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-- 63 <br /> those who are dually diagnosed with MH/SUDs or MH/IDD or SUDS/IDD.The intensity and <br /> frequency of services depend on the client's readiness for treatment and life-domain needs. <br /> Freedom House utilizes evidence-based practices to engage clients, and their families and <br /> natural supports in an array of services to begin and maintain recovery or crisis stabilization. <br /> We hold a strong belief that by supporting people in need, Freedom House is supporting <br /> positive changes to help the entire community. <br /> Freedom House has strong connections with law enforcement in each of the counties we serve, <br /> along with many local and regional treatment courts, probation and parole boards, local <br /> juvenile justice coalitions, and hospitals—including a contract with Person Memorial Hospital to <br /> provide crisis support services. Freedom House's experience of working on behalf of justice- <br /> involved individuals includes its work with the Drug Treatment Courts in Orange and Durham <br /> Counties, and its work with the Orange County Criminal Justice Resource Department (CJRD) on <br /> multiple grant funded diversion projects to support justice-involved individuals with an Opioid <br /> Use Disorder and Mental Health diagnoses. <br /> Since its inception, the Criminal Justice Resource Department has partnered closely with <br /> Freedom House Recovery Center. Freedom House has served as a primary treatment referral <br /> source for hundreds of CJRD clients.The Lantern Project is a partnership between Orange <br /> County Criminal Justice Resource Department and Freedom House and works to support justice <br /> involved people with substance use disorders by connecting them to treatment support as soon <br /> as possible and staying with them through their journey by providing a licensed clinician and <br /> peer support.The Lantern Project has two referral paths—the diversion path works with people <br /> who have been arrested or are at risk of being arrested and the re-entry path collaborates with <br /> people who are currently incarcerated and working towards reentry. <br /> Freedom House works collaboratively with multiple service providers to ensure all the clients <br /> we serve are connected to the care and resources they need to reach their fullest potential. Our <br /> agencywide referral partners include Oxford House for step down housing, EI Futuro for <br /> culturally competent training and services, Healing Transitions for aftercare services, UNC <br /> Hospital, Duke University Medical Center, Person Memorial Hospital as referral partners and <br /> Morse Clinics for support with Methadone dosing—just to name a few of our partners. <br /> Currently, Freedom House employs over 160 staff across disciplines serving over 3,000 clients <br /> per year. We have learned that recovery is not a one-time event, and it does not occur in a <br /> particular order. Our clients require flexibility, consistency, and understanding.They thrive when <br /> they have someone who can walk with them withoutjudgment—regardless of how long the <br /> walk may be. Freedom House makes employing"peers"—people who are in long term recovery <br /> or who are supporting a loved one in recovery—a priority at every level throughout the <br /> organization. We acknowledge that where a person starts their recovery journey is not as <br /> important as where they end up. Which is why we work with our clients to restore the benefits <br /> 7 <br />