Employment and Housing
There is extensive research that shows that employment and housing play significant roles in helping someone recover from addiction. Consider the following points:
- Employment plays a crucial role in addiction treatment, offering structure, purpose, and financial stability.
https://www.leahsfitness.com/the-role-of-employment-in-addiction-recovery/
- Engaging in meaningful work can significantly enhance the addiction recovery process, providing a sense of accomplishment and contributing to overall well-being.
https://www.leahsfitness.com/the-role-of-employment-in-addiction-recovery/
- A study found that participants who were assigned to and remained active in an intervention that helped them find a job, keep it, and then find a better job, showed better outcomes in recovery.
https://journalistsresource.org/economics/opioid-addiction-workplace-recovery-programs/
- Employment training during addiction recovery can teach valuable life skills that make reintegration more successful.
https://isaiah-house.org/the-role-of-employment-training-in-addiction-recovery/
- Stable housing plays a vital role in people’s recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs).
- An inability to pay rent and the threat of losing housing can lead to stress that triggers substance misuse and relapse.
- People experiencing homelessness who also have SUDs typically find it difficult to address their substance use without a safe place to live.
In light of the foregoing thinking and research, at Lake Delavan House we are committed to and have active programs and resources in place to help our clients – upon graduation – find employment and housing, including with resume preparation, job search skills, employment application, interviewing, search for housing, rental application, and relocation (e.g., from Milwaukee to Delavan) if desired.
At Lake Delavan Center, Inc. our mission is to provide treatment for SUDs in State-certified CBRFs (community-based residential facilities licensed under DHS 83). Here is a recent list of persons whom we have helped (through our affiliate Genesis Behavioral Services, Inc.), achieve recovery and – in most cases – obtain employment:
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- E.G – Unemployed Clean and Sober
- J.M – Employed Clean and Sober
- J.W – Employed Clean and Sober
- T.B – Unemployed Clean and Sober
- C.R – Employed Clean and Sober
- E.B – Employed Clean and Sober
- A.B – Unemployed Clean and Sober
- S.D – Employed Clean and Sober
- J.G – Employed Clean and Sober
- D.L- Employed Clean and Sober
- R.B- Employed Clean and Sober
- M.L- Unemployed Clean and Sober
- K.P- Disabled Clean and Sober
- A.W- Employed Clean and Sober
- A.P- Employed Clean and Sober