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Applied in 2007

Rebound & Dove's Nest

Charlotte Rescue Mission

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 33
  • Program Participants Last Year: 537
  • Meets about 178 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 4 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 300

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally reviews the performance of the chief executive officer at least once every two years.
  • Formally approves the budget.
  • Has formally approved a conflict of interest policy and regularly monitors it to ensure adherence.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.
  • Receives, at least annually, an auditor's management letter and report.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
Increasing percent of clients will maintain sobriety during 90 day residential recovery program.

Measure
Client records show admission date, discharge date and discharge reason. Benchmark for 90 day completion is >40%. Current completion rate is 44%

Outcome 2
Clients will become involved in community based AA/NA programs and obtain a community recovery sponsor before completing the program.

Measure
Clients report this information to their primary counselor.

Outcome 3
Clients completing the program and participating in the 45 day extension will find employment before they leave.

Measure
Client discharge records record reason for discharge/leaving.

Outcome 4
Increasing % of program graduates will maintain sobriety during year after program completion

Measure
Outcomes coordinator contacts clients at 3 months, 6 months and 1 year intervals. Benchmark is being determined from data collected.

Change Process: (self-reported)

CRM’s recovery programs address the spiritual, emotional, physical, social and vocational needs of our clients focusing on their addiction. We emphasize “authentic” Christianity. It can be very easy for our clients to act “religious” with no heart change. For them religion is defined as man trying to reach up to God and “impress him” Christianity is God reaching to man in the person of Jesus Christ to reconcile us to himself. With this emphasis we are able to address one of the core issues of addiction and brokenness -“shame”. Shame says, “I am wrong, I am defective. If you knew me, you wouldn’t like me. If God knew me, God wouldn’t like me.” We communicate the message of God’s unconditional love in Jesus Christ and stress both the doctrines of justification and sanctification. The first brings us into a right relationship to God through Christ. The second conforms our behavior to the image of Jesus Christ. The first doctrine changes our address when we die. The second one causes us to confront the character issues that keep us inactive addiction.

Our clients learn about addiction, health, emotional issues, Biblical principles for recovery, the 12 steps and more. They meet daily with their primary counselor, who helps guide them in their sobriety. The primary counselors challenge the client’s thinking and behavior with the goal to see a true “heart” change for the clients. The greatest changes come when a client acknowledges his/her past and learns that God is forgiving and loving.