Compassionate, Connected, Care and Recovery
Maddie’s Place is a non-profit recovery nursery caring for babies with prenatal substance exposure. We keep parents and babies together, using nurturing, low-intervention care that leads to better outcomes, lower costs, and stronger bonds.
Our Mission
We provide medical care in a nurturing environment for substance-exposed infants, together with loving, wraparound support for their caregivers.
Maddie’s Place is a 501(c)3 non-profit, free-standing recovery nursery for babies experiencing withdrawal due to prenatal substance exposure. We provide high quality, holistic, multi-disciplinary medical and non-medical care for infants with prenatal substance exposure (also known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome) and wraparound support for their parents/caregivers. Our comprehensive model of care brings babies safely through their withdrawal, facilitates early bonding whenever possible, offers hope and support to parents struggling with substance abuse, strengthens families, improves early intervention, and helps mitigate the long-term effects suffered by children with in-utero substance exposure.
About Us
The inspiration behind Maddie’s Place was sparked in 2008, when Child Protective Services delivered a three-week old baby girl to the doorstep of the Hughes family in Spokane, Washington. Tricia, a nurse, had years of experience as a foster and adoptive mom of substance-exposed children and knew immediately that something wasn’t right.
What We Do
The youngest victims of the opioid crisis are often overlooked. In 2022, the rate of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Washington State was 80% higher than the national average, while in Spokane County, it was 240% higher. Early, specialized intervention for affected newborns is critical to their development. At Maddie’s Place, we care for these precious infants and provide wraparound support for their parents and caregivers.
