Duluth Bethel Society

THE DULUTH BETHEL IS A SPIRITUALLY GROUNDED, PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, OFFERING INDIVIDUALS DIGNITY, HOPE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY REHABILITATION AND COMMUNITY CORRECTION SERVICES.

THE DULUTH BETHEL PORT REHABILITATION CENTER: LICENSED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, UNDER STATUTE 245G, THE DULUTH BETHEL PORT REHABILITATION CENTER OFFERS RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES FOR MEN AND WOMEN AGES 18 AND OLDER. PORT REHABILITATION CENTER IS LICENSED FOR 32 BEDS FOR MEN AND 12 BEDS FOR WOMEN AND OFFERS SERVICES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND ARE IN NEED OF SAFE, STABLE, SOBER HOUSING AND PROGRAMMING. IN 2021 THERE WERE 248 TOTAL ADMISSIONS INTO PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDES HIGH, MEDIUM, AND LOW RESIDENTIAL SERVICES. A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION RATIO OF 58.0% MAKES PORT REHABILITATION CENTER A VERY EFFECTIVE TREATMENT PROGRAM CONSIDERING THE DIFFICULT TO SERVE POPULATION PORT REHABILITATION CENTER WORKS WITH. CLIENTS ARE OFTEN INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE FELONY DRUG COURTS, ON A CIVIL COMMITMENT, EXPERIENCING CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS, HAD MULTIPLE TREATMENT EXPOSURES, AND/OR EXPERIENCING NUMEROUS OTHER BARRIERS TO TREATMENT.

BETHEL WORK RELEASE CENTER: LICENSED AS A JAIL ANNEX BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS UNDER MINNESOTA CHAPTER 2911. THE FACILITY SERVES ADULT MEN AND WOMEN INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE AGENCY CONTRACTS WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL COUNTIES, STATE OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, THE U.S. FEDERAL PROBATION/PRETRIAL SERVICES. THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S UNITS ARE SEGREGATED WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND ADMISSIONS BELOW. BETHEL WOMEN'S PROGRAM: SERVES ADULT WOMEN INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WITH SAME AGENCIES AS NOTED ABOVE INCLUDING 10 SPECIFIC BEDS CONTRACTED FOR BY ARROWHEAD REGIONAL CORRECTIONS FOR THE FEMALE OFFENDER PROGRAM (FOP). THE WOMEN'S PROGRAM HAD A TOTAL OF 44 ADMISSIONS; 32 WERE FOR THE FOP NOTING 0 ADMISSIONS FOR THE FOP NON-RESIDENTIAL SERVICES. THE MN DOC HAD 2 ADMITS; THERE WERE 8 COUNTY SHORT-TERM DETENTIONS; 0 HUBER AND 2 FEDERAL PRETRIAL ADMITS. COMBINED OVERALL AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY WAS 35 DAYS. THERE WAS A COMBINED SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION RATIO OF 71% MAKING THIS A VERY EFFECTIVE DIVERSION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, PROVIDING PROGRAMMING AND CONNECTING THEM WITH LOCAL RESOURCES, HELPING THEM FIND JOBS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE TAX BASE AS OPPOSED TO JUST DRAWING FROM IT IN AN INSTITUTION. THE WOMEN'S UNIT FACILITY ALSO ACTS AS A RE-ENTRY PROGRAM FOR STATE OFFENDERS. MEN: SERVES ADULT MEN INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS NOTED ABOVE. 54 OVERALL ADMISSIONS; 7 FEDERAL PRE-TRIAL; 25 MN DOC; 2 HUBER WITH A COMBINED OVERALL AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY OF 108.38 DAYS. THERE WAS A COMBINED SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION RATIO OF 79% MAKING THIS A VERY EFFECTIVE PROGRAM TO KEEP OFFENDERS PRODUCTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, HELP THEM OBTAIN JOBS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE TAX BASE AS OPPOSED TO JUST DRAWING FROM IT IN AN INSTITUTION. THE FACILITY ACTS AS A RE-ENTRY PROGRAM FOR STATE OFFENDERS.

COMMUNITY WATCH PROGRAM: WE PROVIDE ELECTRONIC MONITORING AS A JAIL DIVERSION PROGRAM AND AS WELL TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASED LEVEL OF SUPERVISION FOR PEOPLE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. THE PROGRAM HAD 32 ADMITS WITH 32 DISCHARGES. 28 OF THE DISCHARGES WERE SUCCESSFUL.

OUTPATIENT TREATMENT: LICENSED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, UNDER STATUTE 245G, THE DULUTH BETHEL OUTPATIENT CENTER OFFERS OUTPATIENT SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES FOR MEN AND WOMEN AGES 18 AND OLDER. IN 2021, THERE WERE 70 TOTAL ADMISSIONS INTO OUTPATIENT PROGRAMMING INCLUDING INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT, OUTPATIENT, AFTERCARE, DRIVING WITH CARE THERAPY; TREATMENT FOR DWI OFFENDERS, AND DRIVING WITH CARE EDUCATION FOR 1ST TIME DWI OFFENDERS. IN 2019, THE DULUTH BETHEL OUTPATIENT CENTER EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A SECONDARY LOCATION FOR JUVENILE OUTPATIENT SERVICES TO INCARCERATED BOYS AND GIRLS, AGES 10 TO 19, AT THE ARROWHEAD JUVENILE CENTER. IN 2021, THERE WERE 30 ADMITS INTO ARROWHEAD JUVENILE CENTER. WITH A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION RATIO OF 76% FOR THE ADULT PROGRAMMING AND A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION RATIO OF 100% FOR JUVENILE PROGRAMMING, THE DULUTH BETHEL OUTPATIENT CENTER IS AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE TO OVERCOME THEIR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND NOT BECOME RE-INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.