WISE

The WISE Program, or Women in Strength Empowered, is an intensive outpatient program designed to assist women who are either referred by DYFS, DYFS-involved, or women who have dependent children. The program is available from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday to provide enhanced services to women. Services include individual counseling, life skills training, transportation, childcare arrangements, anger management, relapse prevention, drug and alcohol education, parenting skills, domestic violence intervention, and evaluation for co-occurring disorders. Case management includes the DYFS caseworker and family members as appropriate.

Director: Nicole Drake (973)-645-0907

FAQs about Women in Treatment:

• An estimated 20,000 women in New Jersey struggle through life with unmet needs for substance abuse treatment
• Research shows a significant gap in the multiple services women need to recover and return to a productive family and personal life
• Women represent 31% of individuals admitted to substance abuse treatment in New Jersey
• One in every two women in treatment is a mother and most are single mothers
• At least 50% of children in New Jersey’s child welfare system are in the system because of parental substance abuse
• For many women, treatment offers a more effective solution, at a lower public cost