POSITIVE IMAGES INC


A THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY



SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH



Our clinical staff offers individual, family, and group counseling on a daily basis. The overall treatment focus is to assist residents in achieving and/or maintaining abstinence and to enhance their coping skills. Our program includes anger management workshops, dual-diagnosis groups, and play therapy for children. Each of our clients participates in thorough bio-physical assessments and 12-step groups. The treatments we offer are classified in 3 different categories.


12 STEP GROUPS Throughout the therapeutic process, each client is encouraged to participate in 12 Step Groups i.e. Narcotics Anonymous, Alcoholic Anonymous, Alcoholics for Christ, Fellowship Anonymous, and etc. Positive Images, Inc. offers many 12 Step Groups onsite that provide the clients with additional social and spiritual support.


Treatment Works If You Work It... Each person participates in thorough bio-psychosocial assessments that identify both their strengths and limitations that may have an impact on their recovery. This information is used to develop an individual plan of care whereas the client and staff work closely together to establish the focal point of treatment. The treatment process involves utilizing evidence based interventions that will guide the person as they begin their recovery journey. Our motto is "The program works if you work it". This means that in order to make positive changes, the person must actively begin to change their behavior and thinking patterns. Our trained social workers, psychologist, and certified dependency counselors assist the clients through this transition of change.


Types of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Intensive Outpatient Treatment This service involves the participants’ attending group therapy and didactics, 3 or more days per week for at least 4 hours each day. Group activities include developing a relapse prevention plan and a recovery plan that promotes an understanding of the recovery and dependency process.


Residential Treatment Positive Images, Inc. has two residential facilities for women with and without their children. The program provides intensive therapeutic counseling that includes individual therapy, group therapy, didactics, and family counseling. The ultimate goal is to assist program participants in identifying risk factors that may lead them back to using substances, enhance their coping skills and strategies to prevent or reduce future usage, and to assist the women in meeting their identified treatment goals.


Traditional Outpatient Treatment Individuals needing outpatient services are provided with appointments that are mutually convenient to both them and the staff. Outpatient activities may include individual counseling, group therapy, and didactics. In addition, family members are encouraged to attend our family support group so that they can understand their recovery process and dependency. Positive Images, Inc. believes that substance use dependency affects the entire family and recognizes it as a family disease. Therefore, our staff strongly recommends that family members are involved in the therapeutic process.



OUR TRANSITIONAL SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM


Our community offers a transitional housing program that is designed specifically to meet the needs of homeless women recovering from substance abuse. Women, with or without children and pregnant or not, are accepted. The program is a family-style residence. We have a 32-unit apartment building that will serve as a supportive environment to women, together with their children, who are working on developing and improving the skills necessary to live independently.


Our Transitional Housing Program Consists Of Childcare Services Children under the age of 5 are provided with supervised childcare services while their mothers participate in therapeutic activities or other supportive services.


Employment Assistance Program

The Employment Assistance Program teaches residents how to identify and take advantage of employment opportunities. Through practical instructions, residents are assisted in developing skills that will aid them in obtaining employment. Women have the opportunity to participate in an apprentice program. Our staff will assist residents with resume writing, job skills development, interview skills, and referrals to MRS.


Independent Living Program In this program, a coordinator will assist women in creating a safe and nurturing environment, along with financial and time-management skills.


Nutrition Services This program addresses meal planning and shopping. It also includes providing snacks for our children’s program. The cook provides instruction on food preparation. All residents participate in preparation of a family-style meal on Sundays. Residents learn how to feed their families with limited funds and enjoy the company of others.


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HOME BASED SERVICES



Assured Family Services is the only organization of its kind in the United States. In the late 90’s the county of Wayne, Michigan faced a takeover of its juvenile justice services by the federal government. The treatment of pre-adjudicated and adjudicated youth was reduced to only one option – the removal of all adjudicated youth from the community. Having run out of residential spaces in Michigan, the State moved 200 Wayne County youth to other states, resulting in a financial dispute between the State and Wayne County.


Legal and legislative decisions led to Wayne County being offered the opportunity to become a county-run juvenile justice system. This opened the way for collaboration among the county, the court, the prosecutor, the sheriff, and local service agencies. In July 1999, an innovative series of start-up processes were carefully developed in less than six months. Using the latest informational technology, desired measurable outcomes were written into performance-based contracts and a new operational handbook was developed to guide all the partners. This new model, built for speed along with success as an incentive, was created to allow Wayne County to take responsibility for all of its adjudicated juveniles. This radical solution became the Juvenile Assessment Center and Care Management Organization system and seemingly overnight it changed Wayne County’s almost total dependency on out-of-home care. Adjudicated youth were now able to be supervised and treated in their own communities, allowing for close family involvement and intensive case management and coordination.


Because of the unique partnership among the Wayne County Department of Children and Family Services, the Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority and the JAC, each department of the JAC is a piece of a larger picture that showcases our commitment to our mission and to meeting the needs of the families of Wayne County.


Positive Images received a contract to provide these services to families of Wayne County. All participants must be referred through Assured Family Services (AFS). For more information: (J.A.C Program information) http://the-jac.org/programs-services/court-jac/


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Enhanced Women's Services (EWS)





The primary goal of Enhanced Women Services (EWS) is to prevent future births of alcohol and drug exposed children. Our program offers intensive home visitation for pregnant and parenting mothers with a substance use disorder.

EWS clients have the opportunity to develop positive, interpersonal relationships with their advocate and the entire EWS team.

The Goals of EWS:
To help mothers build and maintain healthy independent family lives.
To assure that children are in safe and stable homes To prevent future births of alcohol and drug exposed children.Maternal substance use puts children at risk because of possible effects of prenatal exposure on the child's health likelihood of a compromised home environment likelihood these mothers will have more exposed, affected children

EWS Eligibility Criteria:
Women who used substances during pregnancy and are pregnant or up to 12 months postpartum and are ineffectively connected to community services.

The EWS Approach Trained and supervised case managers provide home visitation and intervention for up to 3 years. Mothers are not asked to leave the program if they relapse or experience setbacks. Case managers provide extensive practical assistance and the long-term emotional support so important to women who are making fundamental changes in their lives.

Advocates assist clients:
In setting goals and identifying steps to achieve substance use disorder treatment.
Staying in recovery.
Choosing a family planning method.
Child health care/immunizations.
Connecting with community services. Transportation to some appointments.
Solving housing, domestic violence, child custody problems.
Resolving system service barriers.

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CHILDCARE SERVICES



Licensed by the Department of Human Services, Bureau of Children and Adult Licensing, our program caters to infants from ages 2-weeks old up to 13.


Our caregivers provide direct care, supervision, and guidance to children. The children participate in daily, structured activities that promote their development.


Our program is available from Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Evening hours are available by appointment.


Assistance From Foster Grandparents

Our childcare program also includes one-on-one with foster grandparents to provide children with nurturing, love, and support. Foster grandparents will allow the children to develop warm and caring relationships with elders by reading to them and engaging them in academic lessons.


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RECOVERY HOUSING



Recovery Housing for people who are newly sober, recovery housing can provide time and support as they learn how to sustain long-term recovery. The housing program is a good alternative because it provides safe and healthy environments that support residents in their recovery.


This community empowers people by providing support as they transition towards living independent and productive lives in their respective communities. Recovery home offers a unique alternative to harm reduction—a component of the Housing First model—for individuals whose main goal is to find a sober living environment. “People, places, things” is a common phrase used in the recovery community. Who we spend our time with, where we go, and the things we surround ourselves with. . .all of these impact who we are and the decisions that we make.


Many times, people in early recovery have to give up everything they’ve known: who they hang out with – friends, significant others and family – as well as where they go and things they do because those "people, places, and things" put them at risk for relapse or continued use. When people are newly sober, they are moving from a culture of depency to a culture of recovery.


Recovery housing gives them the time and support needed to change those behaviors that were required for life and death survival in the culture of dependency. Through a community of support, people practice new behaviors that will help them thrive in their communities and sustain long-term recovery.


It’s a place where people fit in, have common experiences and goals, and can be authentic without having to explain their depency or recovery needs. It’s what home should feel like.


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THERAPEUTIC SERVICES



Positive Images’ Housing


Mission Statement

We exist to advance, promote, and provide evidence-based coaching to the community. We support, educate, & inspire the members of our therapeutic community to further the interests of persons with a substance use disorder.


Vision Statement

Our vision is to create a better everyday life to persons in recovery from a substance use disorder. This is accomplished by providing a home-like recovery environment that promotes a safe, clean and affordable place for residents to build or enhance prosocial behaviors and relationships that are supportive of their continuous recovery.


Recovery Services: Each resident is assigned a Recovery Coach to assist in developing and implementing a recovery plan. Recovery Coaching is an ongoing professional relationship that supports individuals who are considering (or may be in) recovery from dependency.


Professional Recovery Coaches work:

* With their clients to set and reach powerful, effective, meaningful and relevant goals.

* Ask their clients to go beyond where they would have gone on their own.

* Help clients sharpen and maintain focus to more quickly produce results.

* Provide the tools, encouragement, support and structure to accomplish more.


Case management – Assist residents in identifying community services that they need and assist them in accessing these services i.e. medical, dental, permanent housing programs, employment training and placement, etc.


Independent Living Skills Specialist/Recovery Coach provides one on one assistance for residents needing help in money-management, organization of their units, food preparation, assistance in obtaining permanent housing, etc.


Michigan Rehabilitation Services – A representative from MRS provides employment assessment, training and placement services to those who are seeking jobs.


Medical Doctor – Provides medical screening and referrals to primary medical care.


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POSITIVE IMAGES, INC.
substance USE DISORDER and mental health community


13336-40 E. Warren
Detroit, MI 48215
Main Number: 313-822-6940
FAX:1- 313-822-1157
1-800-687-6447
TTY 313-822-1555

Home Services Department
Maternal Infant Health Program
Enhanced Women’s Services
Assured Family Services (Juvenile Assessment Center)