title: Miracle Village: a recovery community for addicted women and their children in public housing.
abstract: Miracle Village is a comprehensive substance-abuse treatment program for women and their children with a major goal of lasting sobriety for its clients. Recovery is built upon the principles of gender sensitive therapy and uses a family-centered perspective. Miracle Village offers an initial 3 months of intensive treatment followed by 21 months of continued comprehensive services. Located within a public housing complex, its secondary goal is the development of a core group of drug-free families to help revitalize the neighborhood. After 4 years of operation, 63% of the women who completed initial treatment are sober and living in the area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sowell
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ziegler
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008430:Maternal-Child Health Centers; D009820:Ohio; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011638:Public Housing; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012944:Social Support; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation