At first that surprised me, but now it makes sense. Until you, a family member, or friend develops an out of control drug or alcohol habit, addiction recovery programs aren't on your priority list.
Only after you develop a need do you start looking and maybe stumble across our program. And it's likely that our name will pop up. And that's because today we're fairly well-known in the recovery community because we have over 800 beds. And we accept anyone who asks for help - even if they have no money or insurance to pay for treatment. Once the referring program learns that an applicant has no resources to pay for expensive treatment services, they refer them to us because we accept anyone seeking recovery regardless of their financial status.
And because we welcome anyone wanting to change their lives our beds stay full most of the time. The first thing we do is help clients find employment and develop a support system that will encourage them during the rough times that sometimes pop up in early recovery.
If they have personality issues or lack work skills we find tasks that they can volunteer for in our program. Volunteers built TLC and their efforts as cooks, drivers, maintenance workers, etc., help the program stay afloat.
If they have job skills but can't secure a job we find placement for them with outside companies through our labor group. In these positions they earn minimum wage and are able to pay their way through our program and the peer services they receive. It's a win-win for everyone, including the taxpayers, because we get zero government funding.
TLC is the perfect model of addicts helping other addicts change their lives.
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