New Life Recovery

Program Mission Statement:

(self-reported)

To provide substance abuse recovery services to chemically dependent/alcoholic individuals in a supportive, drug-free environment so that he/she may begin to develop and implement long-range recovery plans

Score Summary

Overall Score:	Excellent
Practice Principles:	Excellent
Faith Related Elements:	Excellent
Outcome Measures:	Excellent
Change Process:	Better

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

Board Activities

Funding Overview

(self-reported)

	This Program	This Organization
Organization Budget: $2,380,000 Program Budget: $561,000
Foundation Grants	3%	3%
Government Grants/Contracts	0%	0%
Individual Gifts	70%	70%
Business/Corporate Gifts	20%	22%
Congregation/Denominational Gifts	4%	4%
Dues/Fees/Income	2%	2%
Other	1%	1%
	Average Program Funding From All Samaritan Programs	Average Organization Funding From All Samaritan Organizations
The next charts display the average funding sources for all programs currently in the Samaritan Guide for your comparison. Average Organization Budget: $3,817,897 Average Program Budget: $417,789
Foundation Grants	19%	18%
Government Grants/Contracts	6%	8%
Individual Gifts	37%	33%
Business/Corporate Gifts	9%	8%
Congregation/Denominational Gifts	10%	10%
Dues/Fees/Income	8%	9%
Other	9%	11%

It is important to maintain diverse income sources for your programs and for your oganization as a whole. Doing so provides long-term financial stability to your organizations and programs. It is also important to note that government funding often comes with stipulations and restrictions. More information is available in the Raising Resources Toolkit - pdf.

Score Details

Program Focus
Program Mission	Clarity and specificity of the program's mission statement.	Excellent
Target Population	Clarity and specificity of the programs target clientele.	Excellent
Eligibility Criteria	Clarity and specificity of the program's eligibility criteria.	Excellent
Program Requirements	Well defined requirements for client participation.	Excellent
Referrals From Other Organizations	Do other organizations recommend this program to their clientele.	Excellent
Referrals to Other Organizations	Does this program recommend other programs to their clients?	Better
Volunteer to Staff Ratio	Are volunteers effectively incorporated into the program?	Good
Past Participant Recruiting	Are past program participants recruited as volunteers?	Better
Evaluation and Practice Princples
Practice Principles	How supports and resources are provided to increase outcomes.	Excellent
Outcome Measurement	The ability to measure stated program outcomes.	Excellent
Change Process	Specific and measurable statement of the program's goals.	Better
Faith Related Elements	Integration of faith related elements.	Excellent
Measurement Frequency	Frequency of measuring client outcomes.	Better
Program Evaluation	Level of the budget allocated to measuring client outcomes.	Excellent
Institutional Stability
Organization Age	A measure of the organization's durability.	Excellent
Board Oversight	How involved in the program are the members of its board?	Excellent
Program Duration	Average duration of a clients participation with a program.	Good
Finances
Budget Diffusion	Diversity of the programs funding sources.	Good
Government Funding	Does this program accept little or no government funding?	Excellent

Program Score Details

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Outcomes & Measures:

(self-reported)

Scoring for this section is based on the organizations ability to provide at least three clear and specific outcomes with corresponding measures in which a relationship is shown between outcomes and measures.

Outcome 1: Freedom from drug/alcohol dependency

Measure Used:
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.

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Outcome 2: Self supporting productive member of the community.

Measure Used:
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

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Outcome 3: Grow and maintain a strong healthy relationship with God

Measure Used:
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.

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

Measure Used:
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.

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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 Used:
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.

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Change Process:

(self-reported)

Scoring for this section is based on the organizations ability to provide clear, measurable, client-focused stages of change based on participant participation.

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.

End Notes

Incomplete Applications

Significant decreases in certain scores may indicate failure to comprehensively complete certain sections of the Samaritan Award application. Please be sure to fill out every question in the Samaritan Award application.

Relative Scoring

Total program scores are partially computed against other programs from within the same pool of applications and so are not cumulative.

Additional Reference Material

More information on scoring and methodology may be found on the Samaritan Guide and Award website.

Acton Institute Relationship

The Samaritan Guide and Samaritan Award are projects run by the Acton Institute. Inclusion in the Guide does not signify endorsement by the Acton Institute. More information on why the Acton Institute runs this project is available online.