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Continuing Care
Betsy JohnsonTransitional Case
Manager
Working Together for What Works
Amanda Blue, MSW, LCSW
Director of Specialized Services
3rd Annual Healing Place Summit
October 13 – 14, 2011Richmond, VA
What is Continuing Care?
• Services offered to clients who have completed the educational portion of the program (transition and alumni)• Employment• Housing• Budgeting• Legal• Food
Life Skills
• Life Skills classes are taught on property by Wake Technical Community College
• Recently added a week of computer courses
• Ready to Rent
Barriers
• Criminal backgrounds• Utilization of federal incentives–WOTC– Bonding program
Service Commitments
• 30 to 90 days • Renewals• Program movement/need for
beds
• Stipend• Job search
Alumni Outreach & Support
• Access to transitional case manager• Alumni Association• Monthly Calls to Silver Chip for one
year• Silver Chip Support Group• Silver Chip Liaison – Elected Phase II position• Daily calls to Silver Chip for 30 days
Housing Outcomes
• Benchmarks 1 year after completing
the Transitional program (alumni)
Sober
Housed
Self-sufficient
Improved quality of life
• 147 people included in this study
Clients who completed between Oct. 12,
2008 – Dec 3, 2010
101 men and 46 women
Housing Study
• 147 people included in this study– 102 sober 1 year
later (69.4%)– 5 unknown
outcomes– 40 known relapses
• 6 regained stable recovery
• Women (46)– 34 sober (73.9%)– 2 unknown– 10 relapsed
• 1 regained stable recovery
• Men (101)– 68 sober (67.3%)– 3 unknown– 30 relapsed
• 5 regained stable recovery
Housing Study
• Affordable, permanent, sober, supportive
housing for alumni of The Healing Place
• Partnership with Passage Home Passage Home owns and manages the
property
The Healing Place provides case management
and a resident manager
• Opened August 2008
Job‘s Journey
Profile of Job’s Journey Tenants
• 42 leases have
been signed
between August
2008 and
October 2011.
Avg. Age 40.91
High Age 58
Low Age 22
Profile of Job’s Journey Tenants
Avg. Income $9.25
AMI 30%
Avg. Rent $302.75
High Rent $345.00
Low Rent $270.00
Choice of HousingSobriety Outcomes – 1 year
later
Job’s Journey 90.5% (19/21)
Emmaus House 76.5% (13/17)
Supportive Housing 100% (11/11)
Oxford House/Halfway House 100% (5/5)
Local landlords that rent to
alumni76.2% (16/21)
Silver Chip Roommate 66.7% (12/18)
12-Step Roommate 50% (4/8)
Family/Significant Other 50% (14/28)
Roommate (not in recovery) 50% (3/6)
Self 41.7% (5/12)
Sobriety Outcomes based upon distance
moved from The Healing Place
Wake County
Johnston County
Durham County
ChathamCounty
FranklinCounty
HarnettCounty
75% sober
80% sober
31% sober
50% sober