For Hailey McGovern, left, and Trevor Dahl, chemical health services provided by the Carver-Scott Co-op literally saved their lives. The two both became alcoholics and drug addicts at very young ages, as a way to escape painful home situations and fit in with their peers. Now, they've both been sober for more than two years. But whether that help, which has turned their lives around, will be available to their peers next year is up in the air. The Carver-Scott Co-op is in danger of pulling all hte chemical health counselors from schools in the two counties because of funding problems. As school district and county budgets are strapped metro wide, chemical helath service providers have had to use unsustainable grants to provide services. In Carver and Scott Counties, which both have higher rates of chemical usage among teenagers than the state average, officials are worried.
E-mail this photo
