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Baltimore City’s Publicly Funded Treatment System

The publicly funded treatment system in Baltimore City consists of 40 treatment programs offering a continuum of treatment services. The system has the capacity to serve 7,400 persons at any given time (treatment slots) and 23,000 persons annually. Inpatient treatment services include detoxification, intermediate residential care (28-day), long-term care (4-6 months) for adults and women with children, halfway/transitional living and jail based treatment. Outpatient services include detoxification, medication assisted detoxification and maintenance (methadone/LAAM), and intensive and standard outpatient counseling for adults and youth. 

bSAS has an annual budget of approximately $29 million.  Of that, $26 million directly supports addiction treatment;  the remaining amount supports prevention services, assessment and referral, care coordination and other supportive services. bSAS administers the following projects:

·          Thirty-five substance abuse treatment programs funded by Federal and State grants via the Maryland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration (ADAA).

·          Twenty-two prevention programs funded by ADAA.

·          Two community-based prevention programs for children of substance abusing parents funded by the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention.

·          AIDS Prevention Needle Exchange Program funded by the Baltimore City Health Department.

·          Substance Abuse Sexual Offender AIDS Education Program funded by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene AIDS Administration.

·          Residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment services for Baltimore City Department of Social Services clients funded by the Maryland Department of Human Resources.

·          Community-based treatment services for over 4,000 offenders under the supervision of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

·          Substance abuse treatment services for approximately 200 HIV-Infected substance abusers funded by the Baltimore City Health Department's Ryan White Title I and 11 Programs and a Homeless HIV grant from the Department of Housing and Community Development.

·          Substance abuse treatment services for over 500 residents of Baltimore's Empowerment Zone funded by the Empower Baltimore Management Corporation.

·          Substance abuse treatment services for over 30 homeless persons funded by ADAA,

·          Substance abuse treatment services for approximately 1,500 public housing residents and other low to moderate-income persons funded through the Baltimore City Mayor's Initiative.

·          Collaboration with Recovery in Community, a program established to reduce substance abuse and crime, and improve the quality of life for residents of three Southwest Baltimore communities.

·          Assessment and referral services at four local hospitals for women giving birth to drug affected babies.