Need Help?
Operation Our Town has established partnerships with local organizations and service providers for a variety of services. From drug and alcohol addiction to education and prevention programs, there are people waiting to help you.
Please familiarize yourself with the resources available by exploring our website. If you do not find the answers you’re looking for, please go to the contact page and let us know how we can help. We’ll provide the direction to receive the help you need.
Signs Of Drug Use
Do you see any of these behaviors in a young person you love?
- Withdrawing from family, friends and/or school
- Changing friends; no longer spends time with old friends
- Unexplained physical injuries
- Talking about suicide
- Depressed
- Defying authority, both at home and at school
- Acting aggressively
- Lying
- Needing money without an explanation
- Sudden drop in grades
- Use of alcohol or other drugs
For more information, visit Blair Drug & Alcohol Partnership’s website: www.blairdap.org
Drug Prevention
RISK FACTORS:
- Availability of alcohol and other drugs
- Availability of firearms
- Community laws and norms favorable toward drug use, firearms, and crime
- Media portrayals of violence
- Transitions and mobility
- Low neighborhood attachment and community disorganization
- Extreme economic deprivation
- Family history of the problem behavior
- Family management problems
- Family conflict
- Favorable parental attitudes and involvement in the problem behavior
- Academic failure beginning in late elementary school
- Lack of commitment to school
- Early and persistent antisocial behavior
- Rebelliousness
- Friends who engage in the problem behavior
- Gang involvement
- Favorable attitudes toward the problem behavior
- Early initiation of the problem behavior
PROTECTIVE FACTORS:
Healthy Beliefs-(caring, equality and social justice, integrity, honesty, responsibility, restraint, religiosity)
Clear Standards-(family boundaries, school boundaries, adult role models, positive peer influence, high expectations)
Bonding-(Attachment and Commitment)-(family support, positive family communication, other adult relationships, caring neighborhood, parent involvement in schooling, religious community, achievement motivation, school engagement, bonding to school)
Skills-(planning and decision making, interpersonal competence, cultural competence, resistance skills, peaceful conflict resolution)
Opportunities-(youth as resources, service to others, creative activities, youth programs, time at home, homework, reading for pleasure, safety)
Recognition-(community values youth, caring school climate)
Individual Characteristics-(personal power, self esteem, sense of purpose, positive view of personal future)
Drug Treatment
BLAIR COUNTY ASSESSMENT SERVICES:
Below are several agencies which are licensed to provide alcohol and other drug assessment and treatment services:
Central Point of Contact for Drug and Alcohol Assessments:
Blair Drug and Alcohol Partnerships
3001 Fairway Drive
Altoona, PA 16601
Available 24/7
814-381-0921
Drug and Alcohol Licensed Outpatient Treatment Providers:
Anthony Pater Counseling
511 Allegheny Street
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
814-935-1185
CenClear
819 E. Main Street
Roaring Spring, PA 16673
814-224-1380
Discovery House
3438 Route 764
Duncansville, PA 16635
814-944-7000
Evolution Counseling Services, LLC
1331 12th Avenue, Suite 105
Altoona, PA 16601
814-201-2751
Impact Counseling
413 N. Montgomery Street
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
814-695-2200
LaRocco Counseling
1218C Pleasant Valley Boulevard
Altoona, PA 16602
814-946-5179
Pyramid Outpatient
2 Sellers Drive
Altoona, PA 16601
814-204-0066
PA Treatment and Healing
1917 E. Pleasant Valley Boulevard
Altoona, PA 16602
814-201-2355
UPMC Behavioral Health of the Alleghenies
500 East Chestnut Avenue
Altoona, PA 16601
814-943-0414
James E. Van Zandt Medical Center (veterans only)
2907 Pleasant Valley Boulevard
Altoona, PA 16602
814-943-8164