Life after Colonial House Sierra Trago sees trust as key to patient recovery MHFV offers emergency, and H USING
Officially, as the utilization review and aftercare coordinator at the Colonial House, Inc., Sierra Trago helps clients find a place to stay after treatment. But in short, a big portion of her job, Trago says, centers on building trust with clients. Trago says that many factors in a client’s past contribute to their drug addiction. Similarly, these same factors, such as neglect by a parent, can contribute to clients being more hesitant to trust others. RECOVERY HOUSING RESIDENTIAL HOUSING Provides services for women and women with children with significant substance abuse impairment, and who, typically, have not progressed in a less intensive setting, or lack supports and require a highly structured and specialized environment. COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING Community Transitional “It’s their body language,”Trago says. “They won’t make eye contact, or are constantly moving in the chair.” Still, Trago says she loves the opportunity she has to make an impact on her clients’ lives. “They come in here, and they completely open up,”Trago says. Housing is designe to provid supportive living for women and women with children who have suffered from ddiction and Most commonly, Trago says she sees clients abusing heroin, alcohol and synthetic marijuana. Due to the inherent difficulty of obtaining reliable data, the Colonial House does not track the number of patients who relapse after leaving the Colonial House, Trago says. The majority of clients receive aftercare, whether in the form of a halfway house or intensive outpatient treatment, Trago says. homelessness, offering a safe place to rebuild their lives. T e goal of Community Transitional Housing is to allow participants the opportunity to save money to be independent in the community. transitional, permanent housing, to women, children, veterans, and families on a path to a better life. Our continuum of services enables each participant to identify root causes of barriers to independence.
“They come in here, and they completely open up.” -Sierra Trago, utilization review and aftercare coordinator at the Colonial House, Inc.
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