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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

LENGTH OF TREATMENT: Up to Six Months
Orientation
Intensive Treatment
Re-Entry
Aftercare Services

CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION:
• Must meet Admissions Pennsylvania Client Placement Criteria for Level 3C
• Detoxification Can be Arranged if Necessary
• General Medical Stability
• Client must be at least 18 years of age

HELPFUL AT ADMISSION:
• Current Form of Identification
• Insurance or Medical Assistance Cards(s)
• Social Security Card
• Prescribed Medications

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Vantage allows women to enter treatment and be accompanied by up to two children throughout the treatment process. Vantage currently has a client capacity of 22 women and 23 children. Treatment for the women consists of an intake evaluation, a three-phase residential rehabilitation process, and aftercare services.

A woman has completed treatment after the re-entry phase. This phase consists of closely monitoring the client, while she builds a dependable work record and becomes financially stable and is able obtain adequate living arrangements in the community. The objective is to enable women to become independent, thereby reducing their reliance upon government support.

The Aftercare Program assists the women in making a transitional adjustment from inpatient to outpatient treatment. Women that reside in Lancaster County or relocate can be referred to the Elise Shenk Outpatient Center located on the Vantage Campus. Outpatient services are a separate and distinct program, designed for women who have completed inpatient treatment. The program is designed to last from six to nine months and eventually be followed by the client’s graduation from Gaudenzia after one year or more of abstinence from alcohol/drug use along with other criteria.

SERVICES OFFERED:
• Transportation, if needed
• Individual, Group and Family Milieu Therapy
• Individualized Treatment Planning
• Family Sessions and Education
• Prevention Component for Children
• Aftercare Planning and Referral
• Follow – Up
• Medication Monitoring/Education
• Educational Remediation Referral
• Vocational Planning and Referral
• Social Work Services
• Legal, Medical and Psychiatric Services Referral
• AA, NA and Double Trouble Involvement
• Off-Site Recreation
• Urinalysis Drug/Alcohol Screens
• Chemical Dependency and Mental Health Education
• Recreation Therapy

FUNDING:
Private Insurance
Medical Assistance (Health Choices)
County Drug and Alcohol Commission(s)
Department of Health, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs
Client fee for services based upon ability to pay

LICENSING/ACCREDITATION:
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
Department of Health, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs, Division of Licensing
Department of Welfare, Children, Youth and Families

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