Residential Drug Use Disorder Treatment Facilities (Women)

The agency provides residential treatment for substance use disorders for adult men and women in Los Angeles County. Services include residential alcohol use disorder treatment, residential drug use disorder treatment, perinatal drug use disorder treatment, and social model alcohol detoxification. Applicants must be clean and sober. There are no geographic restrictions.

The facilities include the Men's Recovery Home, and the Women's Recovery Home. The Men's Recovery Home is a 57-bed, six-month program for adults, 18 and older, and includes individual and group counseling, alcohol education, twelve-step mutual support groups and vocational counseling. The primary alcoholism recovery homes provide intense case management and assistance in maintaining sobriety for men. Applicants must be clean and sober; there is a standard sobriety period for acceptance into the program.

The Women's Recovery Home is a ten bed, six month to one year program for adults, age 18 and older, who have a history of alcohol or drug abuse. The program includes individual and group counseling, substance abuse education, twelve-step mutual support groups, and specialized information and referral to other community services.

The Pregnant and Postpartum Women program (PPW) offers a residential perinatal drug use disorder treatment. This 30 bed residential treatment program is for pregnant and postpartum women and their children up to age 17. The program offers individual, group, and family therapy, sober living, and clinical substance use assessments for 4 to 6 months. The social model alcohol detoxification program is a five to thirty day program for adults. Services include introduction to twelve-step mutual support groups, individual counseling, and specialized alcohol-related information and referral. The program accepts homeless, court-referred and voluntary clients.

Individuals live in shared facilities and participate in the operation of the home, relapse prevention training, employment workshops, recreational activities, and support groups. All services are based on the social model principles of recovery which emphasize peer support and 12-step involvement. Men are expected to search for employment, take care of legal or other problems and secure permanent housing.