MISSION
STEP’s Mission is to provide free recovery services on demand for anyone with an alcohol or drug-related problem.
PHILOSOPHY
STEP’s service philosophy is values-based following twelve-step recovery principles. This philosophy states that::
Courtesy, kindness, justice and love are the keynotes for harmony with all people. We can ask ourselves, “Am I doing to others as I would have them do to me—today?” In all situations we need self-restraint, an honest analysis of what is involved, a willingness to admit when the fault is ours and an equal willingness to forgive when the fault is elsewhere.
--Adapted from the 12 & 12 and the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
HISTORY
STEP’s services began in 1972 and have grown and evolved from a one person counseling program serving first and second generation Italian Americans into the first of its kind recovery serving 1,600 people a year, with satellite sites in Dudley Square, Roxbury and a prison treatment unit in Billerica serving 500 inmates a year.
PROGRAM SITES
STEPBoston
STEPRox
SIR / MHOC
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: John Donovan
Vice-president: Natalie Zaremba
Treasurer: Mark Beamis
Clerk: Dr. Edward K. S. Wang
Dr. Mary Brolin
Pamela Donnaruma
SallyAnn Janulevicus, Esq.
James LaPrade,
Carol McCarthy
Kattie Portis
John Ribeiro
PAST PRESIDENTS
Speaker of the House Sal DiMasi
The late Argeo “Junior” Cellucci, Jr.
Michael Colecchi
FUNDING
STEP is funded through contracts with the Department of Public Health: Bureau of Substance Abuse Services, the City of Boston’s Jobs and Community Services: Community Development Block Grant, and the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office.
RECENT FOUNDATION GRANTS
Greater Boston Council on Alcoholism
Clipper Ship Foundation
