KY Kids Recovery Programs

THIS STUDY HAS CLOSED

Thank you for using the KY Kids Recovery Project and AHARTT Client Information System. We are happy to share with you the results of the studies. You can get more information by contacting us directly for the final report.

We appreciate your participation in the KY Kids Recovery and AHARTT Outcome Evaluations. Please contact Jeb Messer (jeb.messer@uky.edu) at 859-257-1400 if you have technical support questions. If you have questions about the closing of the Client Information System, please contact Dr. Jennifer Cole (jecole2@uky.edu) at 859-257-9332 or Dr. TK Logan (tklogan@uky.edu) at 859-257-8248.

About the Study

The Kentucky Kids Recovery Programs includes 19 specially funded substance abuse treatment programs for adolescents. The outcome evaluation project is commissioned by the Kentucky’s Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental, and Intellectual Disabilities through a contract with the University of Kentucky Center on Drug and Alcohol Research Behavioral Health Outcome Studies (UK CDAR BHOS). Client-level data collected in this project allows for (1) the counting of the number of adolescent clients served with these specific funds; (2) describing characteristics and functioning of clients served; and (3) for clients who receive treatment services, examination of pre-treatment to post-treatment change in substance use and other key targeted outcomes.

The core of this evaluation is the client-level data that is collected by programs using the Client Information System (CIS) and the follow-up interviews that are conducted by UK CDAR with adolescent clients in treatment who agree to be contacted for the follow-up interview. Follow-up interviews are conducted by the UK CDAR BHOS research team and are independent of the treatment agency in order to confidentially examine client progress in treatment.