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North Carolina Department of Public Safety |
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Beverly Eaves Perdue |
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Alvin W. Keller Jr. | |
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North Carolina Department of Correction | |||
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| For Release: | Contact: Pamela Walker | ||
| Date: July 26, 2010 | Phone: 919 -716-3700 | ||
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The Black
Mountain Substance Abuse Treatment Center for Women is a unique
treatment community operated by the Division of Alcoholism and
Chemical Dependency Programs within the North Carolina Department of
Correction.
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The center
provides an integrated and holistic intensive 90-day substance abuse
treatment experience for up to 50 women.
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The center staff
will provide group and individual therapy sessions, interactive
lectures, educational presentations, community meetings and various
self help meetings.
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During the 90
day treatment program residents will have the opportunity to
challenge their thinking patterns and practice new behaviors
supportive of a recovery lifestyle. In addition, the center will
provide parenting education, structured recreation, classroom
electives and other activities that explore the disease of
addiction, relapse triggers, and the dynamics of family
relationships.
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The center,
funded through state legislation, is a long-awaited response to
requests for such a facility from judges, legislators, the Division
of Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Programs and the Division of
Community Corrections. It will provide alternative sentencing for
women offenders in the same manner that is available for men at a
300-bed treatment center in
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Black Mountain
Substance Abuse Treatment Center for Women goals:
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To assist
residents in achieving abstinence from drugs and alcohol
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To begin
recovery with dignity
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To regain and
maintain a resident’s self-respect and self-worth
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To introduce
residents to self-help support
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To offer family
members and friends the opportunity to visit when approved by staff
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To establish a
strong and specific individual Aftercare Plan for each resident
prior to discharge
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The program is
designed to create a safe therapeutic environment where the resident
has an opportunity to restore their dignity and respect for
themselves.
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There is a staff
of 36 at the facility, primarily human service professionals.
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