NASC History

New Age Services Corporation (NASC) was established in May 1984 and received its licensing and first funding from the State of Illinois on December 1, 1984.  Then known as the Substance Abuse and Alcoholism Treatment Center (SAATC), the agency was located in Chicago's old Maxwell Street area.  Since then, NASC has provided adult outpatient substance use recovery services.  NASC moved to the NOrth Lawndale community in February 1998. NASC began to provide domestic violence programs in 1994 in response to patients' difficulties in maintaining their recovery due to family violence.  Parent education services were first offered during the same period, and HIV/AIDS services started in 1988.  NASC has recently started to offer preventive health services to our patients, including TB testing and Hepatitis vaccinations.  NASC continues to develop new programs to meet the needs of our patients and community.

NASC primarily serves the communities of North Lawndale, South Lawndale, Austin, East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park and Humboldt Park as well as the town of Cicero and near western suburbs.  Referrals are accepted from any Illinois resident.

 Program Modalities and Approach

New Age Services Corporation offers seven major types of outpatient treatment modalities:

• Adult outpatient substance use disorder treatment
• Indivdual and group counseling
• Medication Assisted Treatment
• Domestic Violence Support Services
• DUI Risk Education and Evaluation
• HIV education and counseling/testing services
• Public Health and Parent education services
• Hepatitis vaccination and TB testing

New Age Services Corporation uses a client-patient centered approach in determining how to best meet the needs of the individual.  "Identification and meeting of patients' treatment needs" is a program characteristic that is associated with treatment success.

The best treatment programs are comprehensive and multidimensional.  The most effective drug treatment programs either provide on-site services, or are closely linked with, a wide variety of treatment elements and support services.  In addition to behavioral and pharmacological therapies, the patient may need other medical services, family therapy parenting instructions, vocational rehabilitation and social and legal services.

 Program Personnel

New Age Services Corporation, through ongoing screening, hiring and credentialing processes, ensures that all employees are qualified to provide services relative to their specific discipline. 

All counselors providing direct services hold clinical certification as a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC) from the Illinois Alcoholism and other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association or become certified within two years of employment as required.

  Service Partners

New Age Services Corporation collaborates with other service providers in the communities we serve to ensure continuation and enhancement of necessary programs.  Through these efforts NASC is able to identify community resources to benefit our clients, help identify service gaps in our communities, and work with other providers to best utilize current community services.  NASC works with many of these providers to develop new programs and submit coordinated funding requests from both public and private funding sources.  Highlights of these community partnerships/collaborations include:

• Cong. Danny K. Davis Drugs and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Advisory Committee
• Illinois Association for Medication Assisted Addiction Treatment (IAMAAT)
• Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association (IADDA)
• Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy (ICDP), Roosevelt University
• American Public Health Association
• Illinois Partners for Human Service
• Little Village Mental Health Coalition

NASC also partners with indivdual agencies to coordinate specific services.  These partnerships may involve coordinating care for patients with multiple service needs or working together to bring new resources to the community.  Some of these agencies and services include: 

• Primary health care - Access Community Health Network, Austin Health Center of Cook County, Lawndale Christian Health Center, Loretto Hospital, Mile Square Health Center
• Criminal Justice - Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC)
• Job training - North Lawndale Employment Network, i.c. stars
• Mental health - Sinai Mile Square Mental Health Center
• Domestic violence intervention - Heartland Alliance/Violence Recovery Services, Tabitha House, YWCA
• HIV - Chicago Womens AIDS Project, AIDS Foundation of Chicago
• Youth and family - Youth Outreach Services, Better Boys Foundation
• Other substance use services - Caritas, HealthCare Alternative Systems (HAS), Specialized Assistance Services, United Baptist Church 12-Step Program

Last Updated: 1/8/2011 10:41 AM