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Our Place is a non-profit organization, whose
mission is to provide education, prevention, and
intervention services for individuals of all ages,
families, organizations, and communities who are
presently or potentially impacted by alcohol,
tobacco, and other drugs of abuse.
Our Place opened its doors in 1981 and officially
incorporated in 1986. We continue to provide the
region with an array of Programs and Services, which
benefits youth, adults, and families.
Our offices are located in New Albany, Indiana and
we directly serve Floyd, Clark, Harrison, and
Washington counties. Our Place is the primary
contractor for the Afternoons ROCK in Indiana after
school program through the Division of Mental Health
and Addiction for an eleven county region within
Southern Indiana. Known as Designated Service Area
(DSA) 14, this area encompasses Clark, Floyd,
Harrison, Scott, Washington, Jefferson, Crawford,
Spencer, Dubois, Perry, and Switzerland counties.
Our Place is a Metro United Way agency and has been
since 1994. We are proud to be affiliated with
Metro
United Way
and grateful for their support of our programs.
We are also grateful to other local funders that
include
Community Foundation of Southern Indiana,
Harrison County Community Foundation and
Horseshoe
Foundation of Floyd County. Our Place is
also proud to be affiliated with the
Better Business Bureau.
Our Place employs eight full-time staff and four
part-time staff that have various degrees and
certifications in the fields of prevention,
intervention and treatment.
Our Place continues to strive to meet the needs of
our community through the guidance of our Board of
Directors and truly embraces the concept that "We
can't do it alone but together we can do it all."
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