Santa Monica House

Santa Monica House is a women-only addiction treatment center in Omaha, Nebraska, offering a home-like residential recovery environment for women facing substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health challenges. The nonprofit program provides a structured continuum from long-term residential care through step-down housing and transitional living apartments, with specialized support for mothers, trauma survivors and court-referred clients. Santa Monica House emphasizes holistic, trauma informed care that addresses mental, physical and spiritual healing.

Addiction Treatment Programs at Santa Monica House

Women typically begin in residential treatment, including a 90-day Intermediate Residential Program that combines one-on-one therapy, group counseling and relapse prevention education in a secure, family-style setting. The program is CARF-accredited and designed to help women stabilize, address trauma and build life skills such as employment readiness.

Santa Monica House offers a step-down continuum, including a Halfway House, a Three Quarter House with required aftercare participation and Supported Transitional Living Apartments where women can live with their children while preparing for independent living. Treatment modalities include CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, 12-step facilitation and the Women's Integrated Treatment model, with ongoing aftercare programming to support community reintegration.

What to Know About Santa Monica House

• Location: Omaha, Nebraska, in a private, home-like residential setting
• Levels of care: Long-term residential treatment, intermediate residential program, halfway house, three-quarter house and transitional living apartments
• Who they treat: Adult women, including young adults, mothers, pregnant and postpartum women, veterans, seniors and those with co-occurring disorders or trauma histories
• Approach: Trauma informed, holistic care with evidence based therapies, 12-step facilitation and life skills development
• Payment options: Medicaid, private insurance, self-pay, sliding scale and financial assistance available
• Amenities: Family-style housing, meditation room and fully furnished apartments for mothers and children in transitional living
• Aftercare: Ongoing support through step-down phases and community reintegration programs

How to Begin Treatment

Women interested in starting recovery at Santa Monica House in Omaha can reach out for an intake assessment to discuss needs, treatment options and insurance or payment assistance. The admissions team can explain the residential continuum, step-down housing options and how trauma informed care supports long-term healing.