Safety Screening

There are very few adequate resources for the many invisible women who are both battered and chemically dependent. Our challenge as chemical dependency professionals is to develop empowering services to ensure both safety and sobriety for battered women seeking recovery in our treatment programs. Safety is an essential element frequently lacking in the lives of women and children who have been impacted by both substance abuse and domestic violence. Lack of safety can prevent access to treatment as well as undermine recovery efforts. Many women attempting to recover from chemical dependency also experience intimate partner violence. Although we cannot always ensure safety (or for that matter, sobriety) we are obliged to provide as safe an environment as possible for all women who use our services or work at our pro-grams.

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