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Addiction Treatment Services plans women-specific facility

sion of promoting the overall health, wellness, and recovery of individuals impacted by substance use and behavioral health issues by meeting the treatment needs of its clients and the community.

The women’s treatment center would fit alongside Dakoske Hall, ATS’s men’s treatment center. ATS also operates the withdrawal treatment center The P.I.E.R. and a location on Garfield Avenue, home to its administrative offices and meeting spaces, as well as being the central location for its outpatient services, including The P.O.R.C.H.

Allowing women to have their children with them dovetails with the center’s Family Road to Recovery program. It started a year and a half ago to offer outreach not only to those struggling with substance abuse disorder but to those around them as well.

“I’m a person in recovery, and I saw how my dad struggled with having someone he loved go through this,” Lipinski said.

The Road to Recovery includes group and individual programs, support groups, psychological education, peer mentors and more.

She said the family is often the first to recognize the signs, yet the family is often left behind when it comes to treatment.

“It’s the hardest thing to manage and the hardest thing to see a family manage,” she said. “We hope to expand (the program).”

Lipinski

“It’s the hardest thing to manage and the hardest thing to see a family manage. We hope to expand (the program).”

- Paula Lipinski, CEO, Addiction Treatment Services