Cooking Matters at Crossroads for Women for Women’s Halfway House

Recovery, Treatment

Started in 1993 by Share Our Strength, a national organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger in America, Cooking Matters provides low-income people at risk of hunger with hands-on cooking and nutrition classes led by volunteer professional chefs and nutritionists. According to Kristen Miale, the program director for Cooking Matters for Maine, the Cooking Matters program…

Bridging the Gap Between Halfway House and Residential Rehab Programs at Crossroads for Women for Women

Addiction, News, Recovery, Sober Fun, Substance Use, Treatment, Women's Issues

In an effort to help bridge the gap between our clients beginning their recovery journey and the clients who “know the ropes” here at Crossroads for Women for Women, the women at our halfway house (aka, Back Cove) invited the women at our residential rehabilitation (aka, Res) program to their weekly “All House” meeting. The…