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Heather O’Donnell of the Chicago social services agency Thresholds says the money is “an opportunity to really build up substance use care.”

Blair Paddock | July 22, 2021 10:19 pm The city is expanding a program that works to keep people from getting a drug offense and, instead, places them into treatment. The Narcotics Arrest Diversion Program, started in 2018 on the West Side, and has directed more than 700 people in 11 eligible police districts toward drug treatment programs. Thanks to our sponsors: Officials say the program will expand to every district by the end of the year. There are two ways someone can access the NADP, Chi...