Spiritual Recovery Connection

The interview process is designed to evaluate whether an individual is a suitable fit for our recovery program. During the interview, we explain how the house functions and assess the applicant’s current stage in their journey, their understanding of recovery, and how we can best assist them.

Most importantly, we evaluate their willingness to embrace a new path and their commitment to doing whatever it takes to avoid repeating past patterns. Once the initial application is complete, the case is presented to our 10-person Board of Directors for review. The Board—composed of the House Manager, case management, SRC representatives, and recovery volunteers—requires a minimum of seven votes for acceptance into the program.

This phase consists of a one-on-one consultation led by a dedicated volunteer or program coordinator. During this intake, we assess the resident’s immediate needs, including health insurance, SNAP benefits, work history, and essential documentation such as a driver’s license or state ID. We also review any outstanding legal matters—including domestic or criminal court cases, probation, or parole—to ensure all obligations are managed appropriately.

Our team further assists by scheduling CRS evaluations and connecting residents with community partners such as “Street to Feet” for available benefits and “Red Co” for mental health support. This structured support is designed to handle these administrative and legal complexities, allowing our residents to focus entirely on their recovery program. To ensure transparency and peace of mind, residents receive progress updates every two weeks, or immediately should a pressing matter arise.

The recovery house is governed and managed directly by the SRC Board of Directors. Their oversight ensures the operational integrity of the home, encompassing structural maintenance, facility expenses, and comprehensive insurance coverage. Furthermore, the Board is responsible for securing the necessary funding to support residents during their initial 90-day stay. To maintain the highest standards of accountability, the Board oversees all financial reporting and ensures that both fiscal and resident records are securely archived for a minimum of seven years.

The House Manager resides on the premises to ensure that all house rules and recovery standards are consistently upheld. Key responsibilities include auditing the resident logging system to confirm that programming requirements are being met, conducting random substance screenings as necessary, and overseeing the completion of individual household duties.

Beyond maintaining a clean and structured environment, the House Manager serves as the vital conduit between residents and volunteers, facilitating clear communication across the organization. Additionally, they are responsible for ensuring that all residents attend mandatory house meetings and remain fully engaged in the community’s collective growth.

This initiative represents one of the most vital components of our recovery structure. The core concept relies on a volunteer network of individuals within the fellowship who have successfully established their own paths in recovery. By sharing our existing support networks, we empower residents to “hit the ground running” from day one.

Volunteers provide essential peer support, which may include providing transportation to home groups, engaging in fellowship after meetings, and—most importantly—introducing residents to seasoned members within the community. All volunteers undergo a comprehensive orientation to ensure they are fully versed in our Policies and Procedures, maintaining clear professional boundaries and safety standards. Furthermore, volunteers frequently visit the house to share their “experience, strength, and hope,” illustrating the transformative journey of recovery. The primary objective is to instill a profound sense of hope and the understanding that no one has to walk this path alone.

Daily and Weekly Schedule

Scheduled mealtimes around meeting schedules

1. House meeting that goes over programming topics, group challenges, and successes for an hour and a half.
   TOPICS: Fellowship description meeting, fellowship educate, picking a fellowship, sharing importance of being part of a fellowship, how to identify in each to share where you’re at no matter the fellowship, importance of a sponsor to accomplish step work and how to pick one, importance of a support network and how to build one, significance of a homegroup and how to be involved in it, importance of service and how to do it, all of which are vital components to sustain recovery.
2. Different speakers with a combined 720½ years of combined recovery experience to speak at house each day on experience, strength, and hope for 1 hour a day.
3. Each resident to meet with case management for 1 hour a week.
4. One outside meeting daily with transportation driven by program coordinator for 3 hours a day. This meeting schedule will be created to bring residents to the home group after our speaker shared at the house.
5. Bring residents to a recovery-based fellowship activity or recovery-oriented organization once a week or when applicable 2-3 hours.

• Recreational recovery 2-3 hours a week
• Case management 1 hour a week
• Total programming for a 7-day week = 39 hours a week, not including sponsorship work, service commitments.

*Structure per policies and procedures mandated by DDAP for a licensed recovery house.

Programming:

Month 1 – Fellowship Introduction
– Daily schedule: 1 outside AA/NA meetings + 1 in-house meeting with seasoned fellowship members.
– Exposure to both fellowships, then guidance in selecting one.
– Begin building a support network with volunteer mentors.
– Weekly house meetings to emphasize the importance of connection.

Month 2 – Sponsorship & Service
– Begin working steps with a sponsor.
– Continue meetings and house meetings.
– Learn the value of service commitments.

Month 3 – Employment & Transition
– Assistance with job applications and employment readiness.
– Residents create their own meeting schedule.
– Planning next living situation (independent housing or step-down recovery house).