The Gavin Foundation and its programs are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) International.
The Charlestown Recovery House, Center for Recovery Services, Gavin House, Hamilton House, Eileens House and McGahan Center ATS/CSS are licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse Services.
Values and Goals
The efforts of the Gavin Foundation are shaped by a clear set of organizational values and goals, emphasizing spiritual, mental and social recovery for individuals and their families. We build recovery by supporting relationships among individuals, within families and within communities through independent programs. We strive to create effective prevention and treatment programs for vulnerable populations with innovative approaches built on fundamental principles along with strong, productive alliances within the broader community.
The VALUES of the Gavin Foundation are built on the foundation of 12-step fellowships of recovery, promoting lifestyle change, life span involvement and individual and community connections.
Recognize that while recovery is initiated in treatment, it is sustained over a lifetime by building values and skills in stable, supportive relationships with family, friends, neighbors and society. Treatment and community activities explicitly promote these relationships.
Actively participate in our community, drawing support and strength, investing in the community’s well-being, and collaborating with community partners to enhance recovery opportunities.
Acknowledge that our greatest asset is people: the recovery capital of alumni, who are always welcome and continue to be actively involved in the community of recovery.
View residents, clients and their families as individuals with different abilities and needs, requiring comprehensive services and prompt responses.
Ensure that individuals are served by well-supervised, well-trained staff.
Affirm that residents, clients and families know what they can expect and what is expected of them by operating clearly described and transparent programs.
Provide effective programs and services, conduct assessments and solicit feedback from individuals and families regularly.
To put these values into practice, the Gavin Foundation has defined clear programmatic GOALS. We seek to support the individual’s transformation from an isolated person in addiction, where harm to self and to others is endemic, to a healthy, responsible and productive lifestyle within a network of supportive relationships.
Provide stable transitions through structured programming and clear expectations.
Promote self-care, self-reliance, and community responsibility.
Promote peer support and mentoring.
Promote 12-step principles of acceptance of the need to abstain from alcohol and other illicit substance use, willingness to participate actively in 12-step fellowships, and work to help others and to improve family relationships.
Reduce criminal activity and criminal justice involvement by addressing and resolving criminal justice related issues.
Promote and strengthen family involvement by providing settings and events for families to be together, building systems which recognize improved relationships.
Promote learning, and the desire to learn, through formal and informal training programs, generating scholarship support for staff and program graduates.
Actively support staff development and seeks to improve staff retention.
Strong Community Affiliations
In addition to our own continuum of care programs, the Gavin Foundation maintains strong links with an array of service providers in the community. We undertake innovative, cooperative ventures with organizations and community groups, creating opportunities for engagement and belonging.
Continuum of Care for Substance Abuse Treatment
- Addiction Treatment Center: medication assisted treatment
- Bay Cove: medication assisted treatment
- Spectrum Health System: ATS- Acute Treatment Services (Detox)
- Recovery Home Collaborative: Gavin House is a founding member of this group of 35 residential rehabilitation providers. The Collaborative facilitates referrals for residential services other than those available at Gavin Foundation programs.
Health Services
- Tufts Medical Center: emergency and inpatient medical care; psychiatric care
- South Boston Community Health Center: primary care
- Boston Medical Center: Mental Health and Psychiatric Care
- Boston Emergency Services Team (BEST): emergency psychiatric care
- Bournewood Health System: in-patient psychiatric care
- McLean Health System: in-patient psychiatric care
- Bay Cove Human Services: mental health assessments and psychiatric care
Educational & Vocational Services
- Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission: educational and vocational services
- Jewish Vocational Services
- Action for Boston Community Development Job Development Program
- Boston Public Health Commission
HIV/AIDS Services
- AIDS Action Committee: HIV/AIDS services
- Pine Street Inn: shelter
- Boston Housing Authority: housing resources
- Massachusetts Alliance of Sober Housing (MASH): housing resources