---

Intervention Services:
Our Intervention Services program provides assessments, case management, placement, referrals, and outreach services to drug dependent females. The Intervention Specialist provides education in-services on alcohol, drugs, HIV, and the impact on women and pregnancy to community members, Children & Families, Palm Beach County Health Department and other community agencies.

---

Residential Treatment Services:
Our Residential Treatment program's primary service is alcohol and drug habilitation and rehabilitation for women who struggle with the disease of addiction. This is accomplished through daily lectures, films, individual and group counseling, parenting classes, dual diagnosis evaluation and treatment, and learning conflict resolution and problem solving skills. This is an extended care program providing the latest therapy techniques and a thorough grounding in 12-step programs for continued recovery. The resident becomes responsible for their own actions through the completion of household responsibilities, being on time for group and individual counseling sessions, and following through on medical, physical, dietetic and hygienic needs on a daily basis. What makes Gratitude House unique is that it is women treating women. Gender specific treatment provides a safe environment for women to address issues of sexual abuse, domestic violence, and guilt and shame. The average length of stay is 6 to 9 months. Click To Read More

---

Mitt Program (Mothers & Infants In Treatment Together)

Our MITT Program (Mother’s and Infants in Treatment Together) is a pregnant and postpartum program specifically designed so that newborns and infants can live in residence with their mothers as they receive chemical dependency treatment. Unlike traditional models that ask women to choose between drug treatment and continuing to parent their infants, MITT allow infants to receive therapeutic services concurrent to their mother’s treatment (Length of stay 9+ months).Click To Read More

---

The Psychiatric Services: program consist of a board licensed psychiatrist who provides a psychiatric mental health evaluation on all new admits to residential and day treatment programs, medication management when appropriate, and weekly consultation/training in dual diagnosis with clinical staff. Additional medical services include drug screens for alcohol and drugs, blood work, and purchase of medication when client has no other resources. The psychiatrist comes to the facility twice a week for approximately three (3) hours and is on call 24 hours a day. Dual Diagnosis Services: psychiatric evaluation, medication management and integrated treatment.

---

Hibiscus Haven was added to the components of care at Gratitude House in 1995. Hibiscus Haven is a safe house for eight (8) chemically dependent/HIV/AIDS females who reside at Hibiscus Haven for six (6) to nine (9) months while attending treatment services including group, individual and educational sessions for both their chemical dependency and HIV/AIDS issues. (Hibiscus Haven is made possible through a federally funded grant administered by the City of West Palm Beach and Ryan White II).

---

Outpatient Treatment Services:
Our Day Treatment program's primary service is alcohol and drug rehabilitation for women who meet the DSM-IV criteria for substance abuse and/or dependency. Treatment services consist of daily lectures, films, group and individual counseling, parenting classes, life and coping skills, dual diagnosis evaluation and treatment and other women's issues solutions. Clients attend treatment Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The average length of stay is 4 to 6 months.

Our Night Treatment services: Offered Monday – Friday 5pm – 8:30pm for those women working during the day and/or have children at home during the day. Click To Read More

---

Aftercare Services:
The Relapse Prevention program consists of weekly groups (2) hour groups; a relapse prevention program for discharged clients (Aftercare), In addition, the Relapse Prevention Specialist will provide continuous supportive services through regular home visits, family needs assessment and case management services. Hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday and 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday and Thursday. The Relapse Prevention Program is based on Prochaska and DiClememte's five (5) stages of-change theory. Our goal is to move addicted women through the five stages regardless of time. All women will be entitled to relapse prevention services no matter what their readiness for change and/or discharge status from any component of care.

---

Prevention Services:
The Prevention Program consists of a, Family Educational Program, a psycho educational group for family and significant others, a children’s prevention group and an adolescent prevention group. The Children’s Prevention Program is for children ages 7-12, and the Adolescent Prevention Program is for children ages 13-18.

---

Job Coach/Vocational Counseling Program

Offering individualized programs to meet the needs of our clients is always at the forefront of our planning. Our Job Coach /Vocational Counseling program is intended to further our goal of providing clients the best opportunity to succeed when they are ready to leave Gratitude House. This program helps our women learn job skills to maintain employment, thereby achieving self-sufficiency, so they become more productive citizens within our community.

This program provides an in-house Job Coach/Vocational Counseling Specialist who provides vocational education, in depth vocational counseling groups, computer training, resume building, self-esteem enhancement and on-site job skills training in Gratitude House Thrift Shop.
Click To Read More