United Way Grant Allows Case Man?age?ment and Par?ent Edu?ca?tion Expan?sion for CRADLES Program
AUSTIN, Texas, May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ ? CRADLES, a pro?gram of Austin Recov?ery, the largest and most afford?able drug and alco?hol treat?ment cen?ter in Texas, has just been awarded a $60,000 one-year early child?hood edu?ca?tion Com?mu?nity Invest?ment Grant on behalf of United Way Cap?i?tal Area. ?The fund?ing, which will com?mence July 1, 2011 will cover the expan?sion of ser?vices CRADLES pro?vides to Austin Recovery?s Fam?ily House clients and chil?dren in Travis County who are at risk for aban?don?ment. ?The grant will be uti?lized to add an addi?tional full-time Case Man?ager and another part-time Par?ent Edu?ca?tor for the pro?gram, allow?ing Fam?ily House to serve a total of 20 adult par?tic?i?pants and 40 chil?dren ages?0?6.
The CRADLES Pro?gram serves women in Travis County who are either preg?nant or have a child under the age of six that are con?sid?ered high risk for aban?don?ment or sep?a?ra?tion from their moth?ers. Fam?i?lies in the CRADLES Pro?gram are assigned a Case Man?ager who works with them to cre?ate a plan to address the needs of the chil?dren and the fam?ily. CRADLES ser?vices include: inten?sive in-home case man?age?ment, in-home par?ent?ing coach?ing and child devel?op?ment edu?ca?tion, child devel?op?ment assess?ment, short-term child?care stipends, lim?ited trans?porta?tion assis?tance and per?ma?nency plan?ning. ??Our tar?get pop?u?la?tion is moth?ers with sub?stance abuse issues,? said Trish Rivera, CRADLES Pro?gram Man?ager. ?Part?ner?ing with Austin Recov?ery, we now treat the sub?stance abuse while pro?vid?ing con?sis?tent and ongo?ing sup?port for moth?ers focused on fam?ily needs, par?ent?ing skills and the cre?ation or restora?tion of the fam?ily system.? ?
Austin Recovery?s Fam?ily House pro?gram pro?vides a min?i?mum of 90-days of drug and alco?hol rehab to moth?ers of young chil?dren. ?Fam?ily House allows moth?ers to bring up to two chil?dren under the age of six with them into treat?ment,? said Austin Recov?ery CEO Jonathan Ross. ?Treat?ing the moms and reunit?ing them with their fam?i?lies while in treat?ment allows us to work with them on par?ent?ing skills and the every?day stres?sors that make par?ent?hood chal?leng?ing.? He con?tin?ued, ?The CRADLES Pro?gram pro?vides our clients seam?less care and services.?
At Austin Recovery?s Fam?ily House, clients receive weekly inten?sive on-site case man?age?ment from CRADLES Case Man?agers, as well as con?tin?ued inten?sive in-home case man?age?ment post dis?charge from res?i?den?tial treat?ment.? Par?ent Edu?ca?tors pro?vide evidence-based par?ent?ing edu?ca?tion for clients using the Nur?tur?ing Par?ent?ing curriculum.
Added Rivera, ?There has been a grow?ing num?ber of fam?i?lies who want to be part of the CRADLES Pro?gram, so the new Case Man?ager will be a great addi?tion to our ser?vices, and will allow us to pro?vide ser?vice to even more families.?
About Austin Recovery
Austin Recov?ery http://www.austinrecovery.org pro?vides effec?tive and com?pas?sion?ate chem?i?cal depen?dency treat?ment at very afford?able rates. CARF-accredited, our trans?for?ma?tional treat?ment model brings about in-depth cog?ni?tive, behav?ioral and spir?i?tual changes essen?tial for over?com?ing addic?tion. We offer a num?ber of pro?grams includ?ing med?ical detox, sep?a?rate men?s and women?s cam?puses for 30-day and 90+ day pro?grams, and Fam?ily House. Austin Recov?ery also offers free inter?ven?tion classes, out?pa?tient ser?vices, alumni sup?port, fam?ily pro?grams, after?care and com?mu?nity edu?ca?tion. For more infor?ma?tion, please con?tact us at 512?697-8500 or con?tact the Austin Recov?ery Admis?sions Office at 512?697-8600 or 800?373-2081. www.AustinRecovery.org
More About CRADLES
CRADLES is funded by a grant from the Children?s Bureau, U.S. Depart?ment of Health and Human Ser?vices Admin?is?tra?tion of Chil?dren and Fam?i?lies, and is part of the Aban?doned Infants Assis?tance Pro?gram which is leg?isla?tively man?dated to serve moth?ers with sub?stance abuse and/or HIV/AIDS. The pro?gram works to ensure infants and chil?dren under age six in Travis County have safe, nur?tur?ing and per?ma?nent homes; pro?vides inter?ven?tions that pre?vent aban?don?ment; pro?vides approaches to reunify par?ents with infants and young chil?dren; and insures infants and young chil?dren of a per?ma?nent home if their par?ents are unable or unwill?ing to care for them. CRADLES is an acronym for Col?lab?o?ra?tion to Reduce Aban?don?ment and Deliver Local Edu?ca?tion and Support.
CONTACT:
Ramona Cruz-Peters
Mar?ket?ing and Com?mu?ni?ca?tions Man?ager
Austin Recov?ery
512?697-8506
rcruzpeters@austinrecovery.org
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