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Overview and accomplishments Liberation Programs, a not-for-profit organization, is the most comprehensive substance abuse prevention and treatment organization in Fairfield County. Serving Fairfield County for over 30 years, Liberation Programs has been recognized as a leader and innovator in the fight against substance abuse and a regional resource for families, children, teens, adults and seniors throughout the area. Our mission is to strengthen communities through programs that prevent substance abuse, empower persons with drug and alcohol dependency to achieve sustained recovery and support the loved ones of those struggling with addiction. Innovative prevention education programs, medically monitored detoxification, residential and outpatient programs, after-care treatment, re-entry and life skills counseling and job training are among the numerous ways we reduce alcohol and drug abuse. Liberation Programs reaches more than 15,000 people annually through programs offered in schools, the workplace, in public forums, senior centers and in its nine residential and outpatient facilities throughout Fairfield County. Liberation Programs is a leader in the fight against addiction. It uses its full continuum of treatment services to ensure that no person in need is left behind. Liberation Programs provides outreach and case management to persons living with HIV or AIDS, and recovering persons with disabilities. All who come to Liberation Programs’ doors receive help regardless of ability to pay. This year Liberation Programs has expanded its prevention work, reaching thousands of students and their families throughout Fairfield County. We have a monthly column, Healthy Perspectives, in the Stamford Advocate and Greenwich Times and are active in several town underage drinking coalitions, including Greenwich, Darien and New Canaan. Our Liberation Programs/Youth Options series, Pointers for Parents, has been enthusiastically received by parents. Liberation Programs holds a three-year accreditation (the highest rating possible) for all of its treatment programs by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Services (CARF). CARF commended Liberation Programs as “exemplary” for its clinical care and fiscal responsibility.	Liberation Programs: Saving Lives from Drugs and Alcohol As the largest and most comprehensive provider of substance abuse services in Fairfield County Liberation Programs is a leader in the fight against addiction. Liberation Programs uses its full continuum of treatment services (including detoxification, residential programs for men and women, and outpatient counseling for youth, adults and seniors) to ensure that no person in need of care is left behind. In addition, Liberation Programs provides outreach and case management to persons living with HIV or AIDS, homeless women, and recovering persons with disabilities. Liberation Programs is exceptionally qualified for its role in the community. Liberation Programs is, in reality, a constellation of quality programs designed to meet the unique needs of our diverse region. Each program within Liberation Programs serves a specific need or client population. Moreover, all who come to Liberation Programs’ doors receive help regardless of ability to pay. Liberation Programs/Youth (offices located in Greenwich, Stamford and Darien; services provided throughout region) provides comprehensive substance abuse prevention and treatment services for young people and families. Prevention services assist young people to cope with the pressures of an increasingly complex society. Educational sessions, outreach, and life skills training offered in schools, churches and other community settings help strengthen our youth. Counseling services provided by experienced staff ensure that every individual and family in need of substance abuse treatment receive quality care. The Liberation Programs Peer Players, a troupe of local high school students trained in theatre and improvisation, work with our prevention specialist to get across our message to middle and high school students throughout the region. Liberation Programs/Seniors is the only substance abuse prevention and treatment program in Fairfield County exclusively assisting seniors. Seniors abusing alcohol and/or prescription drugs enter recovery through individual, group and family counseling that targets their unique needs. Seniors at risk for abuse learn new ways of coping and find support to maintain a sober lifestyle. Seniors, however, receive more than counseling services. Our staff members transport clients, visit them at home and at healthcare centers and ensure that they are receiving adequate medical attention and social service supports. Liberation Programs/Women and Children Residential Services (Stamford) play a crucial role in the network of services available to pregnant and parenting women. Liberation Programs Families in Recovery Program (FIRP) is very different from most treatment services for women. FIRP makes it possible for women and their children to live together as a family in our residence while Mom receives treatment. Pregnant women also live and receive treatment at FIRP, and are able to deliver babies free of addiction. Mothers who have lost custody of their children enter FIRP and after months of hard work are able to reunite with their children. Liberation Programs/Ryan White and HIV Services are enriching and saving the lives of HIV+ individuals and persons living with AIDS through outreach, advocacy, case management and treatment. Liberation Programs staff members travel throughout the county reaching out to all persons who are HIV+ and at risk for substance abuse. They ensure that the network of services available in the county meets the biopsychosocial needs of clients. Education and testing programs work to prevent further spreading of the virus. Liberation Programs/Men’s Residential Services have been provided in Stamford for over thirty years. Men, 18 and older, complete a rigorous program of rehabilitation to learn the skills to lead sober lives. Men at Liberation Programs Residential join 12-step recovery programs, reunite with their families, attain employment, resolve legal issues and give back to the community through volunteer work. Their parents, wives, significant others and children learn about the disease of addiction, ways to support recovery in their loved ones and the importance of caring for themselves. Our men graduate with plans for continued treatment, employment and housing. Liberation Programs/Outpatient Clinics (Stamford and Bridgeport) are essential components of the community’s network of services. Men and women in our intensive outpatient programs attend treatment activities nine or more hours each week, as they break the ties they have to lives of alcohol and drug dependency. Clients work with counselors in our clinics to prevent relapse by resolving problems that contributed to past substance abuse. Sober in mind and spirit, they use newly learned skills to cope with the everyday life pressures they never faced when actively drinking and using drugs. Liberation Programs outpatient programs include IOP services in Stamford and Bridgeport. Liberation Programs/Detoxification Services are often the client’s first stop on the road to recovery. Years and increasing quantities of alcohol and drug use make it virtually impossible and potentially lethal for alcoholics and addicts to stop on their own. With specialized medical attention, 24-hour nursing care and motivational counseling, men and women are able to safely withdraw from alcohol and other drugs, discover 12 step recovery and other supports, and develop a plan for rehabilitation. Liberation Programs maintains a short-term residential program in Norwalk and an ambulatory program in Bridgeport. Liberation Programs/Methadone Services (Stamford and Bridgeport) transforms the lives of those ravaged by opiate addiction. Entering treatment with deteriorated health, impoverished finances, disrupted families and growing hopelessness men and women enroll in methadone maintenance and stop their downward spiral. With this long-desired physical and mental stability, they begin the struggle to remain clean and reenter society. Families are contacted, homes are secured, jobs found and illnesses treated. Liberation Programs has methadone maintenance programs in Bridgeport and Stamford. Liberation Programs Transitional Housing addresses the need so many in early recovery face – safe housing. Located in Bridgeport, Liberation Programs Transitional Housing is six apartments for homeless families each with a parent recovering from addiction and coping with another disability, such as mental illness or AIDS. Family members link with needed services with the guidance of case managers and use their time at Liberation Programs (up to two years) to prepare for permanent housing and continued employment. Liberation Programs/NIDA Clinical Trials Liberation Programs has been a leading member of the Clinical Trials Network in Connecticut participating in numerous National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) research protocols. This collaboration brings treatment “best practices” to our clinics through specialized staff training and expanded programming.
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Overview and accomplishments

Liberation Programs, a not-for-profit organization, is the most comprehensive substance abuse prevention and treatment organization in Fairfield County. Serving Fairfield County for over 30 years, Liberation Programs has been recognized as a leader and innovator in the fight against substance abuse and a regional resource for families, children, teens, adults and seniors throughout the area. Our mission is to strengthen communities through programs that prevent substance abuse, empower persons with drug and alcohol dependency to achieve sustained recovery and support the loved ones of those struggling with addiction.

Innovative prevention education programs, medically monitored detoxification, residential and outpatient programs, after-care treatment, re-entry and life skills counseling and job training are among the numerous ways we reduce alcohol and drug abuse.

Liberation Programs reaches more than 15,000 people annually through programs offered in schools, the workplace, in public forums, senior centers and in its nine residential and outpatient facilities throughout Fairfield County.

Liberation Programs is a leader in the fight against addiction. It uses its full continuum of treatment services to ensure that no person in need is left behind.

Liberation Programs provides outreach and case management to persons living with HIV or AIDS, and recovering persons with disabilities. All who come to Liberation Programs’ doors receive help regardless of ability to pay.

This year Liberation Programs has expanded its prevention work, reaching thousands of students and their families throughout Fairfield County.

We have a monthly column, Healthy Perspectives, in the Stamford Advocate and Greenwich Times and are active in several town underage drinking coalitions, including Greenwich, Darien and New Canaan.

Our Liberation Programs/Youth Options series, Pointers for Parents, has been enthusiastically received by parents.

Liberation Programs holds a three-year accreditation (the highest rating possible) for all of its treatment programs by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Services (CARF). CARF commended Liberation Programs as “exemplary” for its clinical care and fiscal responsibility.

Liberation Programs:
Saving Lives from Drugs and Alcohol

As the largest and most comprehensive provider of substance abuse services in Fairfield County Liberation Programs is a leader in the fight against addiction. Liberation Programs uses its full continuum of treatment services (including detoxification, residential programs for men and women, and outpatient counseling for youth, adults and seniors) to ensure that no person in need of care is left behind. In addition, Liberation Programs provides outreach and case management to persons living with HIV or AIDS, homeless women, and recovering persons with disabilities.

Liberation Programs is exceptionally qualified for its role in the community. Liberation Programs is, in reality, a constellation of quality programs designed to meet the unique needs of our diverse region. Each program within Liberation Programs serves a specific need or client population. Moreover, all who come to Liberation Programs’ doors receive help regardless of ability to pay.

Liberation Programs/Youth (offices located in Greenwich, Stamford and Darien; services provided throughout region) provides comprehensive substance abuse prevention and treatment services for young people and families. Prevention services assist young people to cope with the pressures of an increasingly complex society. Educational sessions, outreach, and life skills training offered in schools, churches and other community settings help strengthen our youth. Counseling services provided by experienced staff ensure that every individual and family in need of substance abuse treatment receive quality care. The Liberation Programs Peer Players, a troupe of local high school students trained in theatre and improvisation, work with our prevention specialist to get across our message to middle and high school students throughout the region.

Liberation Programs/Seniors is the only substance abuse prevention and treatment program in Fairfield County exclusively assisting seniors. Seniors abusing alcohol and/or prescription drugs enter recovery through individual, group and family counseling that targets their unique needs. Seniors at risk for abuse learn new ways of coping and find support to maintain a sober lifestyle. Seniors, however, receive more than counseling services. Our staff members transport clients, visit them at home and at healthcare centers and ensure that they are receiving adequate medical attention and social service supports.

Liberation Programs/Women and Children Residential Services (Stamford) play a crucial role in the network of services available to pregnant and parenting women. Liberation Programs Families in Recovery Program (FIRP) is very different from most treatment services for women. FIRP makes it possible for women and their children to live together as a family in our residence while Mom receives treatment. Pregnant women also live and receive treatment at FIRP, and are able to deliver babies free of addiction. Mothers who have lost custody of their children enter FIRP and after months of hard work are able to reunite with their children.

Liberation Programs/Ryan White and HIV Services are enriching and saving the lives of HIV+ individuals and persons living with AIDS through outreach, advocacy, case management and treatment. Liberation Programs staff members travel throughout the county reaching out to all persons who are HIV+ and at risk for substance abuse. They ensure that the network of services available in the county meets the biopsychosocial needs of clients. Education and testing programs work to prevent further spreading of the virus.

Liberation Programs/Men’s Residential Services have been provided in Stamford for over thirty years. Men, 18 and older, complete a rigorous program of rehabilitation to learn the skills to lead sober lives. Men at Liberation Programs Residential join 12-step recovery programs, reunite with their families, attain employment, resolve legal issues and give back to the community through volunteer work. Their parents, wives, significant others and children learn about the disease of addiction, ways to support recovery in their loved ones and the importance of caring for themselves. Our men graduate with plans for continued treatment, employment and housing.

Liberation Programs/Outpatient Clinics (Stamford and Bridgeport) are essential components of the community’s network of services. Men and women in our intensive outpatient programs attend treatment activities nine or more hours each week, as they break the ties they have to lives of alcohol and drug dependency. Clients work with counselors in our clinics to prevent relapse by resolving problems that contributed to past substance abuse. Sober in mind and spirit, they use newly learned skills to cope with the everyday life pressures they never faced when actively drinking and using drugs. Liberation Programs outpatient programs include IOP services in Stamford and Bridgeport.

Liberation Programs/Detoxification Services are often the client’s first stop on the road to recovery. Years and increasing quantities of alcohol and drug use make it virtually impossible and potentially lethal for alcoholics and addicts to stop on their own. With specialized medical attention, 24-hour nursing care and motivational counseling, men and women are able to safely withdraw from alcohol and other drugs, discover 12 step recovery and other supports, and develop a plan for rehabilitation. Liberation Programs maintains a short-term residential program in Norwalk and an ambulatory program in Bridgeport.

Liberation Programs/Methadone Services (Stamford and Bridgeport) transforms the lives of those ravaged by opiate addiction. Entering treatment with deteriorated health, impoverished finances, disrupted families and growing hopelessness men and women enroll in methadone maintenance and stop their downward spiral. With this long-desired physical and mental stability, they begin the struggle to remain clean and reenter society. Families are contacted, homes are secured, jobs found and illnesses treated. Liberation Programs has methadone maintenance programs in Bridgeport and Stamford.

Liberation Programs Transitional Housing addresses the need so many in early recovery face – safe housing. Located in Bridgeport, Liberation Programs Transitional Housing is six apartments for homeless families each with a parent recovering from addiction and coping with another disability, such as mental illness or AIDS. Family members link with needed services with the guidance of case managers and use their time at Liberation Programs (up to two years) to prepare for permanent housing and continued employment.

Liberation Programs/NIDA Clinical Trials Liberation Programs has been a leading member of the Clinical Trials Network in Connecticut participating in numerous National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) research protocols. This collaboration brings treatment “best practices” to our clinics through specialized staff training and expanded programming.

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