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Individual Capacities for "Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse"

Total Volunteers: 101 ("assisting people with mental illness")

Skill Categories
Volunteers
Typing/secretarial work 14
Listening to others' problems 52
Cooking 17
Organizing activities 28
Driving a car 17
Electrical repair 1
Carpentry/home construction 4
Outdoors/nature activities 19
Appliance/furniture repair 3
Sewing/knitting/quilting 9
Singing/dancing/acting 14
Playing a musical instrument 7
Gardening/landscaping/lawns 10
Automobile repair 3
Helping people solve problems 43
Plumbing repair 3
Storytelling 38
Starting a new business 9
Cleaning homes/cars 17
Moving furniture 9
Bookkeeping/accounting 13
Sports/athletics 16
Teaching/tutoring 24
Crafts/hobbies 24
Child care or baby sitting 29
Caring for the elderly or sick 27
Science 9
Selling products 10
Talking on telephone 30
Providing financial advise 5
Public speaking 19
Computers 13
Writing grants/fund raising 12
Other 3

Organizational Capacities for "Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse"

Treatment Services: SW Indiana Mental Health Center, St. Mary's Medical Center, Mulberry Center, Charter Hospital, SAFE House (offender treatment), Chrysalis Half-way house for women, and various private counseling agencies

Prevention Services: School based programs, counseling and church programs, community awareness programs (including Red Ribbon), MADD and SADD chapters, Sheriff Dept. DARE program, and various youth development services

Community Planning Efforts: Vanderburgh County Substance Abuse Council

Volunteer Support Groups: Vanderburgh Mental Health Association, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous

Organizations Responding to Capacity Survey (mental illness): Chrysalis Women's Treatment, Resource Agency for the Deaf, Lutheran Child and Family Services, Visiting Nurse Association, United Family Care Services, Veterans Center, Evansville Association for the Blind, Vanderburgh County Mental Health Association, Washington Avenue Health Center