Yesterday, Monday 24 November 2014, First Lady Candida Montilla inaugurated an Integrated Care Center for Families as part of the events her office is organizing during the month of the family and in commemoration of the International Day of Violence against Women.
Technical and Administrative Coordinators at the First Lady’s Office, Martha Rodriguez and Luz Marina Alvarez, accompanied Montilla during the event.
The new unit is coordinated by the Family Schools component of the Intelligent Communities Program that helps members of Dominican families to live in peace and harmony. It is located at the Plaza Galerias del Este on Av. San Vicente de Paul in Santo Domingo East.
Program coordinator Luis Verges congratulated the First Lady on the initiative, saying that it was the first time that the family had become the center of a philosophy to solve problems and prevent any type of psychological problems leading to violence.
He said that the new Center provided therapeutic care, a conflict mediation program and a psycho-educational program.
Verges said they also supported people experiencing problems related to adolescence, substance abuse, domestic violence, anxiety and pregnancy.
Monsignor Victor Masalles from Santo Domingo archdiocese blessed the new center.
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