SR 31 Summary

• Senate commends Alternative Opportunities, Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization operating in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, for providing mental health services, substance abuse treatment, and behavioral health services.

• Alternative Opportunities, Inc. operates in Arkansas under the business names AO/DaySpring Behavioral Health of Arkansas and AO/Decision Point Treatment Services.

• Congratulates AO/Decision Point Treatment Services for establishing the Alex Recovery High School in Bentonville, Arkansas in 2013, Arkansas's first recovery high school for students struggling with substance and alcohol abuse.

• Recovery high schools provide a safe, sober environment with individualized curricula and staff including therapists, counselors, and mental health professionals to treat students with co-existing mental health disorders.

• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to Bontiea Goss, Chief Administrative Officer of Alternative Opportunities, Inc.