M ore than 40 years ago, our team recognized that women seeking treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) faced significant barriers, including parental responsibilities and a lack of familial and community support. One of the primary reasons fewer women than men seek SUD treatment is the fear of not having a safe place to send their children while receiving care. Mothers seeking treatment may have no choice but to put their children in an untenable situation or may need to hand them over to foster care, disrupting their ability to parent their children. In 1979, Gaudenzia responded to this need, SUD Treatment for P regnant & P arenting W omen
proudly emerging as one of the first providers in the nation to offer treatment specifically designed to meet the needs of pregnant and parenting women (PPW). Today we provide preferential treatment to pregnant women with substance use disorders.
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