Cityteam House of Grace is a residential addiction treatment center for chemically dependent women suffering from domestic abuse or homelessness. Treatment services include parenting coursework, 12-Step meetings, life skills classes, vocational assistance, conflict resolution work, anger management training, individual, group, and family counseling, and more. Cityteam House of Grace utilizes a community based model for treatment, emphasizing accountability, responsibility, mentorship, and support. Mothers are encouraged to bring children with them into residential treatment.
ABOUT CITYTEAM HOUSE OF GRACE – SAN JOSE
Surrounded by the rolling hills of California’s Bay Area, Cityteam House of Grace opened in 1994 as a free Christian program that offers long-term residential treatment for women and their children that suffer from substance abuse, abuse, and homelessness. The program is run by a nondenominational Christian organization that helps over 500,000 people in the U.S. and abroad. Although the organization runs several operations in San Jose, the addresses of each home is not published to “protect the privacy of the women in the program.” Detox services are not provided on site.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
The treatment process at Cityteam House of Grace begins with a comprehensive assessment by a medical and psychological team to determine if applicants are appropriate for the program. Clients that are admitted to the residential program participate in a series of educational, religious, and sober living skills training courses. The program uses a community-based model combined with the 12-steps principles that focuses on personal responsibility, shared goals, and mentorship. The program typically lasts between 10 and 12 months.
Clients are provided with daycare and general family services for their children so that they can focus on their rehabilitation and education. Clients take classes toward their GED and participate in individual, group, and family counseling. Other core components include 12-step meetings, vocational training, and bible study. The facility also provides educational courses on parenting, spiritual growth, life skills, relapse prevention, and anger management. Residents must obtain employment once they have completed various educational milestones.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
There is currently no information provided on the facility’s website or otherwise regarding its treatment staff. However, it is likely that Cityteam House of Grace employs clergy and certified counseling staff members. Other staff members also likely include family services personnel such as qualified daycare staff members. Cityteam House of Grace also employs volunteers at its various facilities to coordinate community involvement in the programs.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
Although there is limited information regarding the facility’s living arrangements or related offerings, Best-rehabs.com surveys suggest that alumni found the accommodations comfortable and the meals satisfying by providing four out of five stars or higher for these categories.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
At the time of this writing, the four alumni polled by Best-rehabs.com to date gave Cityteam House of Grace high ratings. The two alumni polled on treatment effectiveness gave four- and maximum five-star reviews.
One anonymous alum commented that “people here are very kind and helpful,” and mentioned “meals” as a key strength to supplement her four-star reviews for family participation, affordability, meals and nutrition, counseling, and cleanliness.
Another alum, Liz, wrote: “Helped me get clean. Great place!” Even though she indicated that the facility may not have many alternative therapies, she gave group and individual counseling five out of five stars. Additionally, an alum named Cindy shared with Best-rehabs.com that Cityteam saved her life. “That is were I found GOD,” she wrote.
Alum D.V. was less impressed, citing poor experiences with staff. She wrote that staff “Says hurtful things to the ladies in the program .Have no compassion towards peoples feelings.”
On the facility’s official Facebook page, which Cityteam House of Grace can manage, the facility earned five out of five stars from 23 reviews. [1] Twenty-two of the reviews were five out of five stars. Many of the alumni praised kind staff members and the religious focus of the treatment program. Representative reviewer Lyn gave a five-star rating and wrote: “I went on a tour recently in San Jose and was very impressed with the program. Everything was incredibly organized and well thought out. All aspects of the recovery process was/is taken care of. The community outreach is amazing!”
FINANCING
Treatment at Cityteam House of Grace is free of charge. The organization subsists on donations made by individuals, foundations, corporations, churches, and other organizations. Therefore, clients will not be turned away based on their ability to pay.
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