The Step 1 program, in its 32nd year, is a safe, highly structured, clean and sober living environment for adult men in need of substance abuse and re-entry services.
Many of the men requesting supportive housing at Step 1 enter the program directly from incarceration, homelessness, area treatment centers, the court system, and concerned family members.
Proposed Actions
Step 1 Staff provide structure, support, and counseling during a typical 90-180 day length of stay. All potential clients are carefully screened prior to admission to assess motivation, individual need, and a desire to change, thus ensuring the highest probability of the client’s positive outcome.
Broad Goals
To bring forth positive change by focusing on the basic needs of individuals with accompanying addictive thinking and behaviors, so that eventual restoration and rehabilitation becomes possible.
Changing The Problem
Finally, the Step 1 program can and does change the problem of addiction and crime in our community by facilitating change in one individual, one parent, and one citizen at a time.
Results
Abstinence from alcohol and drugs
Restoring physical/mental/emotional health
Repairing parental and family relationships
Teaching personal and financial responsibility
Re-entry into the community in stable, permanent housing
Reciprocity: giving back to the community we all live in