About Crossroads for Women
Crossroads for Women opened its doors in October of 1974. At the time, the nonprofit agency in Windham was known as a safe place for women to "dry out." Alcoholism was treated, as drug problems were not widely addressed (or prevalent) at the time.
Over the years, the agency has identified the specific needs of women in the state of Maine and developed programs and services that address those needs. We started our Children And Mothers Program (CAMP) in 1995, which remains the only program in Maine that provides on-site living arrangements and child care services to minor children of mothers in residential treatment for drug or alcohol addiction. In 1997, we opened our first outpatient office in Portland, offering counseling and an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Cumberland Commons, an 8 unit, independent, transitional living apartment complex opened in 2000. We added a long-term Halfway House program, known as Crossroads Back Cove, in 2001. We introduced the Kennebunk Counseling Center, our satellite outpatient office in Kennebunk in March of 2009 and now offer both substance abuse and mental health counseling, as well as medication management, at the outpatient level.
Today, we continue to house our short-term Residential Rehab and CAMP programs in the same beautiful farmhouse in Windham. Our treatment approach has grown leaps and bounds since 1974, incorporating both mental health and substance abuse treatment (for alcohol and drugs) and addressing the issues that women uniquely face using a relational model.
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