ABOUT THE SALVATION ARMY – FAMILY TREATMENT SERVICES – HONOLULU
The Salvation Army of the Hawaiian and Pacific Islands offers a range of health and human services. One program, Family Treatment Services (FTS), caters specifically to parenting women who are dealing with substance abuse and addiction. Through FTS in Honolulu, women can access long-term residential and outpatient treatment, transitional housing, and mental healthcare for mothers and their children. The Salvation Army is a global, faith-based, Christian organization; the Honolulu site emphasizes its commitment to culturally appropriate service without discrimination, including LGBT clients and community partners. Additional drug and alcohol treatment programs for adults are available at another Honolulu Salvation Army location.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
This facility operates multiple programs located on its main campus, each of which takes a holistic approach to recovery. Women and their children receive psychological, spiritual, and physical support that is trauma-oriented and reflective of the local, multi-ethnic community.
Among the therapeutic modalities practiced at the Salvation Army’s rehab center are drug and alcohol evaluation, 12-step participation, parenting classes, assertiveness training, and stress management. Both the mothers and children involved in treatment at FTS receive education and psychiatric and behavioral health care. According to HealthGrove, medication-assisted therapy is also available on the FTS campus.
One FTS program, Women’s Way, serves adult and adolescent mothers, providing residential and outpatient addiction treatment. Continued care is available through Ke Ola Pono, a therapeutic living program that focuses on providing transitional support in preparation for independent living. Job preparation classes and employment referrals are offered along with life skills training. A third program, Ka ‘Ohu Hou O Manoa, offers transitional housing for homeless women and their children.
In addition to substance abuse treatment for mothers, FTS offers childcare and developmental programs for young children ages two weeks to five years.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
There is currently no information provided by the facility regarding its treatment staff, beyond a statement noting that different faiths and orientations are represented among employees.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
There also is currently no information provided by the facility regarding its living arrangements and related offerings. However, the one individual polled by Best-rehabs.com at the time of this writing indicated general satisfaction with accommodations, awarding four stars out of five for meals, nutrition, exercise, and leisure activities. The facility’s cleanliness and upkeep received a three-star rating.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
Best-rehabs.com has not yet received any feedback from this facility’s former clients and reviews left on third-party sites are scarce, but highly positive. Google has a single five-star rating of FTS at this time, with no written comments.[1] Likewise, the sole CiteHealth reviewer gave the facility a perfect five-star rating. They reported having received treatment more than 10 years prior to their review and characterized the FTS approach as effective, realistic, and holistic–in keeping with the program’s projected values.[2]
WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY
Best-rehabs.com has received just one review from a former client’s loved one to date. She would recommend the program, rating the quality of opportunities for family participation five stars and reporting that “they encourage family visits.” The reviewer, a client’s grandmother, also identified FTC’s support for mothers and children living together in rehab as well as the emphasis on “self-sufficiency” as program strengths. However, she did not agree with the alum review highlighting holistic therapy; rather, she awarded that aspect of treatment just one star.
FINANCING
There is currently no information provided on the facility’s website regarding its costs. However, The Salvation Army is a charitable organization that typically provides its services on a low or no-cost basis. The one individual polled by Best-rehabs.com indicating that pricing was fair.
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