Odyssey House Louisiana (OHL) is a nonprofit behavioral health care provider with an emphasis on addiction treatment. OHL was established in 1973 as a nonprofit residential substance abuse treatment facility with the mission of empowering people to conquer addiction. Today, Odyssey House offers a professional, structured and caring Therapeutic Community with comprehensive services and effective support systems that enable individuals to chart new lives and return to their communities as contributing members.

Mother and Daughter

Women with Children Program

OHL is the only substance abuse treatment provider in New Orleans that provides services women with children.

Pregnant and Post-Partum Women Program :
Framed within a four-month residential treatment program, the Louisiana Pregnant and Postpartum Women (LA-PPW) Program at Odyssey House provides family-centered residential services for 48 women and children each year. The program also provides non-residential treatment to approximately 25 family members, significant others, and partners of the women each year. Residential treatment encompasses individual and group therapy, housing, food, childcare, life-skills training, parenting classes, vocational training, and other wraparound services.

OHL can accommodate the children of female residents under the following guidelines:
            - A maximum of 3 children per client
            - Boys up to the age of 9
            - Girls up to the age of 12

OHL provides onsite daycare for the children, and school-age children are enrolled into local schools.