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The Stronger Families Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) provides structured, telehealth-based recovery support for CPS-involved parents and caregivers who need more than occasional help but do not require residential treatment.

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This 12-week program combines the essential elements of substance-use recovery with focused support for parenting, relationships, family stability, and reunification readiness.

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Through guided Roundtables, individual support, Challenges, accountability, and honest conversation, participants are encouraged to strengthen their recovery while addressing the patterns, choices, and family challenges that may stand in the way of a safer and more stable future.

 

Recovery with a Family Focus

Stronger Families is built on the understanding that lasting family stability begins with meaningful personal recovery.

Participants receive structured support for substance-use recovery, relapse prevention, emotional stability, accountability, and long-term change. At the same time, they are encouraged to examine how substance use, communication patterns, conflict, trust, parenting choices, and household instability may affect the entire family.

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The program is organized around three primary pillars:

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RECOVERY: Personal recovery, accountability, emotional stability, relapse prevention, and long-term support

RELATIONSHIPS: Communication, trust, conflict resolution, healthy boundaries, co-parenting, and rebuilding family connections

FAMILY STABILITY: Parenting, routines, household expectations, family safety, reunification readiness, and healthier family systems

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Who This Program Is For

The Stronger Families IOP may be helpful for parents and caregivers who are:

  • Involved with DoHS/CPS or working toward reunification

  • Recovering from substance use or another life-controlling problem

  • Stepping down from residential or higher-level treatment

  • Struggling to maintain consistency in recovery

  • Working to rebuild trust with children, partners, or other caregivers

  • Needing structured support and accountability

  • Learning healthier communication and conflict-resolution skills

  • Strengthening parenting skills, routines, and household boundaries

  • Preparing to provide a safer and more stable home

  • Ready to take meaningful steps toward personal and family change

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What Participants Can Expect

Participants can expect a welcoming, structured, and recovery-focused environment. Our goal is to create a space where people can be honest without shame, challenged without condemnation, and encouraged without pretending that recovery or family restoration is easy.

The 12-week program may include:

  • (48) Roundtables over 90 days

  • Individual counseling or support as appropriate

  • Recovery-focused assignments and Challenges

  • Guided questions and personal reflection

  • Accountability, encouragement, and progress tracking

  • Relapse-prevention education and planning

  • Emotional-regulation and coping skills

  • Communication and conflict-resolution tools

  • Parenting, co-parenting, and boundary-setting topics

  • Support for developing healthy routines and greater home stability

  • Reunification-readiness and long-term family-stability planning

  • Communication with referral partners as appropriate

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Take the Next Right Step

Whether you are a parent seeking support, a CPS worker making a referral, or a treatment provider looking for a structured stepdown option, we would be glad to help determine whether the Stronger Families IOP is an appropriate fit.

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