Purpose

The purpose of the Treatment Facilities Committee is to cooperate with Intergroup Treatment Facilities and Institution Committees and, when requested, to coordinate the work of individual AA members and groups who are interested in carrying our message of recovery to alcoholics in treatment facilities, and to set up means of “Bridging the Gap” from the facility to the larger AA community. Basic functions of the committee are to:

• Take regular AA meeting into facilities, when allowed to do so
• Encourage group and local committee participation
• Provide a liaison between treatment facilities’ meetings and groups on the outside
• Coordinate temporary sponsorship
• Arrange purchase and distribution of literature for these groups and meetings
• Assist, when requested, with Intergroup Treatment Facilities and Institution Committee activities

Duties

The Chairperson of the Treatment Facilities Committee:

• Is appointed by the Area Chairperson for a term of two years, beginning in January of the even-numbered years
• Attends the Area Assembly and Area Committee meetings
• Chairs monthly Treatment Facilities Committee meeting, coordinating information received from local Correctional Facilities representatives for reporting back to the Area Assembly
• Coordinates annual Treatment Facilities panels for the State Convention and Fall Conference
• Acts as a conduit for communication between GSO and the local Treatment Facilities committees
• Assists the local Treatment Facilities committees wherever and whenever possible
• Prepares the annual Treatment Facilities Committee’s budget request to be submitted to the Finance Committee in October of each year and is prepared with supporting documentation to answer any questions which may be asked during the budget approval process in December

 

• Represents Maryland General Service Area 29 at the following functions:
  • Area 29 State Convention
  • Area 29 Fall Conference
  • Northeast Regional Forum
  • Northeast Regional Alcoholics Anonymous Service Assembly
• Arranges purchases and distribution of Treatment Facilities literature as may be required
• As requested, attends group, Intergroup, District or other Area AA events to share information and knowledge of the AA fellowship
• Coordinates AA’s Treatment Facilities display at professional exhibits throughout the Maryland General Service Area 29 as required
• Meets with administrators of institutions and agencies dealing with alcoholism to share information about Alcoholics Anonymous
• Forms a working committee of AA members to assist in carrying out the performance of these responsibilities