Promoting resiliency in appalachian families through comprehensive residential treatment services for women with substance use disorder that have children - lily's place project "promoting…

Promoting resiliency in appalachian families through comprehensive residential treatment services for women with substance use disorder that have children - lily's place project "promoting resiliency in appalachian families through comprehensive residential treatment services for women with substance use disorder that have children" is helping to expand access to treatment of substance use disorder for under-served pregnant and postpartum women and promote overall wellness among parenting families in the huntington, WV area through a family-centered approach. The residential services developed to address this area of expansion centers around building mothers up with the services and resources they need to enter long-term, sustainable recovery while preserving their family unit and keeping their children with them. Lily's place is also providing comprehensive wraparound services to the children of these women and equipping them with the social and emotional resources and supportive services they need to successfully manage their own physical and mental wellness. Finally, lily's place is partnering with recovery point WV to provide access to treatment for the fathers of these children. By coordinating services with fathers, including visitation and counseling with mothers and children, gaps in sustainable, holistic family recovery can begin to close. This project will be able to serve 20 women each year, offering them access to: housing during treatment, SUD treatment, including medication assisted treatment and peer support, individual and group counseling, parenting courses, communicable disease testing, overdose education, case management, and primary medical care. This project will also be able to house 40 children, offering the same access to housing with their mothers, primary medical care, counseling, and other essential services. For complementary wraparound supports, such as access to treatment and counseling services, 10 fathers each year will be served. By targeting the PPW population struggling with SUD that is currently falling through the gaps in the continuum of care, lily's place has developed a unique approach to SUD treatment. Providing access to quality SUD care and wraparound services that address the needs of the entire family unit is of the utmost priority in these efforts. Reducing barriers to treatment for this under-served population in one of the hardest-HIT communities in the US for overdoses, will be achieved by making the treatment physically accessible to resources in the heart of the city, utilizing telehealth for mat to reduce childcare and transportation barriers, and partnering with local facilities that can address children and fathers with coordinated service delivery.