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Recovery Kentucky:

Overview

    "Recovery Kentucky" addresses two of Kentucky's most urgent problems - drug addiction and homelessness.

    This $9.5 million initiative, proposed by Governor Ernie Fletcher in early 2005, will help pay for the creation of 10 recovery centers across the state. In these centers, substance abuse treatment and transitional housing will be offered to the homeless and those on the brink of homelessness.

    The recovery centers must be modeled after The Hope Center in Lexington and The Healing Place in Louisville, two organizations with long track records of combating addiction and homelessness in their respective cities.

    In August 2005, four organizations (including one in Northern Kentucky and one in Maysville) meeting Recovery Kentucky application requirements were chosen to proceed with opening their proposed recovery centers.

Transitions and Recovery Kentucky

    Transitions has applied for Recovery Kentucky funds to open a center for men in Covington. We're meeting the application requirements so far and received a $500,000 grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati to build our proposed center.

    However, the agency has encountered well-publicized resistance to two proposed locations for the center, to placing the center anywhere in Covington, and to the perceived nature of the program and of those who would get help there.

    We're not criticizing those who have objected. Actually, the public hearings and meetings related to our proposed center have given us a golden opportunity to speak with the public about addiction and recovery in general.

    But a number of misconceptions about our proposed center persist despite our ongoing dialogue with the public. Here is what our proposed Recovery Kentucky is not:

• It's not a methadone clinic, homeless shelter, or emergency housing.
   

• It will not have a soup kitchen or a drop-in area
   

• We will not accept anyone walking in off the street. Everyone admitted will be screened by professional staff. Those admitted will be transported directly to the program from shelters, other social service agencies, and so on. Those terminated from the program will be transported to another program, the bus station, or a taxi company.

    Here is what our proposed center - and the Recovery Kentucky initiative - are all about:

• People improving their lives - It is a voluntary program that requires a commitment to leading a clean, sober and positive life. It is not a court-ordered corrections program that must accept someone regardless of their desire to change.
   

• People helping each other - Our proposed center will use what's known as a "therapeutic community." It's sort of like a "buddy system" where residents must help each other succeed. On-site professional staff will be responsible for the program and facility, but one of their most important roles is to help the residents help each other.
   

• People improving the community - By learning to be "good neighbors" inside the facility, residents will be better able to do the same outside the program. Our clients will also rely a lot on volunteers and members of community self-help groups. And to ensure that our center remains a good neighbor, we will have 24-hour security at the program.

A Word of Thanks...

    Transitions is very grateful to all who have supported our effort to open this center. Many have supported us by talking about the heart wrenching - and sometimes fatal - effects of addiction within their families. Others have shared their own stories of recovery and hope. No matter the nature of your support, we are grateful and we will continue our effort to open the center.

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Last modified: 12/27/05
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