Residential treatment for women with dependent children: One agency's approach

The Salvation Army First Choice Program, located in Fort Worth, Texas, prov ides comprehensive-as well as gender-specific-treatment for addicted women while providing child care and therapeutic services for children. Specific program attributes (including therapeutic interventions, community linkages , and staffing patterns) are described, and the five-year evaluation initia tive, designed to examine relationships between client characteristics, pro gram participation, and client progress is outlined. Findings from initial analyses examining correlates of 90-day dropout suggest a complex interacti on among specific problems a woman brings to treatment, her level of dysfun ction at treatment entry, how much social support is available to her, and what services she receives.