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	Residential Services Between Dawn Farm and Huron Street House, we treated 264 men and women in 2008. More than 27% of those we treated were homeless at admission and we subsidized more residents than ever with community donations. 37% were women and 10% were minorities with a broad mix of alcohol, cocaine and heroin dependencies. We continue to treat all addictions the same-with consistent, compassionate care. In fact, 99% of 2008 residential clients said that they would suggest Dawn Farm to family and friends. More than 79% of our residential graduates from 2007 were sober at one year follow-up and 55% of all admissions were sober at one year follow-up. Many are living in the Chapin Street Project, active in the recovering community.

Residential Treatment

Call (734) 485-8725 for more information

Dawn Farm Facility (3 to 6 months)

Dawn Farm Facility

Founded in 1973 by two recovering addicts, Dawn Farm has continued to meet the needs of young men and women suffering from drug and alcohol addiction. Based on a 74 acre working Farm, the program combines honest farm work, group therapy and a strong emphasis on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. Residents live in an active community for three to six months, followed by six months of aftercare. Many of our clients also choose to live in transitional housing following residential treatment. Over more than a quarter of a century, Dawn Farm has been a leader-and has never turned a client away for lack of funds.

Dawn Farm Downtown (30 to 60 days)

For nearly four decades, Dawn Farm has offered a unique and effective long term response to the needs of men and women suffering from drug and alcohol addiction. Dawn Farm has always been a leader in providing long term residential care.

But recent years have seen a dramatic decline in shorter term inpatient treatment providers. Dawn Farm has responded to this need with our Dawn Farm Downtown program—along with supportive transitional housing.

This 30 to 60 day residential program incorporates the same elements that have made Dawn Farm so successful: an active, recovery-oriented community; work therapy; group therapy; active linkage to the recovering community and outpatient aftercare services.

This program offers:

• A less expensive alternative to our 3 to 6 month residential program.


• An alternative for people whose drug use and treatment history don’t indicate a need for 3 to 6 months of residential treatment.


• Stabilization for people who have suffered a relapse after a period of recovery.


• An alternative for people who already have significant recovery capital.

About Our Length of Stay

Our minimum length of stay is 30 days, but all applicants should plan on participating in Dawn Farm programming for a minimum of 3 months. This may mean that a client does 30 days of residential followed by outpatient and/or transitional housing. We're often asked what we don't offer a shorter program. A July 5, 2007 Time magazine article summarizes our reason very well:

One important discovery: evidence is building to support the 90-day rehabilitation model, which was stumbled upon by AA (new members are advised to attend a meeting a day for the first 90 days) and is the duration of a typical stint in a drug-treatment program. It turns out that this is just about how long it takes for the brain to reset itself and shake off the immediate influence of a drug. Researchers at Yale University have documented what they call the sleeper effect--a gradual re-engaging of proper decision making and analytical functions in the brain's prefrontal cortex--after an addict has abstained for at least 90 days.

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