Integrity House Women's Recovery Center - Integrity, Inc., primarily recognized as Integrity House or Integrity, proposes to establish a Women’s Recovery Center that will provide recovery support services for women and pregnant women with substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), and their families. The Women’s Recovery Center will serve adults (individuals 18 years old and older) in Essex County with a focus on the City of Newark.
The Women’s Recovery Center will function as an inclusive, trauma-informed hub for recovery from and education on substance use disorder. Integrity will draw on evidence-based and promising practices to provide a breadth of recovery services, including peer support. Its goal is to help women in recovery avoid relapse, empower women on the brink of recovery to continue their progress, and educate families and the community on the realities of addiction and recovery. Keeping in line with Integrity’s comprehensive care model, the Center will collaborate with various community-based agencies to provide: outreach and assessment; recovery services, including case management and care coordination, family services. housing assistance, peer support, support groups and life skills development, opportunities for community-building, wellness, and recreational activities, education and employment readiness activities; and tobacco cessation services.
Integrity proposes the following objectives:
Serve 50 individuals, including ten (10) pregnant women, each year for three (3) years, for a total of 150 women and 30 pregnant women served over the grant period.
100% of participants without a primary care provider (PCP) will be referred to a PCP.
100% of women who are pregnant will be connected with prenatal medical care.
80% of participants referred to treatment will attend an intake appointment.
100% of homeless participants will be referred to safe, temporary or permanent housing.
70% of participants will be employed, volunteer, or be enrolled in a vocational or training program.
100% of participants that are eligible for some form of public assistance will complete the appropriate application.
80% of women will participate in gender-specific support groups
100% will have access to family therapy.
100% of participants will receive peer support.
100% of women in the program will have access to fully-funded SUD treatment through Integrity or another provider.
