Wellmore Behavioral Health’s Women & Children’s Program is a specialized residential treatment service for pregnant or parenting women at 79 Beacon Street in Waterbury, Connecticut. Wellmore’s current official residential page describes the program as ASAM 3.5PPW, a clinically managed high-intensity residential level for women with substance use and/or mental health concerns who are assessed as unsafe in the community. One child under age four can live with the mother during treatment. For a woman struggling with alcohol addiction while caring for a young child, the program allows recovery and parenting work to occur together rather than separating the family.
Twenty-Four-Hour Residential Support
Wellmore provides 24/7 treatment services through staff trained in trauma, domestic violence, and culturally responsive care. The residential structure is appropriate for women who need more support than routine outpatient alcohol treatment can provide. Living onsite creates a stable environment where a mother can focus on alcohol recovery, psychiatric needs, parenting responsibilities, and safety while still maintaining the bond with her child.
Individual Counseling and Clinical Groups
The current program includes individual counseling and clinical and psychoeducational group therapy. These services can help residents examine alcohol triggers, cravings, trauma, relationships, and the behaviors that have made sustained recovery difficult. Wellmore also provides assessment of needs, peer support, health education, and family involvement. Treatment can therefore address alcohol addiction within the broader context of a woman’s emotional health, parenting role, and family system.
Parenting, Child Care, and Medical Transportation
The Women & Children’s Program provides parenting education and assistance, onsite child care while mothers participate in treatment, and transportation to medical appointments. These practical services are important because treatment attendance can be difficult when a parent has no safe child care or reliable transportation. Domestic violence education and support are also part of the current program, which can be particularly relevant when alcohol use and trauma have occurred within an unsafe relationship.
Medication-Friendly Residential Care
Wellmore states that all of its residential programs are medication-assisted-treatment friendly. Medication decisions depend on diagnosis, pregnancy status, medical history, and the substances involved. A woman entering because of alcohol should ask what medications, if any, are appropriate for alcohol use disorder and how those medications will be coordinated with prenatal, psychiatric, or other medical care. Treatment should never assume that medications used for opioid addiction serve the same purpose for drinking problems.
Current Contact and Payment Options
Current Connecticut 211 and federal provider records continue to identify the program at 79 Beacon Street, Waterbury, CT 06704, and Wellmore lists 203-574-3311 for screening and information. Wellmore’s current insurance page states that it participates with most insurance companies, including Medicaid/HUSKY and Medicare, accepts cash, checks, and major credit cards, and offers an income-based sliding-fee scale for people without coverage. Because residential benefits can differ from outpatient benefits, women seeking alcohol rehab should confirm WCP-specific coverage, authorization, bed availability, and any personal cost before admission.
