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Louisiana-Housing>HalfWay House>Baton Rouge
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Event Summary
O'Brien House
1220 Main St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: (225) 344-6345 |
MISSION:
The mission of O’Brien
House is to help recovering alcoholics and drug addicts develop or
restore strength, hope, and stability to their lives so they may
return to the community as productive citizens.
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O’Brien House is a halfway house
established in 1971 for adult recovering alcoholics and drug
addicts. It is named for Paul S. "Pat" O’Brien who spent 53 years of
his life working with alcoholics and educating the public to the
disease of alcoholism. O’Brien House is dedicated to helping
individuals turn their lives around to become healthy contributing
members of the community. From the Director, Ms.
Katherine Martin
As Executive Director of O'Brien House, I am pleased to direct one
of the leading Halfway House Programs in the state of Louisiana.
Our belief and support of this type of residential housing for
successful recovery at O'Brien House exists because we realize the
importance of providing support services for clients as they
transition from in-patient treatment to Independent Living. It is
our belief that Intermediate care services increase the
effectiveness of treatment programs for substance abuse and that
the percentages of individuals remaining in recovery is increased
by living in a structured and protected environment during the
first six months of recovery.
This structured and protected environment helps complete our
mission which is "to help the recovering alcoholic and drug addict
restore strength, hope and stability to their lives so that they
may return to the community as productive citizens". Halfway
House support and placement is essential to increasing the
percentage of people staying in recovery.
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In-Residence Services:
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Housing and Meals
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Involvement in AA and
other 12 Step Programs
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Personal and Group
Counseling
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Medical Treatment by
arrangement with other facilities
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Employment/ Career
Counseling
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In- House tutoring in
basic English and Math skills
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Preparation for GED
classes
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Parenting Classes
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Smoking Cessation
How
we are funded?
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Capital Area United
Way
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Louisiana Department
of Health and Hospitals-Office for Addictive Disorders, Capital
Area Human Services District
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State and Federal
Grants, HUD and Emergency Shelter Grants
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Local Foundations
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Fees from working
clients
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Private and Corporate
Gifts
Events: (see HopeNet
events)
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