Click on a section below to go to that section.
The Philosophy of the Youngstown Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program, Inc. (YUMADAOP, Inc.) is that violence, alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD), prevention and treatment efforts must be culturally specific if the needs of the African-American and Hispanic communities are truly going to be addressed.
Our Goals are to:
1. Increase information and awareness regarding the damaging effects of violence and ATOD use through the use of information dissemination activities in these communities.
2. Curtail the increase in violence and ATOD use by providing intensive, curriculum based, culturally appropriate prevention services to both communities, utilizing the risk and protective approach to prevention. We feel that these efforts will establish a positive environment in these communities regarding violence and ATOD issues. These prevention efforts should increase awareness of the consequences of violence and ATOD usage while also identifying alternatives within the African-American and Hispanic communities.
3. Curtail teen pregnancy in these communities.
The positive consequences of these efforts will be:
1. A reduced number of ATOD users in the African-American and Hispanic communities.
2. An increase in the number of African-Americans and Hispanics who need treatment, accessing treatment services.
3. Reduce violence in these communities.
4. Providing individuals with the skills needed to avoid violence and ATOD usage.
The Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program (UMADAOP) of Ohio were established in 1980, via State legislation spearheaded by State Representative William L. Mallory. Representative Mallory was informed by Don Turner of Cincinnati, a professional in the field of substance abuse, that the culturally specific needs of African-Americans were not being met. Jacqueline P. Butler, a long time advocate for under-served populations, shared with State Representative Mallory and others that state monies were available to possibly fund a substance abuse service delivery system specifically targeting Ohio's minority community. Under the guidance of Representative Mallory, along with Ohio State Senator William F. Bowen, Turner, Butler and others worked to develop a statewide network that would adequately address the prevention of alcohol abuse among African and Hispanic Americans throughout Ohio.
With a $200,000 appropriation in 1979, (House Bill 204), the state network was born. The original programs were entitled the Urban Minority Alcoholism Outreach Programs (UMAOP) and operated under the guidance of implementing agencies. The eight original programs were located in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Cleveland Hispanic, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo and Youngstown. In the early years of UMADAOP, the main programming emphasis was on community outreach and education. It was important then, as it is now, to work around cultural barricades and get people to see that they could exist without alcohol, and to develop the total individual so that they could live a life independent of substances.
In the mid 1980's, crack cocaine and other drugs began to take a devastating toll on the African and Hispanic American communities. Although UMADAOP programs had always addressed drugs other than alcohol, the 117th Ohio General Assembly passed a law to formally change the name to Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Programs of Ohio in 1987.
In July 1987, under the direction of Helen Postell, the UMADAOP, Inc. became an independent, free standing 501(C)3 agency. YUMADAOP, Inc. currently receives funding from the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, the Mahoning County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board the Community Development Agency, and through the provision of specialized services on a contractual basis.
YUMADAOP, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, age, sex, disability or political affiliation.
YUMADAOP, Inc. has established in school and afterschool prevention programming at numerous area churches, parochial and public schools, neighborhood centers and corrections organizations and corrections organizations and has also provided cultural sensitivity training in Mahoning County, YUMADAOP is a previous recipient of the Ohio Exemplary Prevention Program Award from ODADAS.
YUMADAOP, Inc. maintains:
Extensive Film and Literary Library on the following topics:
-Cultural Films
-Teen Pregnancy
-Pre-natal Care
-Gangs
-Violence
-Tobacco
-Drug and Alcohol Prevention
Varieties of curricula available for various age groups
Literature for hand outs
Resource/Research Library
In house viewing of video available with scheduled time (we have over 90 titles)
YUMADAOP, Inc. evaluates programs utilizing impact analysis, with a focus on outcomes. YUMADAOP, Inc. also utilizes CSAP's Minimum Data Set System.
Below are a few of the services that YUMADAOP, Inc. provides for the African-American and Hispanic Communities:
Intensive, curriculum based, culturally appropriate, violence, alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention progamming utilizing the risk and protective factor approach to prevention. Organizations and parents can contact us if they desire their clients or children to participate in our programs. These programs can be established in school or after school.or after school.
Recreational Alternative Activities - college tours, camping, cooking classes, field trips (i.e. Washington DC, Canada, etc.) skiing, sporting events, concerts, swimming, arts, music activities, skating etc.
Pregnancy prevention curriculum based activities.
Prevention Program Development and Organizational Development Services. (on location or at our facility)
Program Evaluation and MIS Services (on your location or at our facility)
Training in cultural competency for violence and ATOD professionals, educators, social workers, counselors and clergy.
Consulting Services
Women's Programming - interim weekly services for women and female youth who are waiting for treatment, and referral services for those who have identified needs.
Information Dissemination Services (i.e., live radio shows, health fairs and literature distribution)
Groups for pregnant teens
Health Enhancement Services for HMO's, Managed Care Organizations and Insurance Companies
Group for non custodial parents
The ability to pay and the method of payment will be determined according to policies established by ODADAS and YUMADAOP, Inc.