Volunteers of America, Dakotas' New Start for Women is a 24-hour residential program for chemically dependent pregnant and parenting women and their children, referred by the Department of Corrections, Social Services, Human Services, or the private sector. New Start provides a safe, structured, therapeutic and staff-secured environment.
New Start for Women provides holistic services for pregnant and parenting women to help them lead healthy and productive lives. Participants gain insight in the following areas:
- Attaining their high school diploma, GED or specialized skills training
- Learning parenting, child and self care, independent living, and relationship skills
- Addressing their chemical dependency, mental health or legal problems
- Improving their employability skills
- Accessing high-quality prenatal, postpartum and well baby care
Volunteers of America provides these comprehensive services to allow participants to gain the information and skills necessary to live a healthy, drug-free, satisfying life and to develop positive parenting practices to care for themselves and their child.
In addition to family therapy, daily phone and visiting hours are available to encourage family involvement from the admission process to aftercare planning.