About Gratitude House

Our Mission

Our primary mission is to offer rehabilitation and support services with dignity and respect to the chemically dependent female in a nurturing, safe and caring environment. We provide top quality individualized programs to women in need of help in a loving, wholesome atmosphere, without regard for race, religion, political preference, national origin, or personal financial capacity. Our primary purpose is to return such women to society as self-sufficient, productive citizens.

Brief History

Gratitude House is a 501(c) (3) non-profit corporation, founded in 1968. Gratitude House was founded to offer shelter and meals to homeless and needy alcoholic women in order to rehabilitate them through participation in AA and community services. Over the past 39 years, the agency has grown to a fully accredited Level II licensed treatment center for female’s ages 18 and older that are chemically dependent.

"Firsts"

We have many “firsts”; first to open a women’s-only treatment center (1968); first to treat pregnant and postpartum women (1989); first to offer Aftercare Group to graduates (1985); first to offer intensive Day Treatment program for women (1992); first to implement an integrated HIV/AIDS chemical dependency program (1995); first to offer pre-treatment service (DAMP), Drug Awareness Motivational Program (2000); first to implement intensive Aftercare/ Case management services to all clients who leave treatment, regardless of whether they complete or not (2002), expanded services offering Night Treatment to women who work or have children at home (2004), first (in coastal Palm Beach County) to have infants reside with Mom in primary treatment (2005), and now first to integrate an on site Job Coach/Vocational Counseling program(2007), for women while they are in treatment. Innovation is our history; creative, comprehensive women-sensitive programming is our foundation.