Magnolia Women's Recovery Program - Magnolia Women's Recovery Program (MWRP) serves pregnant and parenting women 18 years and older who want to overcome their cooccurring substance use disorders (SUD) and mental health issues. Their minor children, partners, and family members also benefit from our services. The women struggle to overcome unaddressed adverse childhood experiences that have led them into cycles of addiction. MWRP will serve 16 women per year for a total of 80 women over five years in our residential, gender-specific, family-focused, healing-centered, trauma-informed environment. Our residential treatment program for pregnant, postpartum, and parenting women with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders will close gaps and offer access to care not otherwise available to them. Strategies and interventions offered to women like Allison include: 1. Assessments and screenings: a. Women and family member screening and assessment for co-occurring disorders, b. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder screening for women and adult family members, c. Tobacco screening and NRT for women and adult family members, 2. Case management and connection to socioeconomic resources to build a sense of belonging, self advocacy, and holistic sustainability, 3. Trauma Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy+ Dialectic Behavioral Therapy: a. Groups and individual sessions for women and children, b. short-term family counseling, c. Therapeutic supportive partners' group, d. children's group; this variety of counseling is appropriate because they have proven effective strategies to address the social determinants of health and co-occurring dependencies often linked to traumatic events and implement new coping methods, 4. Mental health and wellness education and treatment for minor children is an additional method to address the whole family because these activities ensure proactive ways to decrease the impacts from ACEs and other social determinants of health, 5. Family support: a. Parenting education for partners and family members during and after MWRP, b. The Celebrating Families! curriculum is an evidence-based program deeply aligned with the MWRP mission, leading to an increase in sustainable success of mothers due to caring support from families, 6. Art therapy for women and children is a somatic practice that aids women and children in processing the impacts of trauma. Goal 1 Substance Use: Decrease substance among 16 pregnant and post-partum women in the community by implementing EBPs at MWRP that address behaviors that lead to use disorders. By August 30, 2024, assess 16 participants for SUD, mental health, and other support services through tracking the numbers of women enrolled and SUD assessments conducted. Goal 2 Mental Health: Decrease number and frequency of mental health episodes among pregnant and post-partum women in the community by implementing evidence-based programs at MWRP that teach coping and self-actualized care skills. By August 30, 2024, conduct 52 group therapy sessions (once per week) and 832 individual sessions (once per week per person) with the 16 women enrolled in program and will be measured using data indicating the number of group and individual therapy sessions held and attended. Goal 3 Healthy Families: Increase healthy behaviors among pregnant and postpartum women their children, partners, and families by implementing EBPs at MWRP that tackle behaviors that lead to unhealthy outcomes and substance use. By August 30, 2024, hold nutrition (52 hours), smoking cessation (52 hours), child development and parenting (104 hours) classes for 16 women enrolled in the program. This will be measured by the number of nutrition, smoking cessation sessions and nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) distributed and used, child development and parenting classes held.
