The Healing Place of Wake County

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The Healing Place of Wake County

• The Statewide Conference on Offender Reentry
• Shaping the Future of Transition
• May 1 3, 2007

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Our Mission

• To offer innovative recovery and
• rehabilitation to homeless, alcoholic,
• and chemically dependent men and
• women through a continuing mutual
• help program that kindles their desire
• to return to a meaningful and
• productive life.

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The Healing Place Model

• The Healing Place of Wake County is a replication
  of a nationally recognized model in Louisville,
  KY.
• 1998 The Healing Place in Louisville was a
  recipient of the Models That Work Award given by
  a joint partnership between Human Resources and
  Services Administration and the Department of
  Health and Human Services.

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Cost and Outcome

• Admission Criteria
• Wake County resident
• Homeless
• 18
• Cost
• It costs less than 29.00 per day for a client to
  be at The Healing Place
• Outcome
• 60 of the clients who complete the program are
  sober 1 year later
• Approximately 10 of those who relapse regain
  their sobriety

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The Healing Place Model

• The Healing Place model most closely resembles a
  Social Model Recovery program.
• Social Model Recovery programs emphasize
• Recovery grounded in the principles of Alcoholics
  Anonymous
• Peer modeling
• Personal responsibility
• Accountability
• Experiential vs. professional base of authority

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Guiding Principles of THPWC

• Certain beliefs support THPWC
• Attraction is critical to the success of the
  client in this model
• Hand up, not hand out program
• You do a little, well do a little. You do a
  lot, well do a lot.
• Services on demand
• As many times as it takes
• Clients are always given an opportunity to work
  their way back into the program.

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Mens Facility
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Womens Facility
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Number of Beds

• Mens Facility
• Overnight 36
• Detox (SUC) 22
• OTS I 30
• OTS II 10
• Phase I 46
• Phase II 36
• Total 180
• 20 on White Flag nights

• Womens Facility
• Overnight 12
• Detox (SUC) 10
• OTS I 16
• OTS II 5
• Phase I 32
• Phase II 24
• Total 99
• 7 on White Flag nights

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The Healing Place Program
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Mens Overnight-Emergency Shelter
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Overnight-Emergency Shelter

• Is based upon simple human entitlement
• Each person entitled to food, shelter and
  clothing, regardless of their commitment to
  getting sober or ending their homelessness
• Shelter is provided one night at a time
• Beds are provided on a first come, first serve
  basis
• Beds are not guaranteed the next night
• Is a wet shelter
• No one is turned away if intoxicated or under the
  influence of other drugs

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Womens Overnight-Emergency Shelter
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The Healing Place Program
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Womens Sobering Up Center
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Sobering Up Center

• Non-medical detoxification
• Easily accessible, cost-efficient services on
  demand
• Safe withdrawal
• Attract into the recovery program
• Community Assistance Program (CAP Van)
• 48-hour against staff advice policy
• If a client leaves against staff advice they are
  not eligible for the Sobering Up Center for
  48-hours
• Client is eligible to access the overnight
  emergency shelter

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Mens Sobering Up Center
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The Healing Place Program
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Off The Street I and II

• Motivational track
• Bed guaranteed and place to keep belongings in
  exchange for attending Recovery Dynamics group
  sessions 1 - 4
• Movement at this stage of the program is based
  upon meeting attendance (AA/CA/NA)
• Trudging to classes is essential
• Willingness is the key

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Mens Off The Street Pod
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Womens Off The Street Pod
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Off The Street II

• OTS II
• Begin written assignments that correspond to
  group sessions 1 4
• Work in kitchen every third day
• Phase I clients assigned to take clients to
  outside AA/CA/NA meetings at night

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The Healing Place Program
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Mens Phase I Room
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Phase I

• Recovery program
• Attend remaining Recovery Dynamics classes
  (sessions 5 28)
• Regular job assignment
• Kitchen, buildings grounds, security, laundry,
  clothing closet
• Participate in community process
• Complete Life Skills class through WakeTech
• Commitment is the key

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Womens Phase I Room
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The Healing Place Program
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Phase II

• Phase II Transitional Program
• Goals are to find employment, save money and
  prepare for independent living
• Complete Ready To Rent curriculum
• Reunification efforts with children
• Some clients will volunteer to teach the Recovery
  Dynamics classes for a 90-day period

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Womens Phase II Room
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Mens Phase II Room
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The Healing Place Program

• Silver Chip Alumni
• Clients who have completed the Phase II program
  and moved out with the approval of their peers
• Has privileges of returning to THPWC to visit
  with clients, to teach classes, have meals and
  participate in other activities.

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Mens Facility Courtyard
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Observations

• Those who have come directly to THPWC from DOC,
  and have been successful in our program, share
  the following characteristics
• Incarcerated for less than one year
• Are in the initiating stage of recovery
• Have had previous recovery attempts

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Additional Clients