Willamette family PPW-R family recovery continuum - willamette family (WF) seeks samhsa residential treatment for pregnant and postpartum women (PPW-R) funding to implement the willamette family PPW-R…

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded Willamette Family, Inc. $525,000 on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.490) to implement the Willamette Family PPW-R Family Recovery Continuum in Lane County, Oregon.

Willamette Family will deliver integrated residential substance use disorder treatment, medication-assisted opioid and alcohol use disorder coordination, trauma-informed counseling (individual, group, and family), parent-child attachment and parenting interventions, therapeutic childcare with developmental screening, intensive family and reunification case management, recovery housing, peer support, life-skills and employment/education services, overdose response and medication safety education, coordination with Oregon Department of Human Services and courts, and post-residential follow-up services. The project will serve 67 pregnant, postpartum, and parenting women with opioid, fentanyl, methamphetamine, alcohol, or polysubstance use disorders annually, approximately 70 minor children (birth through age 17), and approximately 30 family members or caregivers annually, totaling 167 unduplicated individuals per year and 835 over the project period. Participants frequently present with co-occurring mental health conditions, trauma histories, housing instability, domestic violence or sexual abuse histories, and child welfare or court involvement. Performance takes place in Eugene, Oregon, with outreach and referral pathways extending to surrounding rural Oregon communities. The project period runs through September 29, 2031.

Willamette family PPW-R family recovery continuum - willamette family (WF) seeks samhsa residential treatment for pregnant and postpartum women (PPW-R) funding to implement the willamette family PPW-R family recovery continuum in lane county, oregon. The project will serve 67 pregnant, postpartum, and parenting women with substance use disorders and approximately 70 minor children and engage approximately 30 family members/caregivers each year - 167 unduplicated individuals annually and 835 over the five-year project period. The primary service area is lane county, which had an estimated population of 381,584 in 2025, with outreach and referral pathways extending to surrounding rural oregon communities. Participating women will be adults with opioid, fentanyl, methamphetamine/stimulant, alcohol, or polysubstance use disorders, frequently accompanied by CO-occurring mental health conditions, trauma histories, housing instability, domestic violence or sexual abuse histories, and child welfare or court involvement. Minor children will range from birth through age 17. WF will integrate residential SUD treatment; moud/maud coordination; trauma-informed individual, group, and family counseling; parent-child attachment and parenting interventions; therapeutic childcare and developmental screening; intensive family and reunification case management; recovery housing; peer support; life-skills and employment/education services; overdose response and medication safety education; odhs and court coordination; and post-residential follow-up. Project goals are to increase access to comprehensive family-centered treatment; improve treatment engagement and retention; strengthen parent-child attachment, child development, and family safety; promote safe family preservation and reunification; improve housing stability and continuity of recovery support; and increase long-term recovery, self-sufficiency, and family well-being. Objectives for the 300 individuals being screened and assessed over the project period include 75% initiating treatment within 30 days; 70% completing treatment; 80% of completers reporting reduced substance use; 50% reporting improved mental health; and 70% reporting improved access to care, including reduced childcare and transportation barriers, at 6-month follow-up.