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Corporate Headquarters
(610) 239-9600
FAX: (610) 239-9195
106 West Main Street
Norristown, PA 19401

ACCESS
Broad Street
Centro De Vida
Centro Primavera
Chambers Hill
    Adolescent Program
Common Ground
Community House
Corporate
    Headquarters
Concept 90
Cumberland
    County Prison
Daniel Snow Halfway
     House
Elsie Shenk Outpatient
Family Alternatives
FIR-ST
Focus House
Fountain Springs
Fresh Start
Gaudenzia Erie, Inc.
    (Crossroads)
Gaudenzia at
     Owings Mills
Gaudenzia at
     Park Heights
Gaudenzia at
     Park Heights
      Outpatient
Gaudenzia at the
    Women's Detention
      Center
Harrisburg Outpatient
Joy of Living
Kindred House
Metropolitan Transition
    Center (MTC)
Nelson Education
    Center
New Beginnings
New Destiny
New Image
New View
Northumberland
    County Prison
Outreach I
Outreach II
People with Hope
Philly House
Prince George’s
     County Outpatient
Progress House
Recovery House
Re-Entry
SCI Chester
SCI Dallas
Siena House
Sunbury Outpatient
The Bair O'Malley House
Together House
     Men’s Program
Together House
     Women’s Program
Together House
    Short Term 
Vantage
West Chester House
West Chester
     Outpatient
West Shore
    Outpatient

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Joy of Living is a long term residential facility for Philadelphia’s chronically homeless persons who have a diagnosed mental illness and who are chemically dependent. Inpatient care is available for both males and females in a renovated facility licensed as a personal care boarding home. The program is designed for individuals who have made their residence on the streets of Philadelphia. It is intended to provide shelter, provide the support for recovery from addiction and stabilize the symptoms of chronic mental illness.

CRITERIA FOR ADMISSIONS:

• Homeless Adults
• Dually Diagnosed (substance abusing and mentally ill)
• Resident of Philadelphia

SERVICES OFFERED:
Individual and Group Counseling
Treatment Planning
Life Skills Training
Medication Management
Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings
Narcotics Anonymous Meetings
Education Sessions

FUNDING:
Philadelphia Office of MH/MR
Residents are charged monthly fees based on their income