1. Residents are referred to Cognitive Connection for a substance abuse assessment, outpatient treatment, psychiatric services, or the 13 week DWI program.
2. Residents are required to work with the Employment Coordinator to find full time employment as soon as possible. Some residents will be able to improve their job readiness skills by working in the Exodus Works social enterprise vocational training program. Resident on long-term disability will be offered volunteer opportunities in the program. Residents must participate fully in the supportive housing recovery program.
3. Our recovery program includes; 12 Step Study written assignments, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotic Anonymous, Co-Dependents Anonymous, 12 Step Study groups, Relapse Prevention, Open Discussion groups, and other recovery related workshops.
4. Residents also attend life skills groups such as Parenting, Nurturing Fathers, Safe Sex, Budgeting, Conflict Resolution, and Mediation training.
5. Residents are encouraged to work a faith-based program by attending worship services and Bible Study groups. Residents who decline participation in faith-based activities will be offered alternative activities of equal value to their recovery.
6. Exodus programs encourage a holistic approach to recovery from drug addiction, alcoholism, and incarceration. All residents are expected to volunteer in the community and program as a way of giving back in their recovery. We offer opportunities for recreation, discovering new leisure skills, and developing individual gifts and talents.
7. Residents are expected to abide by program guidelines at all times. Residents can be asked to leave if they are not willing to work an honest program, or for chronic behavior problems. Use of drugs or alcohol will cause immediate dismissal.
8. Length of stay is individualized. We encourage residents to stay one to two years for best results. We provide permanent supportive housing for those who prefer to live indefinitely in the recovery community at Exodus Homes.
9. Residents are required to submit to, and pay for, random and planned drug and Breathalyzer tests. Refusal to take random or planned drug and Breathalyzer tests is considered an admission of using. Any resident who uses drugs or alcohol will be discharged immediately. Residents who relapse and wish to return will work with the Recovery Coordinator on a reentry plan.
10. Residents are expected to keep their units clean and share chores with their roommates.
11. Parents with children are totally responsible for their care and supervision.
Admission Criteria
Programs
Supervised Independent Living
This component is for all residents and provides the structure and close supervision residents need in sequential levels to successfully work a recovery program so they can maintain their sobriety. The program also includes services to help them grow spiritually in the faith of their choice, find employment, learn budgeting skills, learn social skills, learn computer literacy and access all the services they need to help them resolve problems in life. Residents who decline participation in faith-based activities are offered other activities that are equally valuable to their recovery.
Prison Ministry and Post Incarceration Aftercare
Exodus Homes provides outreach into prisons and jails to help inmates change while incarcerated, and be more receptive to supportive housing as a re-entry plan. Individuals coming from jail or prison may be referred with, or without, a substance abuse history. The supportive housing program provides services that insure residents abide by their conditions of probation, intensive probation or parole.
Family Preservation/Family Reunification
We primarily serve individuals while emphasizing services and outreach that will foster family preservation and family reunification. Most reunifications will occur after graduation, but occasionally children are reunited during placement if that is the most appropriate option. Children are allowed to visit their parents in the program, and can even spend the night when child this is approved by our staff.
Exodus Works
Exodus Works is the vocational training program of Exodus Homes, and is a drug free, supervised labor force with transportation that provides vocational on-the-job training for our residents in a variety of social enterprises that generate revenue to support our programs. Exodus Workers are here to serve the community, while learning job skills that prepare them for competitive employment.
Fees
1. Resident Fees are paid on a weekly basis. Applicants are expected to do all they can to pay one week’s fees at admission. Applicants who cannot pay the full amount, or who cannot pay at all will not be denied admission. Exodus will work with residents to catch up their accounts once they are employed. Once employed, residents are asked to pay the current week’s fees, and at least $35.00 on their balance, catching up their accounts in a timely fashion. Those who pay off their balances and get their accounts current with Exodus are recognized for their efforts as being “0 Balance” residents.
2. Program fees are $120 per week, and include all utilities, transportation to recovery and church activities, job search activities, and other support services. Some foods are provided from donated items that come in daily.
3. The program fee includes transportation for finding employment. Round trip transportation fees for rides to and from work, or other individual appointments are $7.00 inside city limits, and $9.00 outside city limits.
4. Residents pay $15 for random or planned drug tests and breathalyzer tests. Residents pay varying amounts for fines that occur as a consequence for problem behavior.
5. Residents must come to the home office on their pay day to pay on their accounts. Residents who do not give two weeks notice before leaving will forfeit any fees paid into their accounts for that two-week period.