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Women’s Recovery Center’s Programs and Services
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Description of the Treatment Program:
The Women's Recovery Center operates three (3) alcohol and other drug treatment programs offering morning, afternoon and evening gender specific treatment for women including low income and medically indigent women. Each treatment program is a three-phase program.
PHASE I Intensive Outpatient Treatment
Phase I is a four week program during which the curriculum focuses on the disease concept, defense mechanisms used by addicts, denial and greater understanding of the consequences caused by their use and behaviors.
PHASE II Relapse Prevention
The client gains knowledge in creating a relapse prevention plan, positive coping skills and responsible and sober life management.
PHASE III Aftercare
The focus of this phase is building support networks for continued sobriety through self-discovery and journaling.
Beginning in Phase II, clients are encouraged to participate in a Parenting Education program to prepare the client to be a clean and sober parent as the family engages in reunification.
To reduce one barrier that women face in seeking treatment services, the Women's Center offers therapeutic childcare for the children of substance abusing mothers. The childcare provides nearly a one to one ratio of staff and volunteers to children to build positive and healthy relationships with the children.
Results
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation and the Ridgecliff Foundation have awarded grants to the Women’s Center to provide alcohol and other drug treatment services for medically indigent women. It is the philosophy of the Women’s Recovery Center to engage women in the treatment process as soon as they are contemplating recovery. Therefore, the Women’s Recovery Center provides comprehensive treatment services for all women regardless of their ability to pay for those services. As a result in 2010, the Women’s Recovery Center recognized the provision of $407,497 of non-reimbursable charitable services for medically indigent women.
Throughout 2010, the Women's Recovery Center provided treatment services for 244 women and families. Nine (9) drug free babies were born to women attending the treatment programs. According to the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, for each baby born with drug addiction, that child suffers an estimated $470,000 in medical care through the child’s fifth year of life. That alone translates to a savings to the State of Ohio of $4,230,000.
Furthermore, according to NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse), the latest estimate for the costs to society of illicit drug abuse alone is $181 billion (2002). When combined with alcohol and tobacco costs, they exceed $500 billion including healthcare, criminal justice, and lost productivity. Successful drug abuse treatment can help reduce this cost; crime; and the spread of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases. It is estimated that for every dollar spent on addiction treatment programs, there is a $4 to $7 reduction in the cost of drug-related crimes. With some outpatient programs, total savings can exceed costs by a ratio of 12:1
Treatment Works and People Recover!
Practical Parenting Classes
The Women's Recovery Center offers a five week Practical Parenting Class facilitated by a licensed Therapist. The classes meet on Fridays from 9:15am to 11:45am. Charges for the Parenting Classes are $50.00 per person or $75.00 for a couple. The curriculum includes:
Parenting While Using: Avoiding, Enabling, Keeping Secrets, Controlling, Making Promises, Causing Family Shame, Emotion, Sexual and/or Physical Abuse and Instability.
Parenting Clean and Sober: Active Parenting, Responsibility, Setting Clear and Appropriate Limits, Enforcing Limits, Appropriate Consequences, Expression of Feelings and Stability.
Development: Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Social (PIES). Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Erikson’s Stages of Development: Expectations and Age Appropriateness.Skills for Establishing Positive Behavior As A Clean/Sober Parent: Understanding the Child’s Behavior, Awareness, Encouragement, Teaching Responsibility, Modeling Good Behaviors.
Discipline: Appropriate Consequences, Responsibility, Allowing Kids to Make Mistakes.
Building Relationships After Abuse/Addiction: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Love, Forgiveness, Acceptance.
Communication: Avoiding Mixed Messages, Listening, Verbal/Non-verbal Queues, Expression of Feelings.
Your Kids and Drugs/Alcohol: When are they using? How do they find out about drugs and alcohol? How do genetics play a part in my child’s life and possible use? What does the future hold for them? Physical and Psychological Affects.
Checks and Balances: How Are “We” Doing? Creating the Family Spirit. The Family Counsel. Affirmations.
Ancillary Services
Ancillary Services are provided to remove potential barriers that women encounter in seeking alcohol and other drug treatment services. These services include:
On-Site Childcare
Children from the age of two (2) weeks to twelve (12) years are cared for in a safe and supportive environment. Children have a regular routine and curriculum that includes reading, crafts, quiet time and snacks. School age children receive assistance with their homework with links for tutoring.
Medical Evaluation
With the support of the Eva L. and Joseph M. Breuning Foundation, the Women’s Recovery Center has added a new program component. As women are entering their recovery from alcohol and drugs, experience dictates that the clients are shameful of their use history which is confounded with issues including prostitution and sexual assault. Although HIV and sexually transmitted disease education is incorporated in the treatment curriculum, the clients need to begin developing sober and healthy lifestyles. Therefore, with Neighborhood Family Practice, weekly visits with a Nurse Practioner are scheduled to individually interview and screen clients for the risk factors of sexually transmitted diseases, risk to the continued fertility and health of women and to offer onsite testing for HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy and prepare a complete health history. The Nurse Practioner and the Case Manager make referrals for follow-up care.
The Women’s Recovery Center has been awarded funding, for fiscal year 2012, of Ryan White funding. This new funding stream is essential to provide alcohol and other drug treatment and medical services for medically indigent and HIV+ clients.
Case Management Services
Case Management services utilize the Community-Based Case Management Model that is designed to fully address the needs of the family including housing stabilization, employment referrals, food distribution, public assistance, mental health and healthcare.
Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model
The Women’s Recovery Center recognizes the increasing complexities of the target population; therefore, the Women’s Recovery Center has included trauma recovery education programming to address the number of clients that are diagnosed with Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is the result of a single and severe or a series of traumatic events. This extraordinary stressor in the person's life may be environmental (a large fire, hurricane), war, or violent crime (armed robbery, child abuse, rape), or the witnessing of violent incidents.
It is the experience of the population served by the Women’s Center that 90% of the clients meet the DSM IV criteria for the diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Often women utilize alcohol and other drugs to numb the pain of the memories and to cope with the effects.
Public Transportation Vouchers
For women, transportation is often viewed as a barrier to seek and consistently attend treatment services. Bus tickets are provided to reduce and eliminate the barrier.
Clothing Closet
The Women’s Recovery Center accepts the donation of new and used clothing, shoes and accessories for women and children. The clients often refer to the clothing closet as “The Boutique.” The clothing is sorted and hung on racks to allow the clients to “shop” to identify things that are needed. The clothes are essential to allow women to prepare for employment and self-sufficiency. The clothing is provided free of charge to the clients.
As an IRS recognized non-profit organization, the donation of clothing is a qualifying contribution. Receipts are provided for the donor to estimate the value of the contribution. Clothing and accessories can be delivered to the Women’s Recovery Center Monday – Friday located at 6209 Storer Avenue on Cleveland’s Westside.
Computer Lab
With volunteer support, the Women’s Recovery Center offers one-on-one computer instruction for clients to gain basic computer skills and to have access resume, application and cover templates to aid in the client’s job search, identification of housing and applications for secondary education and financing options.
