ILLINOIS

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ILLINOIS STATEWIDE TREATMENT OUTCOMES PROJECT
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Illinois Statewide Treatment Outcomes Project

• Largest evaluation of treatment outcomes by the
• State to date
• 1,890 adult clients recruited from 40 treatment
• programs across the state
• Three levels of care were sampled Residential
• Rehabilitation (RR), Intensive Outpatient
  (IOP),
• and Outpatient (OP). The study also included
• clients in Methadone Maintenance (MM) therapy

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Illinois Statewide Treatment Outcomes Project

• Addiction Severity Index (ASI) was administered
• at intake by program staff
• Follow-up ASI was administered 6 months after
• intake by research staff
• Follow-up interview was attempted with all
• clients, even if they never began receiving
• services (intent to treat methodology)
• 1,210 clients completed the follow-up interview
• (65 of those who completed baseline)

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Graph 1
Gender
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Graph 2
Race/Ethnicity
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Graph 3
Level of Care
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Graph 4
Chronic Health Problems
by LEVEL of CARE
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Graph 5
Reported Lifetime Abuse
by GENDER
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Graph 6
Admissions Prompted
By the CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
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Graph 7
Clients Remaining in Treatment
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Graph 8
Treatment Completion Status
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Graph 9
Percent Using
in PAST 30 DAYS
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Graph 10
Average Days of Using
in PAST 30 DAYS
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Graph 11
Percent Using Alcohol
in PAST 30 DAYS
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Graph 12
Percent Using Marijuana
in PAST 30 DAYS
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Graph 13
Percent Using Cocaine
in PAST 30 DAYS
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Graph 14
Percent Using Heroin
in PAST 30 DAYS
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Graph 15
Employment Problems
in PAST 30 DAYS
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Graph 16
Percent Reporting Income
from Various Sources
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Improvements in Other Areas

• Reduction in physical health problems
• Reduction of mental health problems (depression,
• anxiety, suicidality)
• Improvements in relationships with family
• members and friends
• Decreased use of the public aid system
• 10 reduction in use of Medicaid services
• 7 reduction in use of Food Stamp services
• 25 reduction in use of Cash Assistance (TANF)
  services

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The full report, The Effectiveness of Substance
Abuse Treatment in Illinois Results of the
Illinois Statewide Treatment Outcomes Project,
can be obtained via the Internet at the
following location www.state.il.us/agency/dhs/res
easanp.html