Wayside House Inc

Family treatment center (ftc) maintains the family unit by allowing mothers to enter treatment pregnant or along with their children (age 11 or younger) to avoid the long term effects of separation. Many women are involved in the child protection system and are working towards reunification or enter treatment while pregnant and deliver their baby while in our care. Women receive substance use treatment integrated with reunification advocacy and parenting education and support, with the goal of promoting understanding of how addiction contributes to the adverse childhood experiences (aces) of their children, building healthy relationship skills and attachment, achieving stability in the community, and ultimately breaking the multi-generational transmission of risk. Every woman and her child(ren) works with a family services counselor and case manager in addition to licensed alcohol and drug couselors and a mental health therapist experienced in providing child and family mental health services. Additional services include peer recovery specialists, medication assisted treatment (mat), nursing, psychiatry, and dedicated children's case management. Children are linked with high quality child care, early education, developmental assessment, well child and dental services, and school support. Families with children age 5 or under may enroll in family home visiting with in-home parenting support for up to two years post-treatment. Location: minneapolis, mn. In 2024, 91 women accompanied by 89 children received family treatment.

Wellness outpatient center (wwc) provides outpatient substance use disorder and mental health treatment to women who: (1) are from underserved populations or received services elsewhere without success; (2) are at an earlier stage in their disease with the potential to diminish consequences of the disease long-term; (3) need overall health for themselves and their families addressed; and (4) are "stepping down" from intensive residential services and need ongoing outpatient treatment and/or mental health services to gain stable recovery. Treatment services include in person and telehealth intensive outpatient and telehealth outpatient/aftercare. The addition and expansion of these services allows us to serve women at whatever stage of need they present and gives us flexibility to transition clients between different levels of care to diminish recurrence of use and support long-term recovery and stability. Location: st. Paul, mn. In 2024, 98 women received outpatient substance use disorder treatment.

Wayside supportive housing (wsh) provides a bridge from residential and outpatient treatment; and/or chronic homelessness circumstances to successful re-integrate and stabilize in the community. Wayside's long-term supportive housing program in st. Louis park has sixteen (16) apartments for mom and her children and (8) spots for single women. Programming includes parenting assistance, targeted case management, group and one-on-one activities, parent-child programming, community activities and informal support network all in a safe and sobercommunity.

Wayside prevention and education provides education and professional development opportunities to professionals, individuals and family members who seek information about addiction and trauma. The wayside women services echo (extension for community healthcare outcomes) launched in march 2018 and is one of three providers in the state to offer this service. Wayside facilitates a monthly online meeting platform so providers can learn from experts about practices that support positive outcomes for women with substance use disorder; present client cases and receive input, share support resources and ideas that foster collaboration; and access collective knowledge on working with women with diverse experiences and cultural considerations. Wayside's fourth friday forum is a monthly educational series for clinicians, educators, administrators and executives. Experts share their knowledge on various topics, examine current issues and inspire health providers to implement new modalities to address client needs.