{"id":2255,"date":"2011-04-13T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/horizons\/our-services\/who-we-are\/"},"modified":"2020-12-21T11:48:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T16:48:33","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/horizons\/about-us\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"The Horizons Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/horizons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/790\/2020\/12\/Horizons-Group-Photos-01-crop-scaled.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Our Mission<\/h2>\n<p>Our mission is to provide world class empowering and transformative interdisciplinary care to women and their children affected by substance use disorders. We realize this mission by:<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-warning\">Offering a continuum of services and evidence-based, women centered, attachment and trauma-responsive programing to inspire women and their children to thrive<\/div>\n<div class=\"alert alert-warning\">Generating and applying scientific knowledge to improve women\u2019s and children\u2019s lives<\/div>\n<div class=\"alert alert-warning\">Training local and international scholars and care providers to implement our cutting-edge model of life changing care<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Our Story<\/h2>\n<p>The Horizons Program at the UNC School of Medicine is a substance use disorder treatment program for pregnant and\/or parenting women and their children, including those whose lives have been touched by abuse and violence. Horizons started in the UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1993 in response to the epidemic of drug and alcohol use in the late 1980s. With so many families affected by addiction, there was a great need in North Carolina for a treatment and recovery program for pregnant and mothering women \u2013 one that helped to resolve the issues of drug use that are specific to women and their families, and one that kept those families together.<\/p>\n<p>What began with a handful of patients in a single clinic is now a robust program with the full support of one of the top research universities in the country and its innovative health care system. Now, 250 women are touched each year \u2013 more than 5,000 since the program started \u2013 by Horizons\u2019 integrated prenatal care and substance use disorder treatment, trauma-informed recovery practices, inpatient and outpatient treatment, career counseling, housing assistance, case management, family therapy and a 5-star child development center for our clients\u2019 children. The research conducted at Horizons by Dr. Hendr\u00e9e Jones is used around the world as a model for treating women and children with substance use disorders. Many UNC students in psychiatry, obstetrics, social work and nursing now rotate through Horizons as part of their education.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The UNC Horizons Program receives federal and state substance abuse treatment funds through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samhsa.gov\/\">SAMHSA<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdhhs.gov\/assistance\/mental-health-substance-abuse\/substance-abuse\">NC Division of Substance Abuse Services<\/a>, and service reimbursements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Mission Our mission is to provide world class empowering and transformative interdisciplinary care to women and their children affected by substance use disorders. 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