I think the folks at the "safe families" program and Beacon Hill are specifically working on these issues.  I've personally seen such poor planning on the part of the programs designed to rehabilitate adults into a healthy life.  The staff are dedicated but with poor funding there is very little accountability for transitional living services for those at risk.  I recently saw a young lady teeter and fall off the wagon again, her appointed private pd firm associate made it clear that her case was no big deal and they would not intervene until they had to!  It was apalling, here she had been sober for 10 months and now she was so afraid of going back to jail and maybe being assaulted there AGAIN that she turned to alcohol.  It broke my heart, She had experienced terrible trauma in her young years and then went on to suffer, i have to be honest I believe in the beauty and resiliency of the human spirit but when as a community these folks are thrown away how can we expect them to care?