Olivias House

Provider Description

Olivias House is an inpatient, residential, drug and alcohol addiction and dependence treatment center for women only. This treatment center is focused and adept at helping women find a way out of addiction and into a level of sobriety and abstinence that is successful and helpful. The Olivias House can help women, pregnant women, postpartum women, and the center even has residential beds for clients’ children. The Olivias House rehab center is known for being a stable, Alabama treatment program that offers a multiple-approach, results-based, evidence-based, tailor-made for the clients, structured, and essentially customizable drug and alcohol addiction and dependence treatment center, detox facility, rehabilitation program, and state-certified and accepted addiction prevention group. The Olivias House rehab program can be funded out of pocket with self pay or with insurance through Great Western American Health Insurance, Aetna Health Care, Cigna Health Care, The First Care Health Plans Organization, HCSC Health Insurance Inc., Magellan Health Services, LifeSynch Health Plans, ComPsych Health Plan PPO, Cooks Children's and Adult’s Health Plan and First Care Approach, and The Managed Health Network.

Admission Requirements at Olivia's House
    Women must meet the DSM-IV-R criteria for chemical dependency.
    Women must have custody of at least one child between the ages of 0-10. Up to three children may live with their mother at Olivia’s House.
    We also accept clients from prison or who have legal issues.
    Women seeking admission must have had a recent state psycho-social assessment or be assessed at  Olivia’s House.
    Upon completion of assessment requirements, potential clients are contacted by the admission coordinator and informed as to the date of space availability.
    Mothers and their children may live at Olivia’s House for up to 12 months.
    Along with extensive case management services clients participate in group and individual therapy addressing issues of substance abuse, domestic violence, relationship, and parenting. On site child care transportation and employment assistance is provided.

Length of Stay
The maximum length of the residential phase of treatment at Olivia’s House is twelve months; however, a client may apply for an extension based on additional need for treatment, lack of a living environment that is conducive to recovery efforts, etc. The actual length of a woman’s stay will be dependent upon the severity of her illness, her response to treatment, and the availability of independent living resources.
Based upon program experience, it is expected that most women will stay in residential treatment from six to twelve months. Clients are expected to continue the recovery process, on an outpatient basis through Olivia’s House, Pearson Hall, or other approved substance abuse treatment provider upon discharge from residential treatment until they address all of the tasks of late recovery. They will address maintenance issues in outpatient continuing care/after care which is estimated to last from six months to a year.


Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers, Inc. Alcoholism Recovery Services, Inc will provide substance abuse treatment services at Olivia’s House. Olivia’s House provides holistic care for chemically dependent women and their children. Children, up to age 10, live with their mothers at Olivia’s House during the course of residential treatment, a period of up to twelve months.
Children will be seen for routine sick and well child care at the Birmingham Health Care for the Homeless Pediatric Clinic (BHHPC), the Maternal Infant Network at University Hospital (MIN) Clinic, Children’s Hospital, or the Jefferson County Public Health Clinic. At all of these resources they will also receive vision, hearing, and dental care.
Children needing specialized care will be referred to the appropriate community resource. Coordination of children’s services will be a function of case management, the child development staff, and the nursing staff. Separate records documenting service delivery will be kept on all children. These services, including medical care, will be available for all of the women’s children who are in residence with her. In addition, referrals will be made as needed for non residential children of clients up to are seventeen (17).
The following services are provided for women:
    Assessment services
    Residential and outpatient substance abuse group therapy
    Medical screens
    Medication monitoring
    Individual counseling and specialized groups addressing mental health issues
    Domestic violence, sexual abuse, spirituality, relationships, health care, and nicotine addiction
    Parenting training
    Twelve-step support groups
    Living skills training
    Family counseling and education

The following services will be provided for children:
    On site developmental child care center
    Developmental assessment
    Physical assessment
    Speech, language, vision, hearing assessment
    Dental assessment
    Nutritional assessment
    Educational assessment
    Sick and well child care
    Tutoring
    Psychiatric care
    Children’s case management
Extensive case management and transportation services link the needs of both women and children with a number of community resources for further services, including , adult education, job readiness training, income assistance, housing assistance, parent aides, preventive and acute health care, head start, etc. After- care and follow-up services are also provided.

Type of Care

Substance abuse treatment,Buprenorphine used in treatment,Disulfiram Antabuse,Medications for psychiatric disorders,Vivitrol injectable Naltrexone,Transitional housing or halfway house,Accepts clients on opioid medication

Treatment Approaches

Cognitive behavioral therapy,Dialectical behavioral therapy,Substance abuse counseling approach,Trauma-related counseling,Rational emotive behavioral therapy,12-step facilitation approach,Brief intervention approach,Contingency management motivational incentive,Motivational interviewing,Anger management,Martix Model,Community reinforcement plus vouchers,Relapse prevention

Facility Smoking Policy

Smoking permitted in designated area

Facility Operation

State Government

License/Certification/Accreditation

State substance abuse agency,State mental health department,State department of health

Payment/Financial/Insurance Details

No payment accepted,Federal or any government funding for substance abuse programs

Payment Assistance Available

Payment assistance check with facility for details

Special Programs/Groups Offered

Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders,Lesbian gay bisexual or transgender LGBT clients,Veterans,Active duty military,Military families,Clients referred from the court judicial system,Pregnant postpartum women,Adult women,Persons with HIV or AIDS,Persons who have experienced trauma,Persons who have experienced sexual abuse,Transitional age young adults

Ancillary Services

PsychiatricCase management,PsychiatricConsumer-run peer-support services,Health education services other than HIV AIDS or hepatitis,PsychiatricHousing services,PsychiatricNicotine replacement therapy,PsychiatricNon-nicotine smoking tobacco cessation medications,PsychiatricSmoking tobacco cessation counselling,Screening for substance abuse,Screening for mental health disorders,PsychiatricComprehensive substance abuse assessment,PsychiatricComprehensive mental health assessment,PsychiatricOutreach to persons in the community,PsychiatricInterim services for clients,Breath analyzer or blood alcohol testing,Drug or alcohol urine screening,TB screening,PsychiatricDischarge Planning,PsychiatricAftercare continuing care,Social skills development,PsychiatricChild care for clients children,PsychiatricAssistance with obtaining social services,Employment counseling or training,PsychiatricDomestic violence services - family or partner,PsychiatricEarly intervention for HIV,HIV or AIDS education counseling or support,Hepatitis education counseling or support,Substance abuse education,PsychiatricMental health services,PsychiatricSelf-help groups,PsychiatricTreatment for non-substance abuse addiction disorder,Individual counseling offered,Group counseling offered,Family counseling offered,PsychiatricResidential beds for clients children

Age Groups Accepted

Children adolescents,Adults

Gender Accepted

Female

Language Services

Services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Treatment Center Settings

Residential,Short-term residential,Long-term residential,Computerized treatment

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