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Applied in 2008

New Life Recovery

Redwood Gospel Mission

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 11.5
  • Program Participants Last Year: 53
  • Meets about 24 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 10 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 40

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally reviews the performance of the chief executive officer at least once every two years.
  • Formally approves the budget.
  • Ensures that arrangements with outside fund raising firms are made in writing.
  • Receives information about the financial arrangements with such firms and, if applicable, the anticipated portion of the gross proceeds that goes to the organization.
  • Has formally approved a conflict of interest policy and regularly monitors it to ensure adherence.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.
  • Receives, at least annually, an auditor's management letter and report.
  • Convenes an audit committee.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
Freedom from drug/alcohol dependency

Measure
Graduates attend bi weekly support group meetings. Attendees must be clean and sober. Long term relationships formed at the Mission continue to offer support for a clean and sober environment. Accountability ties are maintained and strengthened through consistent communication among the members of the group.

Outcome 2
Self supporting productive member of the community.

Measure
Follow up records are kept on the graduates for at least 5 years after they leave the program. Phone calls and letters facilitate good communication including invitations to subsequent graduation ceremonies and opportunities to serve in a volunteer capacity

Outcome 3
Grow and maintain a strong healthy relationship with God

Measure
Membership and participation in a local church body indicates an active spiritual life. From the time a candidate enters the program, he/she is directed toward a local church body which often becomes their church home.

Outcome 4
Reconciliation with family members estranged by previous lifestyle choices.

Measure
Many graduates begin to reconnect with family as they work through their recovery. Upon graduation, it is not unusual for them to re- enter society through mended family bonds. This outcome is measured by the number of families who attend the RGM graduation ceremony each year.

Outcome 5
Many of the graduates return to serve and support the Gospel Mission in an effort to "give back" to the community that supported their recovery efforts

Measure
RGM is largely supported by individual donations. Rgm donor database displays 161 graduates are current donors to the Mission programs. They also volunteer their time for special events and mentoring of current program members.

Change Process: (self-reported)

Participants enter the New Life program in desperation, out of options for living any kind of productive life. At the Mission, they are provided the tools to regain control of their lives and experience victory over their alcohol/drug dependence. Faith based principles at the Gospel Mission offer workable parameters for success in the outside world.

The New Life program has an overall success rate of 67% of all who enter the 10-14 month live-in curriculum. These verifiable statistics are more than triple the national average for addiction recovery programs.

Candidates choosing the Mission's New Life program embark upon a journey of relationship building, physical labor and spiritual bonding. Many participants have come from jails and numerous failed attempts at sobriety. Other programs may have rejected them as "unlikely to succeed". At the Mission, program members learn to trust in Jesus and His promise to love them just the way they are. Through Bible study, prayer, counseling, testimony, fellowship and worship, they learn to turn their lives and their addictions over to Him. No longer do they rely on their own strength to overcome life controlling issues, but instead, life becomes manageable through forgiveness of the past and hope in the future while embracing the promise that "His strength is made perfect in my weakness" II Corinthians 12:9.