Michael Perlin Center for Substance Abuse Intervention
Michael Perlin Center for Substance Abuse Intervention is an eight-week program for people arrested for possession of drugs or drug paraphernalia. Click for information on the alcohol abuse program.
This court-mandated program is designed for first-time offenders who are given the opportunity to erase the arrest from their records upon successful completion of the program. PDEP is also a diversionary program that was developed to address the equally important issue of the use of illegal or non-sanctioned prescribed substances. This program also attempts, through the use of evidence-based interventions, to reduce recidivism. It additionally seeks to identity those individuals for whom more intensive treatment is necessary and encourage them to voluntarily seek treatment.
On February 26, 2010, the Board of Directors of The Connection, Inc. established the Michael J. Perlin Center for Substance Abuse Intervention to honor the work of Dr. Michael Perlin, a member of the Board of Directors of ALSO-Cornerstone, Inc. from 2003 to 2010. Dr. Perlin is Professor Emeritus of Public Health at Southern Connecticut State University and co-author of the Connecticut Pretrial Alcohol Education System, the State of Connecticut’s Drinking Driving Rehabilitation Program, which became the DMHAS-funded Pretrial Alcohol Education System and Pretrial Drug Education Program for first-time offenders. These two community justice programs, now provided under the umbrella of the Michael Perlin Center, enable The Connection to serve thousands of individuals in nearly a dozen communities throughout Connecticut.
For more information about Michael Perlin Center for Substance Abuse Intervention, contact Gerardo Sorkin, Director of Prevention and Education, at (203) 787-2111, or via email at gsorkin@theconnectioninc.org, or Michael Dutko, Assistant Director of Pretrial Education, at mdutko@theconnectioninc.org.
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