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LifeLine - Substance Abuse Treatment for Women

Our Goal
The goal of the LifeLine program is to treat and support pregnant and parenting women experiencing substance abuse and psychiatric disorders as they progress through their recovery program.

Core Components

  • Substance abuse and mental health treatment and education.
  • Individual, couples and family therapy
  • Infant/child assessment and referral
  • Parenting and child development training and practice
  • Community outreach care coordination
  • Individualized assessment and treatment planning
  • Psychiatric and medication evaluation and monitoring
  • Random observed toxicology screening
  • Discharge planning and aftercare
  • Community consultation and education
  • 24-hour crisis coverage

Objectives

  • Recovery from substance abuse, including abstinence during and after pregnancy
  • Overcoming depression, anxiety and other psychiatric problems
  • Life skills, vocational/educational training
  • Ongoing involvement with community supports
  • Linkage with community medical care providers for mother, infant and children
  • Optimum birth outcomes for babies
  • Enhanced development for children
  • Preservation of an intact, caring family

Additional Program Components
LifeLine meets the special needs of women and young children through:

  • Treatment that empowers women to make positive choices for themselves and their children and to develop competence in all aspects of family life
  • Groups for women on health issues, pregnancy, nutrition and parenting
  • Direct practice of parenting skills
  • Daily intensive outpatient sessions that allow families to remain intact
  • Flexibility based on individual needs; women attend as often as several hours daily or as little as one hour per week
  • Care coordination
  • Culturally-sensitive services

For more information on LifeLine, please call us at: 1.800.793.3588

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