Meta House, a local nonprofit that focuses on addiction recovery for women, recently opened a new administrative center and outpatient clinic at 2625 N. Weil St., and has re-focused its mission and branding strategy to best portray its offerings.
“The new facility has really allowed us to expand our women and children programs, and offer a more complete outpatient clinic service,” Francine Feinberg, executive director of the organization said.
The new location will also allow the organization to function in more of a campus like setting, because its location is adjacent to its substance abuse residential treatment building.
“Bringing all of our operations into close proximity will make it possible for families to stay with the same counselor and case manager as they progress from residential to day treatment to outpatient levels of care,” she said.
The move and the reconstruction of the facility from its former use as an elementary school cost the organization approximately $1.5 million. According to Feinberg the organization has secured some financing, but also formed partnerships with many community organizations including Jansen Construction, who served as the general contractor on the project, the architectural firm of Hammel, Green, and Abrahamson, who helped from the beginning and donated more than $77,000 worth in professional services.
When it was established in 1963, Meta House became the nation’s first residential treatment facility dealing exclusively with women’s addictions.
The organizations new tagline reads: "Reclaiming Women’s Lives, Rebuilding Families."
(Left to right) Mike Riesner, Jansen Construction general contractor, Darin Frerichs, HGA architects, Francine Feinberg, Meta House Executive Director, and Bill Gollmar, Meta House Director of Operations, cut the ribbon officially opening the new Meta House headquarters and outpatient clinic.
