Bridges International Programs & Facilities

The Bridges International Family Services Program (FSP) provides outpatient therapy and related intensive wrap-around services to families recovering from traumas linked to:

• Substance abuse disorders
• Mental health disorders
• Incarceration
• Out-of-home placement
• Separation and/or divorce
• Homelessness
• Military deployment and/or combat
• Other stressful life experiences

Comprised of a Transition Re-Entry Center and Community Release Center, male and female inmates are afforded an opportunity to get their lives back on track. The Transition Re-Entry Center is a Therapeutic Community that provides intensive substance abuse treatment and value-added services to women with a remaining sentence of 24 to 36 months. 

The foundation of the program is the Therapeutic Community Concepts, which are essential to maintaining a drug-free lifestyle in social contexts. With clinical supervision this peer-led, peer-driven environment encourages the women to become active participants in their recovery. Each program participant follows a multidisciplinary treatment plan customized to meet her individual needs.

Upon completion of the Transition Re-Entry Program, inmates become eligible for the Community Release program, where they are gainfully employed during the day and continue their treatment at night. Community Release inmates are required to pay subsistence for room and board which saves taxpayers money. Inmates also make court-ordered payments, send money home for family support and are required to set money aside for savings upon their release.

Our substance abuse treatment, diverse courses and value-added services teach problem solving, critical thinking, conflict resolution and recovery maintenance skills. The program offerings at each facility vary to best meet the needs of the persons served.

For more information on Community Release Centers, click here.

Residential  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs are built on the Therapeutic Community Concepts. The peer-led, peer-driven environment encourages clients to become active participants in their recovery. These are adult female felony drug offenders who have been sentenced by the local courts to participate in drug treatment as a deterrent from incarceration as a condition of probation.