A distinguished education, management, and technology consultant, Thomas Stoughton is the former president of the Indiana-based firm Business Consulting Incorporated. In addition to a long career advising business and municipal leaders, Thomas Stoughton has dedicated resources to support the addiction-recovery program at Progress House in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Since 2017, Progress House has been an approved provider of Recovery Works.
The program aims to make mental-health treatment and addiction-recovery services available to people uncovered by insurance who otherwise may end up behind bars. It also enhances community-supervision initiatives to reduce the chances of reincarceration for those recovering from an addiction.
According to statistics, many Americans are part of the criminal justice system because they lack healthcare coverage and adequate resources to seek treatment. For instance, approximately 16 percent of currently-incarcerated individuals have a diagnosed mental illness and 53 percent of the State Prison population have a substance-abuse disorder. Additionally, 75 percent of people who return to prison also have a substance-abuse disorder. Progress House and Recovery Works administrators believe that increased mental-health and addiction-service support will help people break destructive cycles and stay out of prison.
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