Rehabilitation & Health Inc

Rehabilitation & Health Inc, a nonprofit organization, is dedicated to providing a safe and supportive environment for individuals with social dysfunction, particularly those with co-morbid disorders, substance dependence, and various types of social dysfunction. The primary goal of this organization is to help these individuals continue their education and training in the development and use of recovery and daily living skills.

The organization's service program primarily comprises group residential services and transitional housing services for adult males, many of whom are chronically homeless ex-offenders at high risk for recidivism who struggle with alcohol/substance abuse disorders, mental health issues, and health-related conditions. The community-based rehabilitation treatment program aims to provide residential care on a 24-hour basis to men who require this intense service to overcome homelessness, strengthen and maintain sobriety, live a life without criminal behavior, ensure stability, and maximize each person's ability to live independently via secure/permanent housing.

Residents of Rehabilitation & Health Inc participate in group counseling sessions that cover topics such as relapse prevention, living sober, anger management, psych-education groups, cultural awareness, relationships in recovery, reintegration, and community meetings. Healthcare professionals from the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (Project SHINE) regularly meet with clients both individually and in group format to address issues around health education, including HIV/AIDS, STD, Hepatitis, and TB prevention and treatment. Additional outside agencies provide in-house educational groups, including services by the Greater Boston Health Commission, Massachusetts Council for Compulsive Gambling, American Consumer Credit Counseling, Tobacco, Addictions, Policy & Education (TAPE) Project of the Institute of Health and Recovery, Home-Start, and Massachusetts Rehab Commission.

The organization provides support, supervision, and guidance in activities of daily living where clients receive psychopharmacologic monitoring, individual and group counseling and education, occupational/vocational therapy, HIV/AIDS education, support in the development of social, recreational, and independent living skills, family education and counseling, program-based case management, and housing and aftercare services. The program provides all clients with psycho-education regarding substance abuse, criminality, and relapse prevention groups that utilize various behavioral and cognitive strategies. The services are delivered within a residential community and will be comprehensive and integrated through the affiliation of other support services/continuing care services such as vocational, educational, mental health, substance abuse, housing, and various other community services. These integrated services provide complete care from inpatient treatment through supported housing/independent living.