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TWTC opens a new unit, PPW, to serve Pregnant and Post-Partum Women and their families |
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Thanks to a new three-year, $469,000 a year grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, TWTC will open a new treatment unit for Pregnant and Post-Partum Women (PPW) and their children this month. The new PPW program is designed to help pregnant women who abuse drugs and/or alcohol, deliver drug-free, healthy babies. It will also provide these women with the education and tools to stay off drugs and to address trauma-related issues that inhibit long-term recovery.
Comprehensive family-based services will help the mothers rebuild their relationship with their families. Services will include not only children in residence with their mothers, but also other minor children at home, the children's fathers, and the women's partners. The new PPW unit will serve 12 families at a time and is expected to serve 144 families over the three year funding period. Another grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, allowed TWTC to expand the unit from 10 to 12. For additional information, e-mail
pbroughton@womenstreatmentcenter.org
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