Pubdate: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 Source: Peoria Journal Star (IL) Copyright: 2006sPeoria Journal Star Contact: http://pjstar.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/338 Note: Does not publish letters from outside our circulation area. Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/women.htm (Women) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/rehab.htm (Treatment) WOMEN-SPECIFIC TREATMENT RESOURCES The following agencies and providers offer women-specific programs for addiction treatment and recovery: - - Gateway Foundation, 55 East Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Il 60604, (312) 663-1130: A treatment program with specific programs for women, with facilities in Texas, Illinois and Delaware. - - The Next Step, 276 Sherman St., Albany, NY 12206, (518) 465-5249: Provides residential treatment for women recovering from alcoholism and drug abuse. - - Prototypes, 5601 W. Slauson Ave., Suite 200, Culver City, CA 90230; (310) 641-7795: Serves women and their children who are homeless, battered, addicted to drugs or alcohol and those living with or at-risk for contracting HIV/AIDS at its facilities in southern California. - - The Rebecca Project for Human Rights, 1752 Columbia Road NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20009; (202) 265-3907: Legal and advocacy organization that helps poor and low-income mothers recovering from substance abuse. - - Southcentral Foundation: Alaska Women's Recovery Project, 4130 San Ernesto Ave., Anchorage, AK 99508; (907) 729-5090: Provides leadership training, mentoring and support for recovering women. - - Women for Sobriety, P.O. Box 618, Quakertown, PA 18951-0618; (215) 536-8026: Designed specifically to help women alcoholics achieve sobriety by addressing the need to overcome depression and guilt through the "New Life" program. - --- (For a list of women's residential programs updated annually by the federal government, go to the Center For Substance Abuse Treatment's Treatment Locator Service or call (800) 662-HELP (4357).) - --- (For more information, resources and interactive forums on substance abuse issues, visit www.silenttreatment.info. Take the reader survey.) - --- (c) 2006, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. - --- MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman