Tuesday, April 29, 2025
4/29/2025
SMART CHOICES: IMPROVING HEALTH AND RECOVERY - The Smart Choices: Improving Health and Recovery program will support current treatment capacity expansions efforts in Illinois by enhancing and sustaining evidence-based practices in the Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC) system. The TASC program will target ethnic and racial minorities involved in the justice system in Cook County and will provide outreach, pretreatment, recovery support and HIV/AIDS services. The primary goals of the project are to increase readiness for treatment, increase understanding around HIV/AIDS and other STDS, and awareness of risky behaviors, and increase the numbers of individuals who voluntarily commit to getting tested. It is expected that over five years, the project will conduct 2,500 enhanced assessments, and provide outreach, HIV education, and pretreatment services to 850 probationers who are mandated to TASC.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).