star Quest uses developmentally appropriate conduct behavioral training to empower students with the ability to maintain positive self-governance. Additional areas covered include problem solving choices and positive consequences, anti-bullying, stress reduction, taking responsibility, following rules, finishing tasks on time, staying awake and alert in class room, accepting teacher feedback respectfully, decision-making, and goal-setting to teach referred students to have a positive self-image in order to learn and take responsibility for their actions.