Program areas at Phoenix Houses of Long Island
Residential treatment services: Phoenix house provides a route to recovery through individual, group, and family counseling, and relapse prevention. In addition, the programs offer life skill training along with education and job training to help adult residents prepare for self-sufficient and drug-free lives. Phoenix house offers gender specific programs including programs for men, pregnant women, and mothers with infants and toddlers. Mothers are able to complete treatment while living with and caring for their children. Likewise, pregnant residents find their way to recovery in a nurturing environment and receive pre-natal and post-natal care. In the current year, Phoenix house provided residential care and treatment to 362 men and women.
Ambulatory services: both intensive and standard outpatient program at Phoenix house combine case management with substance abuse treatment that include individual, group, family counseling, relapse prevention, and research proven practices that address such specific client needs as anger management, post traumatic disorder, and life skills training. Outpatient treatment is also available for substance-abusing clients with co-occurring medical and/or psychiatric conditions. These programs provide community-based referrals for educational and vocational services, job placement, psychiatric care, and family support. In the current year, Phoenix house provided residential care and treatment to 1104 clients.
Program support services: this category includes expenses associate with departments that provide indirect support to clients.