Weku ("Family Relations")

Existing Project Network Services:

1. Residential care for women and their children (birth - 6 years). Including:
1. 6 months residential
2. 3 months intensive transitional
3. 3-6 months outpatient
2. Substance abuse assessment and treatment
3. Mental health & dual diagnosis assessment & treatment
4. Trauma-informed, culturally-specific, relationship-based approach
5. Case management
6. Parent training
7. Domestic violence counseling
8. Job-readiness training
9. GED program and educational tutoring
10. Licensed daycare
11. Transitional housing and support
12. Developmental assessments of preschool-age children
13. Therapeutic interventions for eligible preschoolers
14. Pediatric health care
15. Family counseling
16. Transportation while in residence
17. Needed support services for Significant Other: DV, Fathering, Couples & Men’s Trauma Groups

Additional Weku Services for Pregnant and Post-partum Women:

1. Intensive family case management
2. Employment placement, internships, case management & coaching
3. Health education
4. Pro-social peer-support network, providers & mentors
5. Individualized evening mother-child interaction plans, supervised by parent-child trainer
6. Developmental assessments of children aged 0-3 years and older children with whom the mother will reunite
7. Developmental and/or mental health therapy for all children in residence and older children with whom the mother will reunite
8. Inclusion of older children and significant other in family counseling, reunification planning & relevant treatment activities
9. Case management services for children, including social services, education, & financial entitlements
10. Home visits & off-hour support for women & their families
11. Transportation during transition back to the community
12. A continuum of housing case management from transitional to permanent

The project is currently in its 2nd three year funding cycle with a grant from the U.S. Substance Abuse Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. This second grant period is October 2006-September 2009.