The Haven is a Tucson nonprofit dedicated to helping women heal from trauma and addiction. When The Haven was founded in 1970, there were no substance use recovery centers for women and children in Tucson. Today, we remain the only gender-specific treatment provider in Southern Arizona.
Research shows that relationships, especially with family and children, play an important role in women’s substance use, treatment, and relapse. Furthermore, about 7 in 10 women in recovery are mothers. To meet the needs of women in recovery, The Haven became officially incorporated as a non-profit addiction recovery facility just for women.
Our first residential facility was originally staffed by a group called Big Sisters of The Haven, a volunteer organization with many members who were recovering from substance use disorders themselves. Though we’ve grown through the years, hired professional staff, and incorporated more evidence-based practices we still maintain the loving support and tightly knit bonds of our original residential treatment facility. Many of our staff members are graduates of our programs.
By 1976, we had a full-time addiction counselor on staff. The following year, it became clear that we had grown larger than the space. We moved to our current residential facility in 1977, and have continued to grow and expand our services since. Our most recent major change has been the addition of our outpatient clinic, which opened in 2015.
We have created a family-like atmosphere at both of our facilities, where successes are celebrated and challenges are met with compassion, warmth, and support. Our highly trained team includes master’s-level clinicians, Care Coordinators, Educators, Peer Mentors, and House Managers.