Unit 7 Slide Show

1. W.A.Y
WE ARE YOUNG
Substance abuse and mental health
treatment and prevention services
Cape Cod and the Islands

2. OUR MISSION
It is our mission be to help adolescents and their families to live a healthy,
accomplished, and fulling life by providing treatment, advocacy, and substance
abuse counseling and therapy while teaching and preventing substance misuse and
abuse services within the community of Cape Cod and the islands.
With the educational tools and current best practices, its our goal to make recovery,
recovery, treatment, and prevention easily accessible to the young population.
population. Empowerment, inspiration, and support would be how this program would
program would change the way adolescents think about and access recovery and
recovery and sobriety.
OUR VISION & GOALS

3. TEEN SUBSTANCE USE AND PROBLEMS
 Substance abuse and mental health can affect anyone, from any race or
social class, including people who are otherwise functioning well.
However, adolescents are often not targeted as an independent subject
for treatment and there is a clear lack of services geared directly for the
maturing mind of an adolescent. Substance use by teens can have a big
impact on their health and well-being and there are many political,
economic, social, and technological factors that affect this population.
 Adolescence refers to the period marking the transition from childhood to
adulthood which typically spans from 12 to 18 years of age and naturally
co-occurs with puberty (Jaworska & MacQueen, 2015). This period of life
is associated with a period of increased risk-taking behaviors as well as
increased emotional reactivity (Jaworska & MacQueen, 2015).
 When teenagers are upset or angry, they often turn to alcohol or drugs use
to help them cope with their feelings. While adults do this too, a teenager’s
brain is still developing. This way of coping can cause substance use
disorder especially if they have co-occurring mental health disorders
(Jaworska & MacQueen, 2015).
 Substance use can do the following:
• Affect the growth and development of teens, especially brain development.
• Occur more frequently with other risky behaviors, such as unprotected sex
and dangerous driving.
• Contribute to the development of adult health problems, such as heart
disease, high blood pressure, and sleep disorders.
W.A.Y. Program Proposal 3

4. NATIONAL AND STATE ADOLESCENT
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
STATISTICS
 4,777 Americans aged 15 to 24 years old died of an overdose of illicit drugs
in one year
 11.2% of overdose deaths are aged 15 to 24 years.
 Overdose deaths due to opioids have increased 500% among 15- to 24-
year-olds since 1999.
 In the 21st Century, opioid-related OD deaths among this age group
increased by as much as 30.7% annually.
 788,000 teenagers aged 12- to 17-years-old met the criteria for Illicit Drug
Use Disorder (IDUD).
 407,000 teenagers aged 12- to 17-years-old met the criteria for Alcohol Use
Disorder (AUD) in the last year.
 2.7% of 12th graders drink daily and 0.4% of 8th graders drink daily; by
10th grade, 1.0% drink daily.
 Youth living in western states and New England are the most likely to have
abused drugs in the last four weeks.
 In Massachusetts, 11.11% of teens use drugs and 10.90% of teens use
alcohol.
 18- to 25-year-olds in Massachusetts are 42.17% more likely to use drugs
than the average American in the same age group.

5. MENTAL HEALTH FACTS &
STATISTICS
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• Globally, one in seven 10-19-year-olds experiences a mental disorder, accounting for 13% of the global
burden of disease in this age group.
• Depression, anxiety and behavioral disorders are among the leading causes of illness and disability
among adolescents.
• Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among 15–29-year-olds.
• The consequences of failing to address adolescent mental health conditions extend to adulthood,
impairing both physical and mental health and limiting opportunities to lead fulfilling lives as adults.
• Globally, it is estimated that 1 in 7 (14%) 10–19-year-olds experience mental health conditions(1), yet
these remain largely unrecognized and untreated.
• Some adolescents are at greater risk of mental health conditions due to their living conditions, stigma,
discrimination or exclusion, or lack of access to quality support and services.
• Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death in older adolescents (15-19 years)
• Many risk-taking behaviors for health, such as substance use or sexual risk-taking, start during
adolescence. Risk-taking behaviors can be an unhelpful strategy to cope with emotional difficulties and
can severely impact an adolescent’s mental and physical well-being.
W.H.O (2021). Adolescent mental health. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/adolescent-mental-health

6. OBJECTIVES OF W.A.Y.
& WHAT WE DO
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The main objective of out proposed project is to address the raising issue of
adolescent substance use disorder over the course of generations. We plan to achieve
this by implementing outreach educational opportunities for school programs,
recreational centers, and youth sports. W.A.Y. will also provide free 24-hour
emergency substance use and mental health services. It is also W.A.Y’s objective and
goal to provide walk in service where young people and their families can find
resources for addiction and intervention services such as detox, and substance and
mental health therapy and counseling for those struggling with substance use as well
as their families. Because parents play a critical role in their children’s lives and as
their children grow to pre-teens and teens, parents worry about new risks they may
experience, W.A.Y will provide supports for youth family members and partake in lacal
parenting groups. We would like to see measurable progress in appropriate time
frame, and we’ll access at goals and assessments as our key success indicators.

7. CULTURE AND DIVERSITY IN OUR
ORGANIZATION
Culture and diversity is important for W.A.Y’s services
because clients and staff’s experiences
of culture precede and influence their clinical
experience and empowers staff work life relationships.
Thanks to globalization, the workplace is becoming
more and more diverse than ever (Inegbedion, 2020).
W.A,Y will ensure its effective implementation of
diversity management and teamwork to ensure
organizational efficiency.
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Inegbedion, H., Sunday, E., Asaleye, A., Lawal, A., & Adebanji, A. (2020). Managing Diversity for Organizational Efficiency. SAGE
Open, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019900173

8. ORGANIZATIONAL
THEORY & DESIGN
An effective information system is key with a non-profit to
uphold organizational accountability, help understand what
is happening so staff, provide support and
acknowledgment, as well as rewarded and for feedback
which will help with motivation.
Applying a modern bureaucracy organizational theory
ideas will help ensure roles and fairness, and a help with
efficiency, goals, environment, designs, structures,
behaviors of individuals and groups, provide a health work
life, and describe how this organization functions while
also focusing on client empowerment.

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LINE-ITEM BUDGET
 Employees costs annually
 Therapists (3) @ 50,000 = 150,000
 Counselors (3) @ 50,000 = 150,000
 Budget manager (1) @ 80,000 = 80,000
 Budget team (2) @ 50,000 = 100,000
 Organization supervisor (1) @ 80,000 = 80,000
 Supervisor assistant (1) @ 55,000 = 55,000
 Social worker (2) @ 45,000 = 90,000
 Supplies/equipment/office space cots annually
 Annual Supplies Budget = 55,000
 Annual Office space =30,000
 Annual equipment = 20,000
 Other Non-personnel costs (custodial, repairs, etc.) =30,000
 Total: $840,000

10. CLOSING
W.A.Y will work closely with the
community, our clients, stakeholders,
investors, and staff to promote a healthy
lifestyle for the Cape and Island
adolescent population. There is a strong
need for services and supports for youth
and their families. Substance use and
mental health are usually cooccurring
and W.A.Y. shrives to combat each
disorder with trusting and
compassionate, current best practices
while closely measuring and assessing
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