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### Fort BendRegional Council
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## FBRC, along with Lamar Consolidated Independent School District, joined Fort Bend County community leaders to host Leadership High School.Learn More
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### positive, healthychoices andsuccessfullyovercome life'schallenges
### We make hope and joy possible again when addiction tears at your family.
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# Changing Lives & Giving Hope
Providing families and individuals substance abuse prevention, education, and treatment services they need for positive change for themselves and the community.
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Fort Bend Regional Council operates via the generous support of donors **like you.**
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### Our Locations
[**Stafford Office**
10435 Greenbough, Suite 250
Stafford, Texas 77477
281.207.2400
[**Rosenberg Office**
3926 Avenue H (Hwy 90), Suite 11
Rosenberg, Texas 77471
281.342.8828
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### Officers
##### Alycia Curtis
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##### Suzanne Whatley
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##### Cathy Britt
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##### Dennie Bryant, DO
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##### Michael Chan
##### Rodney L. Craig
##### Susan Hensley
##### Linda Schoonmaker
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##### Daniel Menendez
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##### Lisa Poynor
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# Since 1976
!Fort Bend Regional Council on Substance Abuse began serving the community in 1976.  Fort Bend County was very much a rural community at that time, and looked very different than the vibrant suburb of Houston that it has become.  Due to the distance from Houston and small population base, there was a complete lack of options for people seeking help with drug and alcohol addiction.  FBRC opened its doors in to meet the needs of these individuals and families.
Soon after, it became apparent that substance abuse was a growing problem that needed to be addressed and that prevention was the key to reversing course.  A small team of FBRC counselors began working on area school campuses, meeting one-on-one and in small groups with children in high-risk situations.  Since that time, the prevention team has grown to 16 Youth Prevention Counselors working with thousands of students across three school districts every single day.
FBRC began to see a growing need in 1999 to 2000 for an outpatient treatment facility to serve the community regardless of a individual’s financial status.  In 2001, FBRC officially opened its treatment facility doors, serving more than one hundred individuals on any given night.  FBRC’s treatment programs give clients a place to heal, find hope and experience the joy of overcoming addiction.
## Mission Statement
### Providing families and individuals substance abuse prevention, education, and treatment services they need for positive change for themselves and the community.
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# The Problem
THE AVERAGE AGE OF FIRST USE OF ALCOHOL IS 13 AND MARIJUANA IS 14.
We like to think that our children, schools, and communities are immune to the dangers of drugs and alcohol, but in reality that is not the case.  If you were to look at five of your children’s friends, the statistics show that at least two of them recently consumed alcohol and one in four has used marijuana in the last year.  These are not national or state statistics, they are specific to Fort Bend County where we live, work and raise our families.
For years conventional wisdom stated that by occupying a student’s time with many extracurricular activities, they would be less likely to use drugs and alcohol.  While that is a true statement, extracurricular activities alone cannot prevent substance use and an overly burdened student can face just as many problems. A recent study showed that the number one reason that teens gave for using drugs was, “to deal with the pressures and stress of school” with 73% of students agreeing.  To illustrate the disconnect, the parents of those students were also surveyed.  Only 7% of parents believed “dealing with the pressures and stress of school” was a primary reason for adolescent usage.
Nine percent of American children live with at least one parent that was dependent on or abused alcohol and/or drugs in the last year.  Children of alcoholics are four times more likely to develop problems with alcohol.  This can often lead families into an intergenerational cycle of addiction, and is the reason that FBRC believes that drug and alcohol treatment is the highest form of prevention.  Breaking the cycle of addiction for a family changes the future of our community.
The number one reason that teens give for not using drugs and alcohol is, “I did not want to disappoint my parents.”  Prevention has to begin with parents, yet parents often struggle to connect with their children on this very important topic. Setting expectations, frequent and ongoing conversations, and using real world examples can help as you work to inform teens about the dangers of using substances.
The problem with addiction is that it is not self contained.  Addiction’s impact can hurt relationships, careers, personal finances and the future of families and communities.  It is more evident now than ever before that substance abuse disorders are wide spread and indiscriminate in whom they affect.  Rich and poor, young and old, blue collar and white collar, high-achieving schools and under-performing schools are all impacted in very similar ways by drug and alcohol addiction.
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