Liberation Programs’ Families in Recovery Program, known as FIRP, is a residential inpatient substance use treatment program at 4 Elmcrest Terrace in Norwalk. The current program is specifically for pregnant and parenting women with children, and mothers may bring up to two children from birth through age ten into treatment with them. Connecticut’s addiction-services system classifies FIRP as a clinically managed high-intensity residential program for pregnant and parenting women. For a mother seeking recovery from alcohol or other substances, this setting allows treatment to continue without automatically separating her from her children.
Residential Care Designed Around Motherhood
Liberation Programs describes FIRP as gender- and trauma-sensitive, with treatment focused on individual and family needs. Mothers receive support in managing substance use disorder, strengthening life skills, using peer support, and accessing resources that can help them create safe and stable homes after discharge. For women whose alcohol addiction is intertwined with trauma, parenting stress, housing instability, or family-system concerns, the residential structure can provide time and support to work on several problems at once.
Children Can Remain With Their Mothers
FIRP is unusual because eligible mothers can keep young children with them during inpatient treatment. That feature can remove a major barrier for pregnant and parenting women who might otherwise delay alcohol treatment because they have no safe childcare or fear separation from their children. The program’s family focus also creates opportunities to work on parenting routines, family stability, and the practical resources needed when the mother returns to the community.
Recovery Skills and Continuing Support
Current official information emphasizes life-skills development, peer-to-peer support, individualized needs, and preparation for community transition. State and accreditation records identify FIRP as residential substance use treatment rather than detoxification. Women working on alcohol recovery can use the structured environment to strengthen daily routines, practice relapse-prevention skills, and coordinate follow-up services before discharge. Because treatment is residential, staff support is available around the clock, but that does not mean the site provides hospital-level alcohol withdrawal management.
Detoxification Is a Separate Clinical Need
A woman who may be at risk for severe alcohol withdrawal should disclose that history during referral. Previous seizures, delirium, major medical complications, or heavy daily drinking may require a medically monitored detoxification setting before FIRP is the appropriate placement. This distinction is important because FIRP’s verified role is high-intensity residential rehabilitation for mothers, not acute alcohol detox.
Admissions, Address, and Payment Options
The verified address is 4 Elmcrest Terrace, Norwalk, CT 06850. Liberation Programs currently lists 203-962-4516 for FIRP and 203-391-7913 for admissions. Connecticut’s current treatment-availability system lists HUSKY/Medicaid coverage for the program. Liberation Programs also states that it can offer self-pay on a sliding scale, help people apply for benefits, and in limited circumstances provide scholarship treatment. Women seeking alcohol rehab should contact admissions to confirm bed availability, pregnancy or parenting eligibility, insurance authorization, expected costs, and whether their children can accompany them.
