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