For a few weeks women in recovery at Demeter House worked on a new art project whose theme was “Butterflies”.

Phoenix Houses of the Mid-Atlantic was awarded a new contract by the District of Columbia, Child and Family Services Agency to provide in-patient substance abuse treatment for female clients and their children.

At the Phoenix Houses of Texas adult residential program just south of Dallas, Texas, clients are growing in more ways than one. As part of the treatment program, there are vegetable gardens growing in both the mens’ and womens’ areas of the campus. The residents are taught basic gardening skills and are given the responsibility of maintaining the gardens. The gardening program provides clients tools and practice in taking care of, nourishing and being responsible for living things, whether it be vegetables, their families or themselves.