| Bahamas Association For Social Health | |
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Bahamas Association for Social Health (BASH) was founded on January 10th 1991. BASH facilitates an adult male residential substance dependency treatment and rehabilitation (T&R) program. BASH presently manages one of the largest drug rehabilitation facilities in The Bahamas. Mr. Terry Miller (Director) and his assistant Ms. Lowena West operate with a compliment of 4 staff members. The treatment facility has capacity of 25 beds and serves as an employment agency, obtaining day labor work for its residents. For the past twenty four (24) years, BASH has operated a 34 bed, non faith based, drug treatment and rehabilitation facility, offering both residential and outpatient care. Intervention strategies are based on cognitive behavioral therapy. Methods utilized include a 12-step education program, ‘Narcotics Anonymous’, individual, group and family therapy as well as Relapse Therapy. The continuum of care provided include: pre-treatment, primary treatment, case management and continuing care. In 2015, the program provided treatment and rehabilitation to 85 Bahamian males. In January 2016, BASH will celebrate 25 years of existence. To commemorate the occasion, a slate of activities are planned to take place throughout the year. |
| Bahamas National Drug Council | |
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The Bahamas National Drug Council (BNDC) was established in 1985 and its principal mandate has been advocacy for drug demand reduction. This task in-cooperates the promotion of healthy drug free lifestyles and the prevention of drug use in schools, workplaces and the community. The National Drug Council has orchestrated a number of educational sessions with students, educators, work groups and community leaders on the devastating effects of drug abuse on the individual, family and society. The Council facilitated weekly group drug therapy sessions at Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre Detox Unit and The Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDOCS) Drug Programme. Moreover, the Council has expanded to include schools, holding group sessions for at risk students at Columbus and Thelma Gibson Primary Schools and S.C. McPherson Junior High School demand reduction efforts. |
| Department of Social Services | |
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The Department of Social Services is a governmental agency which is responsible for Child Protection, Child Care Facilities and Child Placement and provides services to children under the age of 18 who have been subjected to any forms of abuse, including physical, verbal, emotional or sexual, and who have been abandoned. The Department of Social services also provides community support, which includes various types of assistance, various outreach centres; and Disability Affairs Division, which identifies and coordinates services available to persons with disabilities throughout the commonwealth. As demand reduction stakeholder, the Department of Social Services will be engaged in partnerships with BDOCS assist former drug abusers in probation and parole exercises, and where possible, to offer or arrange half-way house accommodation and other services for them, with a view to reducing recidivism both of drug abuse and return to BDCOS. |
| Great Commission Ministries | |
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Great Commission Ministries International (GCMI) is a non-profit, non-government organization, which was founded in Nassau, Bahamas in 1987. GCMI operates shelters for homeless persons, feeding centers, food banks, orphanages and a drug rehabilitation program. Great Commission Ministries was founded by its president Rev. Walter S. Hanchell and is managed by a board of directors. This program has 32 full-time staff members who are assisted by a number of dedicated volunteers who help with day to day operations. Great Commission Ministries, in 2015 through its affiliate program, Hope House Restoration & Substance Abuse Program offered treatment and rehabilitation services to 51 Bahamian males, ranging in age categories, 30 to 50. Hope House Restoration & Substance Abuse Program is a 12 month, Bible-based rehabilitation program for men challenge with substance abuse, designed to bring about healing, reconciliation and restoration to persons affected by drug or alcohol abuse. The program has been operational for 28 years and since this time hundreds of Bahamian males have benefited from individual, group and family therapy, personal development, anger management and conflict resolution classes. |
| Ministry of Education, Science & Technology | |
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With the assistance of the Ministry of Education, NADS endears to provide a drug education curriculum will in schools with the intention of this curriculum an integral part of every government school’s core curriculum. As demand reduction stakeholder, the Ministry Of Education assists many student related drug demand reduction activates such as International day against Illicit Drug Trafficking and Drug Addiction and Drug Free Schools Day |
| Ministry of Youth | |
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Like the Ministry of Education, as demand reduction stakeholder the Ministry of Youth assists many student related drug demand reduction activates such as International day against Illicit Drug Trafficking and Drug Addiction and Drug Free Schools Day. Additionally, through this partnership, social programs, community engagement, youth program in areas including sports, culture, skills training and community services are provided to the public in efforts promote healthy drug-free lifestyles. |
| National L.E.A.D Institute | |
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The National L.E.A.D. Institute was founded in The Bahamas in 2009 by CEO Mr. Troy Clarke. The L.E.A.D. is a community based correctional program created to treat at risk juveniles and adults. The program provides life management training and substance use disorders treatment using Moral Recognition Therapy based on the Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Program. The National L.E.A.D. Institute manages three substance use disorders programs which include: The Eagles Academy, Project Re-entry and the Life Management Male Empowerment Program (LMMEP) for juveniles on remand at the prison. The National L.E.A.D Institute provides treatment for individuals with substance use disorders and in 2015, 40 participants inclusive of those recommended by the drug court take part in their program. Additionally, the National L.E.A.D. Institute facilitated the training of 60 criminal justice professionals. |
| Sandilands Rehabilitation Center | |
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Sandilands Rehabilitation Center (SRC) provides psychiatric, geriatric and substance abuse services. It is The Bahamas’ national drug treatment facility and is located in New Providence on Fox Hill Road. SRC has a staff complement of 850 and is comprised primarily of two (2) hospitals, the Geriatric Hospital which cares for the elderly and the Sandilands Hospital which cares for children, adolescents and adult clients. SRC has two (2) Substance Abuse Units, namely Detoxification (Detox) and Lignum Vitae Unit. |
| Teen Challenge Bahamas | |
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Teen Challenge Bahamas was established in 1988 and began as an outreach program for substance abuse for adults and at risk juveniles. Since its inception, it has grown to a multifaceted substance abuse intervention program providing drug treatment in a residential therapeutic environment. Residents of the program are recommended through the local court system, the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services and the Ministry of Education. The program is presently managed by Mr. Eric Fox, program CEO. Recently, Teen Challenge also received an endorsement from Magistrate Subusola Swain attesting to the effectiveness of the program. Over the past 20 years, Teen Challenge Bahamas has opened its doors to men and at risk youths suffering from addictions and treated them using a one-year mentoring program that uses spiritual, emotional, educational and vocational training to help break the hold of addiction. In 2015, a total of 391 persons participated in the comprehensive drug prevention/treatment program. In 2016, Teen Challenge looks forward to partnering with the Urban Renewal Program in training community workers in drug preventive initiatives. |
| University of The Bahamas | |
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The University of The Bahamas was newly chartered on 10th November 2016. We are a student-centered institution and we seek to improve the lives of students, not only through our teaching in the classroom, but also through a campus life experience that is growing and thriving. As a demand reduction stakeholder, UB endears to provide a safe learning environment for all students free from the harmful impact of drugs. |
