Ladder Project: Building Recovery One Step at a Time is a collaboration between the Institute for Health and Recovery, Inc. (IHR) and High Point Treatment Center (HPTC), funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. The Ladder Project, sited at HPTC, works with young adults aged 18–24 who have been civilly committed to High Point’s Men’s Addiction Treatment Center (MATC) or Women’s Addiction Treatment Center (WATC) and young adults at HPTC’s Brockton Addiction Treatment Center (BATC) and Plymouth Detoxes. The project serves young adults from the towns of Avon, Braintree, Bridgewater, E. Bridgewater, W. Bridgewater, Brockton, Easton, Holbrook, Fall River, New Bedford, Quincy, Randolph, Stoughton, Taunton, and Weymouth.

The Ladder Project is a positive, strength based substance use treatment approach to working with young adults, their families, and support networks. The project provides assessments to young adults utilizing the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) assessment tool. The treatment models used are Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA) and Assertive Continuing Care (ACC). Treatment is provided by a clinician at home, in the community, or in an office– wherever clients prefer. Ladder clinicians begin work with clients during their stay at High Point and continue treatment when they transition back to the community.

Advocates for Human Potential (AHP) are the evaluators of this project.

For more information on the Ladder Project, please contact Vannasang Souksavath, LICSW, Ladder Project Coordinator at (617) 990-6716 or vannasouksavath@healthrecovery.org.