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Overv~w of Freedcasn House For aver 2'7 years, Freedom House has promotied recovery from the disease of addiction through irs detox and halfv~ay house programs, helping those witi~ alcohol~srri/drug addiction byproviding; the t~oo)g necessary to lead a life of recovery and become self-suffiden>; productive mernhers the oornrrnmity. With an ekpanded 38 bed, ori-c~rnpus facility, we offer 7-day deto~ 14~day acuve stabi anti a six rrionth w+omen's halfway house. Recently, NC D~trnenf of Corrections and local'H(OME furuling ($504,000 enabled Freiedom House to construct a 10 bpi rnen's residential facility and a lifeSkr~s Edxrcatyan Centr:r. The IifeSk~Is Edu~rtion I'mgram will intierF~ce with all of our residential progtarns, fr~ not drily on recovery. issues, but on adoration, job skt~s, and personal life skills. !Geog}aplvcalty, we serve the entire Triangle Area, including Wake (32}, Durham (14t7i ,Orange (302j, and Chath~n (58j co~rties, and- other portions of the state.: The majority ofthe people we serve ate indigent or livingwell below povt~rrtp }evel, and are welo~~ne without regard to abilitg tp paq. In 199 our detiox unit served 523 people - 67% rr-eri and 33%women - 87% came ftarn households witfi annualinoomes of less than $1~000.Our 12-bed worn~en's house operated at l0t)% oceupancy with a lengti~y waiitmg list; serving 53 women last year. Seventy pereent came from households with incomes less than $5,000 Of allthewomen served, 73%are n Americans.. Follow-up studies at 12monti~s show that over 70n/o of those ernvlledm our long term programs remain sober during tYvs time. +Commmiity Need: Substance abuse/treamrrent issues rank fi~ in every: needs survey of the Triatrgle for the past five years. The 1997 United Way Survey ovexwhehrr>t~y ranked dnig/alcohol abuse as the top issue of ooncem -- abovehousing health cane and educ~on. In Ornge County alone (199'x, epidemiologists estimate that over 10,40(}residents. are acldisted to alcohol and other'~ff. Substance abuse costs Orange residents over $82 million evei~r year: Those figr.rrt`s increase siCantiQ in Durham and'Wake counties. More ~t is the personal irrrpac~ of addiction as it relates dit~tlp ~ unemployment; indigence, family disease, crime, chronic , and-death.. 'Ibe Fr+ojecc/Program A recent Rutgers University study indicatr's that recovery programs like oursthatcombine. king-term. resrderrtiai treatment services with txoader services, looking at the whole: person, have a lasting impact on an individual's ability to remain sober, b~rnemdep~eaideatand erx~ruxniea~s~sta;and lead a Pie life in their cornmunitq. 'I1zere ~s a substantial need for innovative ~praaches that build self~ry among those who are addic6ed and of low-income. 'The I~f Prog~m~ pt+anidea a model for a aoanp~eaeiv~t approach ~ reoove>cy and nehabilytation drat addresses vocational and jab needs, eon, housing. and personal support services throug~ ooa~nrnunty agency collaboration. This in turn £osbers stronger t~eoovery, closing gaps in services andmakingservices -even mare cost- effective. (Q~errtii*e toads t»~rriarl~r~l ~ by vak;murrgarmf lxrdrliin8' arxlsla~ P.~v~das a mneweao~.ramricvpportiirlriz~s.) We are rex~ueatyng $100,0(10 iu fim~g tEi+o~n rile North Cin+olua D~rartment a~Hea~ and Hannan Services support: dxe Mesn"s Rai Fac~ity a~ad Lf~ia'tIs F,duc~iion 1'rng~nam Because addiction cuts such a desmacdw swathe throug~i tfie lives of k'~, many of our c~rents are typically ~/underinsured; victims of farrutyvialence; persons with HTV/AIDS;and/or have sigvficai~rt defies in basic fixing and rrnnaging sk~ls. Because we know that dlese needs and deficits will oeane barriers. for a person in their recovery program and eventual reerniy mm the ocirryrnur~ity, the I.i£eSkills pmgrarn addresses these needs throw both the clinical services we wide, and the case managed linkage we bur4d within the program and with other aga~aes in the oornrntmity. Suoc>e1