Recovery Brands, LLC
📍 2605 Parker Road, Houston, TX 77093
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<p><strong>ABOUT SANTA MARIA HOSTEL</strong></p> <p>Santa Maria Hostel offers <strong>residential and outpatient</strong> treatment programs for individuals struggling with substance abuse. Their aim is to provide support to <strong>low-income pregnant and parenting women and their children</strong> in Houston and surrounding counties. The nonprofit organization began offering alcohol and drug addiction recovery services in 1950 and accepts clients through the criminal justice system, those with Child Protective Services challenges, and those struggle with <a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/dual-diagnosis-recovery/" target="_blank">co-occurring mental health disorders</a>. <strong>Medically-supervised detox is available</strong> on site. </p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>Santa Maria Hostel is part of the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/TX17.pdf" target="_blank">48 percent of facilities in the state to offer programs specifically for women</a> that are tailored to different situations and needs. Residents may participate in an intensive or supportive treatment program, both of which incorporate education and therapies that are <strong>trauma-informed, family-centered, evidence-based, and culturally sensitive</strong>. Each program includes opportunities to develop life skills, including participating in <strong>GED services</strong>, while receiving group and individual counseling and ongoing treatments for co-occurring psychiatric disorders.</p> <p>Santa Maria is part of the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/TX17.pdf" target="_blank">8.4 percent of treatment facilities in Texas to offer residential detox programs</a>. In this program patients are monitored 24/7 by a medical team until they achieve stability. Women are encouraged to transition into residential treatment following detox.</p> <p><strong>The intensive residential program focuses on stabilization and gaining knowledge on addiction.</strong> Thirty hours of classes each week cover parenting and relationships, life skills, relapse prevention, and addiction education. The <strong>30-day</strong> supportive residential program requires a minimum of 10 hours of group meetings per work, focusing on relapse prevention and life skills while clients seek employment and housing.</p> <p>Women may also choose to participate in outpatient treatment that incorporates <strong><a href="https://www.recovery.org/pro/articles/did-aa-save-my-life/" target="_blank">12-step participation</a>,</strong> either as a primary or step-down program. Additional therapies and classes offered at the hostel include family education, fitness and nutrition, <strong>parenting classes, anger management,</strong> trauma-focused groups, case management, and career development.</p> <p><strong>Recovery coaches</strong> are available to maintain weekly contact with clients and provide referrals as well as respond to recovery challenges. A 180-day program called Women Helping Ourselves is available to <strong>pregnant and parenting women as an alternative to incarceration</strong> with a referral from the corrections system. </p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>The facility’s team includes a licensed master social worker, <strong>medical doctors, licensed chemical dependency counselors,</strong> trained recovery coaches, and several staff members in long-term recovery, including one woman who was one of the first graduates of the Santa Maria Hostel rehabilitation program.</p> <p>The facility's detox program is supervised 24/7 by nurses and two physicians from nearby Baylor College of Medicine. </p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>According to the organization's website, women with children stay at Santa Maria Hostel’s Bonita House and single women at Jacquelyn House. It is one of only <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/TX17.pdf" target="_blank">9 facilities in the state that offers residential beds for the children of patients.</a> Photographs of the facilities posted on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SantaMariaHostel/" target="_blank">Santa Maria Hostel’s Facebook</a> page show houses facing small green yards, outdoor seating areas, a playground, and neatly groomed trees and bushes. </p> <p>According to the facility’s website, <strong>childcare, including snacks, is provided for both residential and outpatient sessions</strong>. Clients participating in the outpatient program may receive free bus tokens to help with transportation.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p><strong>Survey data gathered by Rehabs.com at the time of this writing reflects mixed alumni feedback regarding the facility.</strong> Five alumni polled rated accommodations an average of 3.4 out of five stars and meals and nutrition three stars, while the program's treatment effectiveness receive 3.25 stars overall. The four alumni who rated the program's holistic therapeutic offerings gave only 1.75 out of five stars for this metric. </p> <p><strong>Two alumni mentioned follow-up with opposite perspectives.</strong> One anonymous alum wrote: “I know I can go to any of them if I needed to.” This respondent stated she was in residential treatment for eight months and posted her positive review six years after completing the program. On the other hand, Heather wrote: “Needs more focus on how to stay connected after treatment,” but also noted that there were “opportunities there if client wants them.” In addition, one alum was generally dissatisfied with the program, noting "a overhaul on the staff at this facility needs changing."</p> <p>Currently, the facility's Facebook page, which it can manage, includes an average rating of 4.4 out of five stars based on 31 reviews.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> <strong>Alumni on Facebook wrote of a life-changing program with "welcoming" and "awesome" staff.</strong> "The counselors really dedicate themselves in helping you to find the real you and instill in you coping skills to live a productive life," Chantella wrote. </p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>One anonymous loved one polled by Rehabs.com agreed that the program is effective, rating family participation and counseling options four out of five stars, but felt the food needed improvement. “It is a good facility as far as treatment and getting help, but I would not recommend based on nutrition and bringing children," the loved one wrote. </p> <p><strong>WHAT STAFF SAY</strong></p> <p>While Rehabs.com has not received staff reviews to date, 24 staff reviewers on Indeed rated the organization an average of 3.6 out of five stars.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small> Staff members generally appreciated helping women and children and the team-like environment with co-workers, but several noted feeling overworked.</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>According to information on the facility’s website, Santa Maria Hostel receives funding from federal, state, and local governments, as well as private foundations, the United Way, and other donors. Some insurance is accepted at Santa Maria though the website is not clear which plans. </p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/SantaMariaHostel/reviews/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pg/SantaMariaHostel/reviews/</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Santa-Maria-Hostel/reviews" target="_blank">https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Santa-Maria-Hostel/reviews</a></small></p>
— Patrick Greeley · 2019-01-18 10:55:40 PST
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