Our Mission
A MESSAGE FROM "TAMMY"
In March of 2009, Resonance had the honor of hosting Jody Raphael, author of the award-winning book Freeing Tammy: Women, Drugs, and Incarceration. Raphael shared with us the story of Tammy, a woman who had battled with addiction, abuse, and the justice system. When Tammy heard about our work with women facing challenges relating to drug and alcohol addiction, she asked that Raphael deliver the following letter:
Greetings: To the Board of Directors, Program Director, Staff and Volunteers of Resonance.
In order to know whom I am addressing, I explored your Website and I must say that I was completely “blown away”. I was more than impressed with the various programs and the work that Resonance is doing. While completely elated and happy for the women and families, I also felt a “twinge” of sadness that you were not a part of my re-entry.
Your mission is simply stated, but your purpose “tugged” at my heartstrings. Because you are willing and available, women do not have to suffer, alone, the way that I did. Finding your way back from such a dark place, on a rocky road, is a daunting and perilous task. You need a guiding light, a helping hand, and HOPE. I found none of those things in the prison I built for myself, when I came home from Dwight Women’s Correctional Facility. Your organization would have abated so many of my dark days in that basement, alone, frightened, hopeless and confused.
Your comprehensive programs and outstretched hands mean more to the women and families that you service, than they may realize at this time. But when they look back over the path they took, you will have a prominent role in their restoration, sufficiency, and spirituality.
Thank your for being there for the families. Please continue your great work toward helping women and families to “FREE THEMSELVES.” They need you more than you could ever realize.
Tammy
What We Do
Resonance provides intervention, prevention, and support services for women seeking self-sufficiency. Founded in 1977 as a resource center for women, Resonance has since expanded its scope of services to become a gender-specific, dually accredited, outpatient substance and alcohol abuse treatment facility. Resonance’s goal is to break the cycles of chemical addiction from a mother to her children and to provide alternatives to punitive measures for female substance abusers.
Resonance provides individual and group counseling, case management and treatment for women involved in the justice system or at risk of incarceration. Resonance also provides job skills training for women who face barriers to employment due to previous incarceration and/or involvement with the civil and criminal justice system.
Over the years, Resonance has helped thousands of women take those first crucial steps on the road to recovery. In 2009 alone, Resonance proudly graduated over 30 women from Drug Court and has served over 900 individuals with individual counseling, group counseling, on the job training, and job placement programs.
Testimony from Our Clients
- "I praise this program. My primary counselor was caring and easy to talk to. The groups were educational and easy to understand. The whole staff was concerned and helpful."
- "We do not ever have to feel ashamed"
- "This program has been a blessing to me and my family. I have learned a lot about how to work through hard times, but also how that it is ok to ask for help when in bad times. I could not ask for a better place."
- "The information given to me was important and used in my daily life."
- "Being in this program has coaxed me to change my way of thinking. I have had the opportunity to think with a clear head and make better decisions and pass better judgment. This program has caused me to become mature and honest."
- "I have grown more understanding of my addictive behavior. I also have a higher maturity level."
- "The staff in this program care about their clients and helped me to understand the way I should feel again."
- “I’ve been a meth addict since I was a teenager. I thought that I was a bad person, and that there was no hope for someone like me...I’ve been in recovery for 10 months now and I have developed a new belief system. My new belief system tells me that God doesn’t punish people who make mistakes...God is in the restoration business. I was blessed to get into the Drug Court program because my life is now on the right track...Drug Court is challenging, but it is much better than the alternative...I’ve gone from addiction to recovery and not many addicts get a chance to experience what I’ve experienced. I’ve had the opportunity to change the rules in my life and for that I am truly grateful.”
