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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

SERVICES OFFERED:
Individual, Group and Family Therapy
Milieu Therapy - (in-house work and interaction)
Educational Remediation
Life Skills Training
Parenting Skills
Referrals for medical needs
Vocational Planning, Training and Referral
Legal and Medical Referral
AA and NA Supportive Services
Urinalysis Drug/Alcohol Screens
Aftercare Planning and Referral
Follow-up

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Kindred House is located in West Chester, PA. It is designed specifically to meet the needs of women seeking help for substance abuse. The program is a family style residential community serving women with children, allowing two children to accompany their mother for the entire treatment process. Women who are pregnant are welcome.

The treatment process is six to nine months and is divided into two phases. The first three months are devoted to intervention therapy and the last three months to the resident’s re-entry back into the community.

There are five phases to treatment:
Orientation helps to provide the woman with an understanding of the program, some knowledge of her problem and how it impacts her life. She learns the rules and the level of involvement that must be maintained. Intensive Recovery begins when the woman has progressed to the point of being ready to begin the hard work of self-evaluation. Every attempt to made to address the identified areas of need. The resident must act in a positive and consistent manner in all areas of responsibility which is important to her recovery.

Re-Entry provides the woman with an opportunity to re-enter the community to determine if she is ready to withstand the daily stresses. This allows her to begin solving basic problems such as work discipline. Drug free for the first time, she learns to develop new social acquaintances, budget money, respect and trust her environment, develop better relationships with her spouse, children, family, AA and NA members, positive peers, etc. She plans for stable living arrangements for herself and her children.

Outpatients/Aftercare continues to follow up on the woman’s progress weekly while she re-enter the community. Continuity of care on an outpatient basis helps ease the stress of separation from an intensive, protected environment to living independently and provides support for the responsibilities she will assume such as working and caring for her children.

Graduation happens one year after treatment if the woman is sober, working or volunteering, maintaining independent living for four months minimum, has a sponsor, a support system, and is active in outpatient.
An additional objective is to enable these women to become independent, thereby reducing their reliance upon government support, when this has previously been the case.

The Kindred House Aftercare Program assists the women in making a transitional adjustment from inpatient to outpatient treatment. Kindred's aftercare clients are referred to Gaudenzia's Outreach office in Philadelphia if they return to that area. If they stay in West Chester, they are referred to our Outpatient Program in West Chester. These programs provide individual counseling. Clients stay involved in outpatient and group counseling until graduation from Gaudenzia after one year or more of abstinence from alcohol/drug use, along with other criteria. A transitional living program provides housing and supportive services for some women who complete the program and meet HUD criteria.

Specialized services are also provided:

• Structured Day Care Services
• Prevention Program for children ages 1-10
• Play Therapy
• Coping Skills
• Self-esteem Issues
• Feelings Identification
• Literary Classes
• G.E.D.
• Nutrition Classes
• Recreation
• C.D. Education Seminars
• Aftercare Services for Women and Children

CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION:

• Women must be drug/alcohol free (detoxed if necessary)
• No psychotropic medication or serious psychiatric problems
• No serious medical problems that may impede treatment
• Adult females ages 18 and over

FUNDING:
Private insurance (some insurance companies).
County D&A and criminal justice systems.
Client fee for service based on ability to pay.

NEEDED AT ADMISSION:
Social Security cards for self and child(ren)
Birth Certificates for self and child(ren)
Immunization records for children
Physicals for self and child(ren)
Court order/stipulation
Insurance card or Medical Assistance
Psychiatric/psychological evaluations completed

REFERRALS:
Referrals can be made by telephone to arrange an initial interview.

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