The Long Term Effect
•Along with reduced drug addiction and recidivism, many treatment programs are community builders, helping people facing severe challenges become productive parts of their families and neighborhoods
•Brooklyn’s DTAP graduates are three-and-one-half times more likely to be employed than they were before arrest—92% were working after they completed the program
•Community-based substance abuse treatment generated $3.30 of benefit for every dollar spent, while drug courts yielded $2.83 for every dollar spent
•Each $1 spent on cocaine treatment yields $7.48 in societal benefits
•Treatment oriented intensive supervision programs yielded $2.45 worth of benefit for every dollar spent, and was far more cost effective than simple supervision alone without treatment