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The Extension: Combating Chemical Dependence, Homelessness in Marietta
The Extension is a community supported long-term residential recovery program for homeless men and women that serves Cobb and addresses one of the primary causes of homelessness, chemical dependence.
The Extension, previously the Marietta-Cobb Winter Shelter, is celebrating 25 years of service in Cobb County. Of the approximately 21,000 people homeless in Georgia on a single night in January in 2009, 500 persons were counted in Cobb County, according to Tina Jones, Director of Development of The Extension, a long-term residential homelessness and substance abuse program in Marietta. “We are the largest organization of our kind in North Georgia,” Jones said. The program offers services for homeless men and women with addictions, including addiction counseling, family counseling, case management, medical services, sub-clinical mental health services, conflict resolution/anger management therapy, GED, job-placement and a life skills …
