MEMBER for Goulburn Pru Goward, last week announced Directions ACT Alcohol and Drug Services in partnership with the Ted Noffs Foundation has been awarded the $1.4 million contract, over four years, to deliver new adult and youth specific treatment services in Southern NSW dealing with the drug ‘ICE’.
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Ms Goward said the service will be based in Goulburn and there will be mobile and flexible outreach services to surrounding areas including Crookwell, Yass, Braidwood, Gunning and Collector.
People using or addicted to ‘ICE’ in Goulburn and surrounding areas will soon be able to seek help closer to home with a new treatment service set to open as part of the NSW Government’s investment in NGO ice treatment services in rural and regional communities.
“This outreach is critical to making it easier for people to get the help they need particularly when they are feeling isolated and unsupported,” Ms Goward said.
“NGOs play a vital role in extending the reach of services and have a unique ability to deliver services and target care for users, particularly for rural and regional communities.
Directions ACT and the Ted Noffs Foundation will partner to provide specific responses to youth with ice addiction in the local area.
Ms Goward said she has attended ice forums in Goulburn and Bowral, and spoken to too many families whose lives have been torn apart because of ice.
“They have told me that often the distance to treatment services is a major barrier to seeking help.
This new outreach treatment service will help to tackle the tyranny of distance for people seeking help in Southern NSW,” Ms Goward said.
Goulburn is one of three pilot areas for the NSW Government’s new ice treatment services in rural and regional communities.