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comfortable working with this population and has worked effectively to coordinate the daily operation of the substance abuse program with the SDP staff. Ed Henne, CSAC has worked with the SDP as one of our substance abuse counselors ~'or the past year. He will provide training and assistance with the Cognitive Restructuring materials. He is also internationally certified in addictions. Abdul Haqq, CSAC will provide back up for the counseling staffas necessary. He has worked for our organization for the past eighteen months on a part-time basis. He currently directs the Dealers Group at the SDP program. Angle Pitcher, CSAC has worked for SAIL for the past two years in our intensive outpatient treatment program in Albemarle. She conducts groups and individual sessions as well as monitors the progress of recovery for our clients. She also substitutes at our SD? site when Staffare sick or on vacation and will be assisting in the development ot~ our newest intensive outpatient program in Salisbury. Gary Kaufman, D. Min. CSAC, LPC has also worked with our organization for the past three years. He serves as the Counselor Coordinator in the Albemarle location as well as facilitating groups in the Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program. He also facilities family therapy. Gary will be involved in providing ongoing counselor training and back-up for counselors when they are sick or on vacation. A case manager and counselor specifically for this program will be hired after the awarding of the contract. We agree to maintain at least one CSAC on staff Each counselor must have experience with the offender population. It is estimated that two part-time employees will be hired initially for the program. As group size grows and in compliance with the contract, additional staff will be added. SAIL will offer treatment in the evenings to accommodate the employment schedule of clients. Groups will run five nights a week and the case manager and counselor will be available to in the afternoons to do individual sessions. Since SAIL operates similar IOPT's in Mecklenburg and Stanly Counties the possibility exists to take into consideration the living and working location of Cabarrus County residents who this program serves. Of course, this will not be offered if deemed as not appropriate by the Advisory Board FINANCIAL STABILITY All of our company corporate records are completed and reviewed by Brenda Skinner, CPA. As a small organization we have never found it necessary to have our company records audited by an independent agent. SAIl, is a wholly owned division of Psychiatric and Forensic Associates, P.A., a corporation with Federal Tax ID # 56- 1941865. Psychiatric and Forensic Associates, PA maintains malpractice and general liability insurance in the amount of $1m/$3m, which indemnifies the County from liability claims; appropriate workman's compensation insurance for staff serving clients, and is licensed by the State as a Treatment Service Provider.