Homelessness and housing insecurity perpetuate substance use and dysregulated parenting. CGE’s Permanent Supportive Housing program offers mothers and their children a sound foundation upon which they can build sustained recovery. Our Permanent Supportive Housing program supports and preserves families through a respectful, strengths-based approach. Our intensive case management and counseling services provide them with the means to continue in their recovery process; to achieve their goals toward self-sufficiency; and to support the healthy, happy families they desire. Thanks to the support of AvalonBay Communities, we created sixteen units of low-income housing at AvalonSomerset (now named The Grove) for CGE mothers and their children. In 2015, a contract from the State of New Jersey enabled us to expand this program even further. Today, we have 26 apartments for at-risk families in Somerset and Middlesex Counties. Julia Gmahle, MSW, LSW 120 Finderne Avenue, Suite 230 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Client, Permanent Supportive Housing Team Member, Permanent Supportive Housing Client, Permanent Supportive Housing “I didn’t have to struggle and find places to go. I don’t have to go live in a shelter. I don’t have to go back to people I met on the street and live in that unhealthy environment. I have a healthy wonderful place to go with my daughter.” “A woman in our program was re-signing her lease after the first year and she told me, ‘I never lived anywhere this long before.’ I will never forget it. She was able to create a safe and stable home for her child that she never had growing up.” “The great thing about the Permanent Supportive Housing program is the support. There are people there to help you. I don’t feel like I’m alone. And I’m not.” Housing, social support, transportation, and access to social determinants of health are the foundation of sustained recovery.
The Center for Great Expectations takes a systems approach to long-term recovery support. Our housing first approach ensures that the environment that surrounds the mother and child provides the safety and support necessary for the family to flourish.
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