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Did you know SummitStone Health Partners offers Specialized Women’s Services? In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2025, we are highlighting a special program working with one of our most vulnerable populations: women and people who are pregnant and/or parenting and are seeking substance use disorder treatment.
One in five mothers suffer from postpartum depression, anxiety and mood disorders, increasing to one in four for those living in poverty. This is an incredibly vulnerable time in a birthing person’s life as well as for infants. Specialized Women’s Services (SWS) provides gender responsive and evidenced based treatment methods to support mothers (and birthing people) in recovery as well as the entire family.
Many of our SWS clients have complex trauma, have experienced violence in relationships, and work hard to provide a safe and stable home for their children. SWS embraces our clients, meeting them where they are at in their recovery process to support them in their goals and help them to nurture their families. We are able to offer these families hope while they are fighting for their lives and the futures of their children.
Our SWS Family Specialist, Jessica Glaser, offers wrap-around case management, care coordination, family coaching, and group therapy. She provides family assessments and links each family member to treatment services. SWS receives referrals from all divisions and supports clients throughout their treatment, regardless of level of care. Jessica is also well-versed in community resources and regularly partners with community organizations to offer additional support.
Through grant funding, SWS is also able to support clients with resources through the Client Support Fund. This fund is used to support the tangible and emergency needs of the family, specifically for caring and nurturing young children. It also supports these clients with addressing barriers to participating in treatment. Recently we’ve supported clients with gas cards to get to treatment, emergency groceries, car seats, strollers and boxes and boxes of diapers and wipes. We also give clients who are pregnant a “new parent bag” to support them in their pregnancy and with their newborn.
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