History
The Council was established February 6, 1962 as the Bell County Council on
Alcoholism. Arthur P. Brashear, Jr. and other concerned citizens
established the council primarily to maintain and distribute information about
alcoholism and its related issues for community public education.
In 1976, the seven counties currently being served by the Central Texas
Council of Governments - Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Mills, Milam, Lampasas and San
Saba became the responsibility of the Central Texas Council on Alcoholism. The Central Texas Council on Alcoholism Board of Directors
began a concerted effort, in conjunction with the Temple Ministerial Alliance,
to develop a halfway house in Temple to serve its seven county region with
residential rehabilitation services for alcoholics.
Again, Arthur P. Brashear, Jr. was instrumental in the development of an
independent board to govern such a program.
On March 5, 1978, the Cen-Tex Alcohol
Rehabilitation Center was dedicated in
Temple. It was funded through the Texas Commission on Alcoholism and the
Texas Vocational Rehabilitation Council.
In 1978, the Central Texas Council of Governments recommended the Central
Texas Council on Alcoholism also become the regional authority for drug abuse.
In accepting that responsibility, the Central Texas Council on Alcoholism added
Drug Abuse to its name.
As additional funding from cities, counties, United Ways, and the Texas
Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse became available, the Council expanded its
programming into more communities, offering more education, prevention,
screening/assessment and referral services.
Since 2000 CTCADA has
grown to offer prevention programs for ages 7-17, intervention for pregnant drug
abusing women, and outpatient treatment for adolescent adults. The Council still has strong ties back into the community and continues to
meet its original goals while expanding its programs to better meet the growing
and changing needs of its citizens.
