Service Overview
The Region Ten Women’s Center is a residential substance use treatment program for women that is designed to empower women in their recovery journey. The Women’s Center offers a comprehensive array of services including individual, group, and family therapy; peer support; parent coaching and mentoring; nutrition education; connection to medical care; connection to vocational training and education; services for children; and aftercare planning. At the Women’s Center we believe that addiction is a disease that impacts every aspect of a person’s life, and our approach to treatment is reflective of this belief. Our goal is for each woman to complete treatment empowered, and with tools and skills to maintain recovery throughout their lives. The Women’s Center creates a stable foundation for recovering women and their children to engage in intensive treatment and wrap-around services. Admission to the Women’s Center is through an individual’s local Community Services Board (CSB). Region Ten is the CSB for individuals in the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson Counties.
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- Program Length
- Average stay is 30 days
- Contact Info
- Available Locations
- Eligibility Criteria
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- Women (and up to 2 of their children that are under school age) experiencing substance use disorders that meet ASAM 3.5 criteria.
- Priority populations include pregnant and parenting women, and women with opioid use disoders and/or IV drug use
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What to Bring Print
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- • Personal items (must be unopened) including toiletries, feminine products, or other necessary care items.
- Photo Identification (when possible) Child Birth Certificates (when needed), and other personal identification forms
- • 30 days of prescribed medications for self and child (when applicable) in original bottle
- Insurance Card or Medicaid Card
- TB (Tuberculosis) Test Results (when necessary)
FAQs
You can find answers to our most frequently asked questions about this service here. If you’ve got a question we haven’t covered, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
How do I get referred to the Women’s Center Referrals are initiated through a consumer’s local community services board. Referral sources can contact the Women’s Center directly for a copy of the referral and admissions packet. The Women’s Center treatment team is unable to make an admission decision without a completed referral packet, which includes a residential SUD screening and the ASAM assessment.
What kind of services can I expect at the Women’s Center? - Group therapy model with multiple groups per day
- Assigned clinician to support with individual therapy and case management needs
- Acuwellness ear acupuncture treatment
- Trauma-informed yoga
- 12-step meetings in-house and in the community
- Opioid Use Disorder care coordination
- Medication management and coordination with primary and specialty care as indicated, including OUD MAT evaluations and linkage to local MAT providers (i.e. UVA and other local clinics)
- 24-hour staffing support utilizing trauma-informed care
Can I have my cell phone at the Women’s Center? Women have access to a consumer phone line that they may share with their supporters as appropriate. They may bring their cell phone to the Women’s Center, with limited access for use during their stay.
How will my treatment be funded? The Women’s Center accepts Medicaid, grant funding, and select private insurance plans.
Can I continue my methadone or buprenorphine products while in treatment? Methadone products can be more challenging to support in a residential treatment program; however, the Women’s Center treatment team will review the program’s capacity to support methadone maintenance on a case-by-case basis. Buprenorphine products, and other medication-assisted treatment options, are frequently utilized by the Women’s Center consumers with primary opioid use disorders.
Is childcare provided at the Women’s Center? The Women’s Center staff are available to support limited childcare needs during specific programming times; however, women are responsible for the care of their children while in the program.
Can my loved ones visit the Women’s Center? Yes. The Women’s Center offers visitation hours on Saturdays and Sundays between 1:00pm and 3:00pm, and select holidays as determined by program staff. Professional visits may be scheduled through the treatment team during normal business hours, including supervised visitations through DSS.
Can I smoke at the Women’s Center? The Women’s Center is a non-smoking facility. Breaks are provided throughout each day at scheduled times to not interfere with programming. Vaping is not allowed at Women’s Center. Women must bring their own cigarettes for the duration of the stay. Family can drop off additional items at visitation or at scheduled times as decided among center leadership. NRT is on hand if needed in the form of patches or gum. Specific smoking cessation options for those who wish to quit will be discussed at time of admission.
Is my service confidential? Region Ten will not share your information without your permission unless you are experiencing a mental health crisis. Region Ten reserves the right to install and activate video monitoring of the agencies’ property to include, parking lots, driveways, courtyards, lobbies, halls, residential community, and common areas. Residential community and common areas include living rooms, halls, kitchens, activity/computer rooms. Video monitoring will not include bedrooms or bathrooms.