First Step is a drug and alcohol treatment program for pregnant, post-partum and parenting women and their children. The goal of the program is to assist and support women in developing positive parenting skills while learning to live a healthy, drug- and alcohol-free lifestyle. There are several levels of care for participants including day treatment and residential.

Women in the day treatment program attend group three to five days a week.

For women requiring a higher level of care, there is a six- to nine-month residential treatment program. Women live cooperatively with one another and their dependent children while attending daily treatment services and sharing in household duties. The residential treatment program is one of the few perianatal residential programs in the State of California.

This program is in collaboration with The Center for Human Services, the Proposition 10 Commission, Stanislaus County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services and Stanislaus County Community Services Agency. This program is licensed and certified by the State of California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.