Serenity Recovery Centers gets $500k federal grant for residential pregnancy treatment
Serenity Recovery Centers director Paula Hopper says a federal grant of more than $500,000 will provide needed residential services for pregnant women with substance abuse issues, some of them incarcerated. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
The NIH grant will provide services for pregnant women trying to overcome substance abuse addiction. The director of Serenity Recovery Centers says she hopes it can end the practice of incarcerated women with such issues giving birth in prison and immediately losing custody of newborns.
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