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NEW FACILITY AND PROGRAM TO SUPPORT WOMEN RECOVERING FROM
SUBSTANCE ABUSE Brighton Centers’ newest guiding light, the Brighton Recovery Center for Women will open its doors in April, addressing a significant barrier for thousands of women in Northern Kentucky striving to achieve self-sufficiency. Located on the Boone County campus of Gateway Community and Technical College, the residential facility will serve up to 100 women at a time, offering a social recovery program for adult women who are seeking to break their dependence on alcohol and other drugs. “Brighton Center has a long history of working with women facing barriers to self-sufficiency,” stated Brighton Center’s Chief Operating Officer Tammy Weidinger. “The self-destructive behaviors associated with substance abuse, however, can impede efforts of the individuals we serve to go to school, complete job skill training, maintain employment or raise their families.” Unfortunately, there have historically been far too few services available in Northern Kentucky’s communities to meet this critical need. Responding to media coverage, Brighton Center’s staff has already fielded dozens of calls from women and their family and friends expressing their appreciation for a new program that offers them hope. The Brighton Recovery Center has been made possible due to the collaborative support of Gateway Community and Technical College, Kentucky Housing Corporation, Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing, The Housing Authority of Newport, Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, First Security Trust Bank, The Kentucky Governor’s Office for Local Development, The Kentucky Department of Corrections, Kenton County Fiscal Court, and the Boone County Department of Health and Human Services. Nexus Construction has led the building effort with plans developed by Hub & Weber Architects, PLC. “Substance abuse affects so many lives, often with devastating results,” states Weidinger. “This program continues to attract the support of public and private sector agencies because it offers women hope, strength, and healing so that they may choose to live substance-free. While Brighton Center staff will coordinate and run the multi-component program, its success will require continued support from throughout our community.” The Brighton Recovery Center for Women has four components. Safe, Off-the-Street Sobriety (SOS) is the multi-bed unit that provides a safe, non- medical environment to help women withdraw from their dependence on drugs and alcohol. Residents are surrounded by peers who are living a life in recovery. Motivational Tracks will provide a low-pressure environment for committing to the recovery process. Each woman’s motivation will be assessed by her degree of participation in classes, AA meeting attendance and willingness to make changes in herself. The Recovery Phase will last approximately six to eight months. Structured programs including 28 intensive Recovery Dynamics sessions focus on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. Women will learn responsibility and accountability to the larger community by sharing household jobs, and attending weekly meetings where they share concerns and issues with one another.
The Transitional
Program will provide a means for reintroduction into society.
Women will obtain employment or participate in educational/job training
programs, pay living expenses, attend self-help meetings and prepare a plan
of action for living sober as productive members of society. They will also
serve as role models and mentors to new residents of the Center.
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