Referrals

To make a referral, please contact the program you are interested in.

Women’s Harm Reduction Program: 414-347-1774

Sister’s Program 

Sisters North      414-585-9994

Sisters South      414-346-4406

Email mhughes@benedictcenter.org

Street Outreach: (414) 793-5883

Email gjohnson@benedictcenter.org

Why Refer Women to the Benedict Center?

  • Licensed behavioral health clinic for mental health and substance use counseling.
  • Gender responsive approach assures meeting the specific needs of women in a safe welcoming space.
  • Trauma-informed Care approach which realizes the widespread impact of trauma and understands potential paths for recovery. Seeks to actively resist re-traumatization and uses trauma-specific interventions to address trauma’s consequences and facilitate healing.
  • Harm reduction approach, recognizing and rewarding gradual, progressive, and lasting change.
  • Evidence-based curricula proven to deliver what works for women involved in the criminal justice system. Includes trauma-informed care and motivational interviewing practices, small group and one-to-one programming.

 

Women are referred from: