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History
Sobriety Through OutPatient, Inc. (STOP) is a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania triple licensed (mental health, drug and alcohol outpatient, and drug and alcohol partial hospital) and Community Behavioral Health (CBH) credentialed, behavioral health service provider. Since its founding in 1987, STOP has provided more than 13,000 Philadelphia residing women and men, 18 years of age and older, with recovery-oriented, person-centered, culturally competent, state-of-the-art quality outpatient (OP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) substance abuse, co-occurring disorders, mental health and DUI services.
The Agency’s practice is to work closely with all those served, their families, residential service providers and other systems involved in support of consumers’ wellness, continuity of care, best achievable quality of life, general empowerment and maximum level of self-determination. Moreover, STOP employs a multicultural staff that has particular cultural competence in working with a diverse consumer base. Recognizing the need for the same, the agency provides bilingual services. Spanish speaking staff are available to help Spanish speaking community members, consumers and their families through initial agency contact, intake and program completion as needed. American Sign Language is available onsite as well. STOP employs qualified and experienced staff. They meet all State and CBH criteria for education and training credentials to deliver services in a culturally competent, professional and courteous manner.
STOP’s program design supports an integrated treatment model that focuses on recovery and wellness and includes two HIV/AIDS Specialists who provide counseling, rapid testing and referrals. Their function is to engage and provide consumers with related information, testing, counseling and support in a safe, respectful and non-judgmental environment to foster their physical wellness.
The agency designed its programs to be holistically engaging to support consumers’ successful treatment program completion, recovery, medication compliance, and attentiveness to their physical wellness. Incentives are built in to the agency’s programs, one of which is a free lunch program. All participants receive a free and nutritious hot lunch every day they attend the program. Those with transportation barriers are assisted in accessing transportation programs and are provided with tokens as needed until service is in effect.
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