Gaudenzia

About Gaudenzia

Gaudenzia’s Girard, Pennsylvania, location is part of a long-established treatment network that cares for people with substance use disorder and co-occurring mental health conditions. Over more than 57 years, they have helped upward of 350,000 people, with a mission of supporting long-term recovery regardless of a person’s circumstances. Their treatment model relies on evidence-based approaches matched to each individual’s clinical needs. Across the network, care ranges from crisis stabilization and medically supervised detox with 24-hour staff oversight to residential treatment, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and standard outpatient programs.

Residential stays vary in length based on clinical assessment and include individual and group counseling, educational programming, and the option of medication-assisted treatment, with mental health support and integrated medical care available at some sites. Outpatient services suit people stepping down from residential care, those entering treatment for the first time, and anyone who needs to keep working or attending school, and each person receives an assessment to determine the right level of care. Specialized tracks serve men, women, pregnant and parenting women, adolescents, people involved with the criminal justice system, and those facing housing insecurity. Beyond clinical care, they connect clients with case management, legal advocacy, transitional and affordable housing, transportation, childcare, and financial and employment assistance, and they offer free education and support for families as well as overdose prevention services.