The Milagro Program is a perinatal substance abuse prevention and treatment
project that provides an array of services to alcohol and other drug dependent
pregnant or postpartum women and their children. These services include high
risk prenatal care, substance abuse treatment, nursing care management
(prenatal and post partum), delivery, inpatient care, parenting classes, and
pediatric follow up.
Services providers include the Milagro Program Substance Abuse Counselors
and Nurse/Case Managers, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bernalillo
County Health Department, the University of New Mexico Center for
Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, University Hospital's Newborn
Nursery, and the Peanut Butter and Jelly Therapeutic Preschool. Currently
services have been extended to non-pregnant women.
Our Mission Statment
Substance Abuse
Treatment
Substance abuse treatment for the alcohol and other drug dependant women
admitted to the Milagro Program is provided through a sophisticated linkage of
the primary health care providers and those with a substance abuse treatment
background, including the Milagro Nurse/Case Managers and Substance Abuse
Counselors.
Partial Array of Services
Prenatal and Postpartum Care
Normal and High-Risk Prenatal Medical Care
Prenatal Case Management
Prenatal Support Groups
Childbirth Education Classes
Prenatal/Postpartum Education Groups
- normal changes in pregnancy
- effects of substances on pregnancy, fetal and newborn development
Family and Children's Services
Infant Massage
Parenting Groups
Well Child Pediatric Care
Pediatric Case Management
Developmental Assessments
Home Visits
Parent-Child Play Group
Couples and Family Counseling
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