Peel Addiction Assessment and Referral Centre (PAARC)

CD specific programs

• Housing and Support Peel (catchment area: Peel Region): Support provided for clients with a concurrent disorder to help them live independently and improve their quality of life. Intake is conducted through the lead agency, Supportive Housing in Peel.
• Trillium Health Centre Partnership : Serving clients referred from the social work and psychiatric departments of Trillium Health Centre, provided on site. Clients are eligible to participate, when appropriate, in other PAARC programs.
• Street Outreach Concurrent Disorders (catchment area: Peel Region): Outreach worker specializing in serving people with a concurrent disorder, serving those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

All other programs

• Adult Program (primary catchment: Peel Region): The MOHLTC-approved standardized assessment tools are administered through this program. This program follows the principles of Ontario's Admission and Discharge Criteria to develop treatment plans, including referrals to other organizations where appropriate. Services include assessment, treatment planning, case management, counseling (group and individual). Services within this program include relapse prevention, guided self-change, follow-up, and aftercare. Services are tailored to meet the client's individual needs. Community treatment is provided at three fixed office locations (two in Mississauga and one in Bolton,) and throughout the community. We also serve people who are concerned with someone else's involvement with alcohol, drugs or harmful gambling.
• Older Persons' Substance Use Program (55+ years) (primary catchment: Peel Region): The MOHLTC-approved standardized assessment tools are administered through this program where appropriate and possible. The assessment process and content is tailored to the client's abilities. In addition to the assessment tools, a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment explores the client's strengths and needs. Clients are visited in their own homes or other place of residence.
• Older Person' Problem Gambling Program (55+ years) (primary catchment: Peel Region): The MOHLTC-approved standardized assessment tools are administered through this program where appropriate and possible. The assessment process and content is tailored to the client's abilities. In addition to the assessment tools, a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment explores the client's strengths and needs. Clients are visited in their own homes or other place of residence.
• Community Withdrawal Management - Level 1 (primary catchment: M-H LHIN): This service provides non-medical support for individuals experiencing mild to moderate withdrawal symptoms from alcohol and/or other substances.
• Methadone Case Management (methadone maintenance - primary catchment: Mississauga): The MOHLTC-approved standardized assessment tools are administered through this program. Services include assessment, treatment planning, case management, supportive counseling, referral and discharge planning. With client consent, the case management works closely with the client's methadone prescriber.
• Education Group (primary catchment: Peel Region): To educate clients about general information about alcohol and drugs and their physical and psychological effects, over three sessions or in a one-day workshop. To provide an opportunity for clients to evaluate their own substance use and offer them alternatives to make informed decisions.
• CHOICES Group (primary catchment: Peel Region): This program has been created for Punjabi speaking clients to provide participants with information to increase their awareness of the effects of drinking, to provide them with an opportunity to explore the impact(s) of drinking in their own lives and to help them make more informed choices by covering other topics.
• Aftercare Program (primary catchment: N/A): Eligibility for the program is based on the client completing an inpatient or outpatient treatment program, being in the action or maintenance stage of change, and having a goal of abstinence with exception of prescribed medications, taken as prescribed and under the supervision of a doctor. Clients participate for one year, and then graduate to a client-run alumni group. Catchment area is not restricted: this group is for clients who are unable to attend the aftercare program where they attended treatment.
• Ontario Works Addiction Services Initiative (primary catchment: Peel Region): Referred by an Ontario Works Employment Services Worker, this program is for clients for whom substance use is a barrier to seeking employment. Services are offered in both the Brampton and Mississauga Ontario Works offices.
• Back on Track Remedial Measures Program for Impaired Drivers : This program is administered through the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, for drivers who have been convicted of impaired driving. PAARC is the site provider for Peel Region. Clients are notified of the need to participate in this program by the Ministry of Transportation, and register with CAMH for this program. The program consists of three components: assessment, either education or treatment course, and follow-up.