Recovery Brands, LLC
📍 601 Grant Street, 5th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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<p><strong>ABOUT RENEWAL, INC.</strong></p> <p>Located in Pittsburgh, Penn., Renewal, Inc. offers <strong>detox, inpatient, and outpatient programs</strong> for individuals in the criminal justice system struggling with substance abuse through Renewal Treatment, Inc. Services also include <a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/extended-recovery-programs/" target="_blank">aftercare planning</a>. Throughout the state, Renewal, Inc. is among 32.6 percent of substance abuse treatment facilities with programs tailored for <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/PA16.pdf" target="_blank">criminal justice clients</a>.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>All treatment at Renewal, Inc. is individualized and based on in-depth evaluations and assessments. According to its website: "Renewal is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals in the criminal justice system transition back to families and communities. Through a range of prevention, early intervention, programming and treatment approaches, Renewal empowers individuals to change their lives for the better." </p> <p>The <strong>detox service</strong> is designed to divert people needing detox from jail, placing them into community-based care. The program is licensed for <strong>16 inpatient non-hospital detoxification beds</strong>. </p> <p>For <strong>inpatient treatment</strong>, the team utilizes <strong>cognitive behavioral therapy</strong> and other modalities to assist clients in altering both substance abuse behaviors and criminal thinking patterns. Programming includes <strong>individual and group therapy along with educational lectures</strong> on substance abuse and factors that lead to chemical dependency. Clients keep interactive workbooks and daily journals as part of the approach to treatment. </p> <p>The center also offers <strong>outpatient treatment</strong> to people in the criminal justice system. Services include <strong>assessments, group therapy, and individual counseling</strong>. Clients are encouraged to find socially-based support systems, such as <strong>12-step meetings</strong>, mentoring, and spiritual programs. </p> <p>Before discharge, clients complete an aftercare plan with their therapists to support their transition back into the community. </p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>The treatment team includes certified professional therapists and case managers. The one alum surveyed by Rehabs.com at the time of this writing praised the center's staff. </p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>Inpatient treatment programs for men and women take place at Renewal Inc.’s center at 704 Second Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh. This inpatient complex also serves as a community treatment center for offenders in the court, jail, corrections, probation, parole, prisons, and pretrial systems. There is a strict no-smoking policy. Outpatient programs are located at 700 Fifth Avenue in Pittsburgh. </p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>An alum polled by Rehabs.com at the time of this writing provided a mixed review. The alum gave four stars for the facility's cleanliness and upkeep, as well as its family participation, followed by three stars for the likelihood to recommend the facility, and only one star for connectivity and visitor policy. This reviewer cited “good staff” as a strength of the center, but considered "forced sobriety" a weakness. </p> <p>On secondary site Google, reviewers left <strong>negative feedback</strong> to date: one out of five stars based on five reviews. Note: all five reviewers rated Renewal, Inc. the lowest one star. Those who left comments referenced rude, inconsiderate, uncaring staff, unscrupulous financial practices, and <strong>lack of safety</strong>. “This place isn’t secure people exscape through the windows but how could you blame them," John, a representative reviewer wrote.</p> <p><strong>WHAT STAFF SAY</strong></p> <p>Although Rehabs.com has yet to receive reviews from this facility’s staff members, secondary review sites yielded <strong>mixed-to-negative staff feedback</strong> about Renewal, Inc. to date: 2.7 out of five stars based on 14 reviews on Indeed, 2.3 stars based on five reviews on Glassdoor. <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small> </p> <p>Employees considered the facility a good place to get experience with stimulating work and excellent benefits, expressed by a former drug and alcohol therapist on Indeed as: “Each day was productive. I enjoyed working with challenging clients” and added: “The most enjoyable part was when you had a part in helping someone succeed.” However, the more prevalent negative feedback was about high stress, high staff turnover, poor management, and limited opportunity. </p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>There currently is no information provided by the facility regarding its cost of treatment. </p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Renewal-Inc/reviews" target="_blank">https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Renewal-Inc/reviews</a></small></p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Renewal-Pittsburgh-Reviews-EI_IE664105.0.7_IL.8.18_IM684.htm" target="_blank">https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Renewal-Pittsburgh-Reviews-EI<em>IE664105.0.7</em>IL.8.18_IM684.htm</a></small></p>
— Sherry Adler · 2018-08-01 12:21:24 PDT
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