Cynthia Day Family Center

Substance use disorder is hard on mothers and expectant mothers, who face not only great stigma and high rates of postpartum depression, but who also live in fear of losing their children. As a single mom, especially, it can be hard to find the time, childcare, and transportation to get help.

The Cynthia Day Family Center for pregnant and parenting women offers a unique set of services, including specialized residential and outpatient treatment programs designed to meet the recovery needs of pregnant, parenting, and post-partum women and their young children. Services help women enter recovery, become self-sufficient, and care for their families. Please contact us for a confidential, over-the-phone assessment to help you determine what path towards recovery is the best way forward, based on your unique needs.

How It Works

Cynthia Day is well-known in New Hampshire for her dedication to substance use treatment. Named in her honor, the Cynthia Day Family Center (CDFC) provides a holistic, family-centered treatment approach for women with a substance use disorder while allowing them to care for their young children.

In our high-intensity residential programming, women and their children live on-site. There, mothers receive clinically-intensive rehab treatment in a secure, home-like environment and learn to better care for themselves and their new families. Our outpatient programming offers intensive outpatient services as well as individualized treatments. These include one-on-one and family counseling, as well as other services. Outpatient services are integrated with women’s health and pediatrics primary care services, oral health care services, psychiatry, and mental health care. 

The CDFC attends to all levels of recovery. Our facility is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and is staffed by licensed clinical professionals. Our substance use disorder treatment services are gender-specific, evidence-based, and clinically intensive.

Location

Services occur at Keystone Hall, our residential substance use disorder rehab treatment center at 615 Amherst St., Nashua, and at our Harbor Care Health and Wellness Center at 45 High St. in downtown Nashua. Hours vary by location.

Qualifications, Cost, and Application

The program works with women in New Hampshire who are experiencing a substance use disorder and are pregnant and/ or parenting. It is not necessary that children be in a mother’s custody; however, parental rights should not have been terminated at time of application. Thanks to the support of many donors and funders, we offer care to all those in need, including those without insurance or ability to pay for services, using a sliding fee scale based on income. We accept most insurances, including Medicaid and private insurance. Please contact us with any questions about insurance or payment, or to schedule an appointment with our Patient Navigator, who can help you understand and apply for any insurance you may be eligible to receive.

Treatments

While in CDFC’s specialized residential treatment program, clients access:

  • Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for opioid and/or alcohol dependency.

  • Specialized treatment for stimulant use disorders.

  • Individual one-one-one evidence-based counseling with licensed clinical staff and addiction specialists.

  • Group counseling, including relapse prevention groups.

  • Individual parenting support, education, and skill building.

  • “Nurturing Parenting” groups.

  • Access to 12-step programming and meetings.

  • Family therapy & peer support.

  • Employment assistance and job retention services.

  • Primary and mental health care for both mother and child.

  • Oral health care.

  • Transportation to and from appointments.

  • Case management, including referral and coordination of other necessary services.

  • Visitation or reunification planning with Division of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF).

  • Food, clothing & essential items.

  • Personal care items.

  • Child care during treatment.