Association For The Advancement Of Mexican Americans

Aama's prevention, intervention, education and substance use disorder treatment programs ("health and human services") provides a network of prevention, intervention, education and substance use disorder treatment services for children, teens and adults focusing on substance abuse and communicable diseases. The organization's outpatient substance use disorder treatment programs provide comprehensive chemical dependency treatment, intervention, prevention, and education for approximately 5,000 youth, adults and their families in houston, laredo, and surrounding texas counties. The drug and alcohol prevention, intervention and education programs serve approximately 6,000 youth and adults through activities that included a school-based prevention program for elementary, middle, and high school students in houston and surrounding counties as well as outreach programs that provide testing, counseling, education, and referrals for adults who are at risk for substance abuse, hiv, hepatitis and other communicable diseases in harris county texas as well as surrounding counties.