The Program

Crawford House offers an intensive, comprehensive and highly individualized six-month treatment program. In addition to counseling, educational classes and employment readiness services, the program also emphasizes gaining experience in life skills management, such as budgeting, parenting, nutrition and stress management. Residents learn new, beneficial behaviors and healthy ways of coping.

While the program is free to residents upon admission, clients must obtain part-time employment after an orientation period.They then contribute a portion of their net salary to help pay for their own treatment.Obtaining employment is emphasized to foster self-worth, economic independence and personal responsibility while becoming sober members of the community.

Crawford House can accommodate up to 22 women at any one time, and serves over 100 women annually. All residents are educated about the disease of addiction and begin working towards their personal treatment goals from the day they arrive.Residents' progress is measured by successful completion of successive 30-day treatment plans.

Women are referred to Crawford House by rehabilitation centers, physicians, the Intensive Supervisory Program, State-wide Drug Court Initiative and the NJ Substance Abuse Initiative. Crawford House also receives referrals from contracts through the counties of Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset. Women may also self refer.

Crawford House employs one part-time and nine full-time staff members. The Board of Trustees plays an active role in the governance of the agency. IIn addition, volunteers from businesses, churches and schools in the local community perform various duties such as shopping, office help, vehicle maintenance and driving residents to appointments.

Residents graduate from Crawford House upon completion of all treatment goals. All the women who have graduated during the last twelve months have remained sober to date and at least 80 percent of the women who graduated from Crawford House during the last three years have remained sober.

Crawford House is licensed and inspected by the NJ Department of Human Services and monitored by the Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset Counties' Departments of Human Services.

Upon Graduation from Crawford House: