Transitional life refers to all types of transitional life situations. The ultimate goal or transitional environmental mission is to help the population become productive members of society. Temporary living facilities often offer low-cost housing. Temporary living populations serving those who are recovering from economic difficulties often pass from shelter to more crowded living situations. Transitional Life may or may not have any other red thread among the population. Transitional life provides professional support, education, and a stable environment. Common types of transitional life include the transition from prison or jail, addiction treatment center or mental health facility. They may also target homeless people, especially among youth. Transitional life is provided by many well-known private and nonprofit organizations, by governments, churches and other charitable organizations.
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Transitional Life for Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation
The transitional life that caters to people who recover from addiction is often referred to as a quiet life, 3/4 house or residence home. Although traditionally transitional living facilities are known to serve people who have recently been released from prison, this type of program is most often referred to as shelter homes. Transitional living facilities are now common for people coming from our residential care arrangements or our thirty day hospitalization requiring ongoing intensive therapy while being able to work part-time or start or reintegrate back to school and lead a recovery life. There are many excellent transitional life programs where people with addictions and mental health problems can continue their long-term recovery.
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From English Design
The most precise beginning of the Transitional Life began when in 1878 through the teachings of William Booth's "mind" and Catherine's wife who embarked on the Whitechapel Christian Mission in East End London to help feed and the poor man's home. The mission was reorganized along military lines, with preachers known as officers and Booth as generals. After this the group was known as the Salvation Army .
U.S. Transition Program
The "half-way home" concept of homes became popular during the great depression of the United States that began in 1929. With the tremendous increase in alcohol use, and the introduction of opiates from the Far Eastern peoples and Asians generally began to hate the presence of these "drunkards" they call it) in public. This protest along with Women's suffrage, and similar groups, trigger a ban by the Federal Government on any production, distribution, use or sale of alcohol. Curiously, drug use is not a consideration, because in fact it is a widely accepted social practice that allows the use of drugs such as opium and heroin. These "drunken protests" also led to the development of an unofficial semi-shod industry, a drunken slum structure (called drunkenness) called "flophouses" where "owner" would charge an inflated price for the use of space or room to allow renters to find tranquility. The concept of extortion from this "carelessness" continued until after World War II.
The A.A. Influence
In 1934 a man known as Bill W. (William Griffith Wilson, 1895-1971), confessed himself to the hospital for help with his drinking problems. He later became associated with the Oxford Group and soon afterwards met Dr. Bob Smith (doctor) (Robert Holbrook Smith, M.D, 1879-1950) who is also a member of the Oxford Group. Together they formed an organization known as Alcoholics Anonymous with its concepts set forth in Spiritual matters and in the scriptures with the basic program design of the Oxford Group. The program is designed to help individuals "recognize" and "act" against their drinking problems. With group support and individual selection of "Recovery Sponsors", one might come to peace. Both are designing A.A. Ledger to provide "standard" for recovery. Through it one can build a way to walk towards finding God and tranquility. The only major revision made to the original text is that the individual must understand God, because they know him, so as to develop a spiritual relationship and surrender to his will. In the Great Book are personal stories and testimonies of various personalities and social positions to show that the disease is not a person of respect, status, gender, or race/ethnicity.
Bill W. will bring "drunks" to his own home and help them be conscious. Dr. Bob will use a strong spiritual approach through hospital admissions. The AA's "12 step" program is (and is) the standard for not only Alcohol recovery groups and meetings but is beginning to gain acceptance in the field of medical and mental health and now other addiction programs such as Anonymous Narcotics, Anonymous Cocaine, Overeaters Anonymous and many other groups have adopted 12 Step approach. Standards established by early AA members still form the basis of most transitional life and other addiction recovery groups.
Youth Homeless
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act provides grants for the Transitional Life Program, as well as the Basic Center program, for emergency residence, and the Street Outreach Program, which focuses on informing youth about resources and services. The program focuses on providing a stable long-term living conditions to help youth prepare for an independent life.
Progress is not Perfection
Back in the post-World War II era, military personnel returning from Europe and Asia were faced with many problems and unemployment was one of the main issues. With many social adjustments and dramatic technological changes from G.I. can not adjust and many found relief through alcohol consumption that leads to abuse. However, with gratitude and public appreciation for the services provided to protect the nation there is a development of "different" views on alcoholism because many employers find their best workers have "drinking problems." Provisions for "employee concern" are increasing, especially through manufacturing industries and union efforts, for better insurance and medical care protection for employees and their families.
The main thrust of transitional life today finds a strong foothold in the late 1960s. His later philosophy is to have a "central" location that can provide adequate, safe, and supportive housing for, in particular, alcoholics.
As the development of illicit drug use in the 1980s, many traditional homes designed for alcohol problems found that they received more "double use" clients (drugs and alcohol). As the medical community becomes more aware of the problem, the Government (both Local and Federal), especially the Department of Health and Human Services, sees that dramatic intervention and support should be undertaken.
In the early 1990s, research and statistics began to be widely used. The results found that if the Transitional Living program would (or could) upgrade their basic program to incorporate social education information and skills, as well as recovery issues, that A.O.D. (Alcohol and/or Drug) relapse will be greatly reduced. Many of the larger facilities, mostly supported industries, revise their premises for recovery and they find that it does increase productivity and significantly reduce the use and misuse of drugs and alcohol along with significant "relapse" reductions. Business and social influence are rising sharply and large donors through grants and foundations recognize this more and more. By the end of 1995, there were about 83% of Transitional Houses requested to be granted funds from grants or granting personal gifts or the Government.
With the rise of 9/11 and other natural and human disasters, the philanthropic community has easily steered most of their funds toward "humanitarian relief efforts" nationally and globally. It has a very serious effect on the majority of nonprofit Community Service organizations and has pushed the closure of thousands of smaller transitional living programs that have a positive effect in their communities. The "giving" void is not only visible from the established grant communities and foundations but from local government, Christian churches, and citizens as a whole.
The society's view of the Transitional Life program has, recently, narrowed down to domestic issues like Misuse of Women or Spousal and child abuse and neglect issues. This is primarily due to the use of epidemic "street drugs" ranging from "home laboratories" that produce Crack Cocaine and Methamphetamine to date and use of "cosmetic" medicine and the incorrect notion that "there is no hope "for those who use these drugs. It is true that these "new" manufacturing drugs have a much higher addiction rate than the "peace" era of the 1960s, but there must be an understanding that this should be the cause for more intensive rehabilitation and better formation programs. judicial applications through Drug Courts and law transfer programs.
Progress instead of perfection means that, like illness, there may never be a cure for drug addiction, but like illness, drug and alcohol addiction can be treated. Its progress is with the individual's Spiritual and Recovery program and will bring perfection in endurance, stability, patience, understanding and most importantly, peace of mind
How does the Transition Living Program work?
There are two main categories of Transitional Life Programs. One is the concept of "Shelter" that provides the basic necessities for nutrition, comfort, and sleeping space that can also provide a Spiritual message or is governed by specific "target" organizational requirements such as homelessness, Living Program type is usually short-term stay. Other residential concepts provide all of the above with the addition of security assistance and life skills such as the shelter of Women who have set out specific provisions for issues concerning children, legal services and protection. These programs are usually very flexible on "stay" time as each case is treated independently. The Shelter concept is usually funded by outside sources and does not require the Resident to pay fees or fees for services offered. The second Life category is a "Rehabilitation" center that has program policies and procedures for "specific" issues in nature (ie Recovery of Addiction, Food and Food Problems, etc.). The Rehabilitation Program involves established services to meet the needs of certain issues of acceptance. Some social problems may fall on the fence line between "residence" needs and "rehabilitation" needs (eg examples given in the case of Battered Women).
In essence, most Transitional Living programs that range from Battered Women to Addiction Recovery have the same operational and development standards.
Most Transitional Living Centers are self-sustaining. In other words, they have no affiliation or liability for outside sources other than reporting the maintenance of necessary financial and operational records to various governments or grant organizations. With self-help status, the Living Center usually charges a rental fee or a nominal fee (some set at a shifting cost scale, some of which are established at monthly rates and others find financial support for each particular individual) that will finance the applicant, a clean, safe environment with balanced meals and special "care plans" to help bridge learning and implementation towards recovery directed to their goals and programs.
Most Living Centers, regardless of their specific services, are in their program areas that will help better support the person through their specific needs whether from recovery or protection. Some of these areas are opportunities for educational improvement, job skills training opportunities, "life skills" of workshops and classes, and classes or special meetings that are directly related to their problems. The value of weekly or monthly "rent" dollars varies in place, location, program objectives, design, intensity and conditions, plus professional involvement or assistance requirements. Residence or Transitional Residence residency may vary from a very short period of time to long-term residence (1-2 days to 2, and in some cases, 3 years). Mandatory financial issues such as leases, transportation, and personal care items are the responsibility of the individual Resident although some programs may provide all or part of the above through donations or designated grants.
"Resident" can mean an individual or family depending on the design of the program. The resident is self-confessed or through family/friends, referral (ie another Transition Center), or a court order. Most programs have entry requirements and "entry" input instruments. For example, the Center for Alcohol and/or Drugs Foods can manage a "standard" tool known as A.S.I. (The Addiction Severity Index) that measures and presents domestic, addictive, and social understandings as well as personal "life" issues. The majority of Living Centers use acceptance of receipts received from clients to assist them in designing "personal" or "individual" Care Plans from specific clients or families. The resident agrees to comply with the Living Standards of the Living Center, verified through a binding legal lease agreement or standard agreement between the Center and the individual.
Depending on the availability of personnel, materials and finances, the Transition Center may offer its Resident's free workshops on money management, childcare, domestic skills such as cooking and housekeeping, vocational classes, self-advocacy, crisis intervention, social skills and to provide social and cultural events.
Finally, the purpose of the Transitional Living Center is to provide a place where people can rebuild their self-esteem, rediscover their place in society, and find compassion and love through Spiritual discovery and a genuine understanding of personal relationships. Most Centers try to maintain a "home" atmosphere where family type relationships are developed between Resident, Staff, and Volunteers. The Transitional Living Center today goes far beyond the term "Half-Way" in proving that halfway is not good enough and "complete" is a goal to be fought for.
References
External links
- Academic Home, transition home for men with an emphasis on learning to stay clean and calm through education and 12 step courses established in AA, Austin, Texas traditions
- Haven Place, Women's Transitional Living Center in Houston, Texas
- Stephanie Brown Treating Alcoholic Beverages; recovery recovery model
- Other Ways TLP, Henniker, New Hampshire
- Treatment centers and transitional housing programs for men and women
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