JANUS NEWS

“That’s what we’re here

on Earth for, to help

others.”

- Betty Ford

In This Issue:

Prime For Life

40th Anniversary

Recognition

1 Year at the Janus

Sobering Center

Upcoming Events

Photo: Amiga

Janus of Santa Cruz - 40 Years Of Helping & Healing

You will note in the newsletter an article describing our 40th Anniversary Celebra-

tion. 40 years of providing necessary health care services is a fine achievement in

anyone’s book, but 40 years of continual sustainability for a non-profit in this field

is remarkable, and we feel blessed. However, while we do want to take a moment

to celebrate the past 40 years, we are also very aware that we are entering a new

phase of how treatment will be provided and funded.

Janus has always prided itself on the services we provide to folks who have no

insurance and are not able to pay for their care. Our Medication Assisted Treat-

ment (methadone) and Perinatal programs were available to those who had Medi-

Cal, but our other programs, such as residential and outpatient care, received lim-

ited amounts of public funding from various sources. Recently, outpatient care was

added to the list of Medi-Cal reimbursable programs and, sometime in the next

few months, residential detoxification and treatment will be added as Medi-Cal

reimbursable programs. In other words, more care in more treatment settings for

those who cannot afford to pay - that’s the good stuff.

With expansion of funding will come the inevitable growing pains. With more folks

eligible for care, our already stressed and strained program capacities and staff

will need to expand as well. The revenue side of our budgets will change radically.

So, we’ll be facing some new challenges over the next couple of years, but we’ll

be doing it with the knowledge that we have been building superb programs for the

past 40 years, and we’ll be doing it for another 40 years!

Thanks for your continuing support and interest in what we do. -Rod Libbey CEO

Janus of Santa Cruz Newsletter August 2016

Photo: Grey3k

A New Program at Janus DUI

Did you know that in 2013, 1,493 drivers were arrested for DUI in Santa

Cruz county?1 According the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin-

istration, there were almost 10,000 alcohol-related fatalities in the U.S.

in 2014—that’s one every 53 minutes! 2

All over the U.S., DUI programs provide counseling and education ser-

vices to convicted offenders in an effort to improve public highway safe-

ty. At Janus of Santa Cruz, we take pride in the quality services that our

DUI counseling staff has provided over the course of this last fiscal

year—delivering effective services to approximately 381 DUI offenders

in the Santa Cruz area.

Because Janus is committed to reducing DUI recidivism and increasing

public safety, we are pleased to announce the implementation of Prime

for Life, an evidence-based, motivational intervention program tailored

to meet the unique needs of court-referred, impaired driving offenders.

This unique intervention emphasizes changing participants’ perceptions

of the risks of drug and alcohol use and related attitudes and beliefs.

Our counselors use empathy and collaboration to increase participant

motivation to protect what they most value in life. On average, individu-

als who participate in the Prime for Life program exhibit a significantly

lower 1-year re-arrest rate relative to comparison programs!

We look forward to delivering the cutting-edge Prime for Life intervention

program with the goal of continued improvement of public safety.

1 Daoud, S., Tashima, H., Grippe, R. (2015). 2015 Annual Report

of the California DUI Management Information. Sacramento:

California Department of Motor Vehicles.

2 NHTSA National Center for Statistics and Analysis. (2014, De-

cember). Alcohol-impaired driving: 2014 data. (Traffic Safety

Facts. DOT HS 812 231). Washington, DC: National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration.

One Year at the Janus Sobering Center

The Janus Sobering Center diverts non-

violent, public inebriates away from costly

jail beds while ensuring they are not being

injured, victimized or putting others in

harm’s way. The Center is open 24/7 and

accepts qualified adult public inebriates

diverted from jail via law enforcement.

Between June 1, 2015 and May 31, 2016,

the Sobering Center has served 371 indi-

viduals across 533 sobering episodes.

21% of 647F cases are being diverted

to the Sobering Center, exceeding the

20% goal of our grant objectives.

Officers spend an average of 6 minutes

at our facility versus the typical jail

booking time of up to 105 minutes.

In July, the Sobering Center had 65

diversions for the month—more clients

diverted than ever before!

Combined annual cost savings for the

Sherriff’s Office and the Santa Cruz

Police Department equaled $37,856.

SC County Jail

Sobering Center

40th Anniversary

Award Recipients

Janus would like to thank

the following people for

their support and advocacy

over the last 40 years:

CA Assemblyman

Mark Stone

Dr. William Morris

Bill & Brigid Simp-

kins

Nancy Napoli

Jan Tice

Celebrating 40 Years at Janus of Santa Cruz

40th Anniversary Recognition Breakfast at Seascape Golf Club

Help Janus celebrate 40 years of successfully guiding clients on the road to

recovery. We’ll talk about our history, celebrate some of our unique accom-

plishments throughout the years and honor many of the people who’ve helped

us achieve our goals.

Location: Seascape Golf Club, 610 Clubhouse Dr., Aptos, CA 95003.

About Our Master of Ceremonies

Jan Hutchins is a former Mayor of Los Gatos, a long

time Bay Area television journalist and celebrity.

Currently working as an executive coach and men-

tor, Mr. Hutchins consults as Director of Government

Relations with the Mountain View Chamber of Com-

merce and is the co-founder of SocialAgenda Media.

Mr. Hutchins has been a yoga student and teacher for more than 50 years,

and describes his unique de-aging exercise system as StressLess for Thinka-

holics. So, he understands our work with addiction.

A Yale graduate (B.A. in History), Mr. Hutchins’ career has been about trans-

formation and community service. He’s an Emmy award-winning television

journalist who has covered your favorite athletes and pro sports for a decade.

Mr. Hutchins is also a content developer and producer with experience in so-

cial media, marketing, public speaking, business development, government

relations, and fundraising. Learn more about Jan Hutchins at

www.janhutchins.com

Janus Board of Directors

Rudy Escalante, Chair

Alan Christenson, Vice Chair

Mike Allen, Treasurer

Paul Bellina, Secretary

Gail Kirby, Member

Jenny Sarmiento, Member

Kim Hogan, Member

Upcoming Events at Janus

Janus 40th Anniversary Recognition Breakfast—Friday, October 14th, 8:30am-10:30am

Help Janus celebrate 40 years of successfully guiding clients on the road to recovery. We’ll

talk about our history, celebrate our accomplishments throughout the years and honor some

of the people who’ve helped us achieve our goals. Table sponsorships are available. Email

andrea_gifford@janussc.org for details.

Location: Seascape Golf Club - 610 Clubhouse Dr., Aptos, CA 95003.

Janus Symposium: The Different faces of Substance Abuse—Monday, October 17th, 8:30am-12:30pm

Join us for our professional development series on the topic of building a system of care for

perinatal drug exposed infants. Speakers include: Salem Margarian, MD, Chris Terry, RN,

Sonya Drotter, LCSW, and more. $40 per person, includes light breakfast and 4 CEUs.

Call (831) 425-0112 for information or to register.

Location: Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County - 7807

Soquel Drive, Aptos 95003.

Janus of Santa Cruz

200 7th Avenue, Suite 150

Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Call today for more infor-

mation about the treatment

services, programs and facil-

ities at Janus of Santa Cruz.

Janus of Santa Cruz

200 7th Ave., Suite 150

Santa Cruz, CA 95062

www.janussc.org

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