Sozo Recovery Centers

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SOZO RECOVERY CENTERS
 
Thu, 12/28/2017
Sozo Recovery Centers, Inc.
243 Nathan Terrace
Jessieville
Arkansas
71949
P.O. Box 8464 Hot Springs, AR 71910
501-984-5317
www.sozorecoverycenters.com
46-1499880
CEO's Information
Bob
O'Dowd
Director
bonhsv@suddenlink.net
501-226-9575
Applicant's Contact Information
Branson
Bennett
branson.pvsolar33@gmail.com
479-438-3839

Part II

Indigent funding for alcohol and drug treatment

To provide residential treatment for 5 poverty stricken drug and/or alcohol addicts for 2 months, wherefore the client can then pay for their own non-residential treatment (in the months to follow) by us helping them obtain employment if they do not already have a job.
-Attend 12-step drug/alcohol recovery meetings
-Obtain a 12-step sponsor (mentor)
-Complete 12-step program
-Attend church services
-Develop a recovery and spiritual discipline that will be instilled while in residential treatment and carried back into society upon exit
-Becoming a morally correct man that has the tools to help other people seeking recovery from drugs/alcohol
$30,000
$0
Health & Safety

To end substance addiction by planting the seeds of hope, faith, and recovery in the hearts, minds, and souls of men suffering from addiction to alcohol and other drugs and by providing long term residential and outpatient treatment that incorporates a blend of Christian principles found in the Bible with the time tested twelve step method of maintaining recovery. This program will provide 5 poverty stricken men that are addicted to alcohol or other drugs the ability to have their residential stay of treatment paid for at SoZo.

There is a strong need to provide individualized drug/alcohol treatment to men in our target area of Arkansas. Men who are poverty stricken need an opportunity to get sober/drug free at SoZo, which specializes in a small number of men (no more than 15 clients at a time), where they are given the deserved time, attention, help, counseling, and overall personalized attention that can be given in a treatment center that is not overloaded. This program will allow men the best treatment to get well from their chemical addiction. Sozo's indigent fund, if received from the United Way, will give men who want recovery and don't just need it a chance to recover. Our screening process, for potential clients looking to get into SoZo by the way of the indigent fund, looks inside the potential clients thoughts, motives, and actions, in order to, find the best pick of someone who is going to have the purest most recovery focused mindset into the SoZo drug/alcohol treatment program.

"It's absolutely essential that we put this small amount of money in a line item year after year to keep people out of prison, get them off drugs, and get them paying taxes and becoming productive, tax paying citizens again." (Arkansas State Senator, Bill Pritchard)

"We're going to be out of money to provide extra and needed treatment resources by October, and we've got all the way to next July 1st to finish out." (Drug Court Judge Herzfeld, Saline County)

note: both of the above quotes are from "The Line" A newsletter for and about Arkansas Drug Courts September 2011 Vol. 43, No.3 page2
(link) courts.arkansas.gov/sites/default/files/tree/sept_2011.pdf


The indigent fund program will address the need for funding to pay for poverty stricken men to have residential treatment at SoZo Recovery Centers, Inc., which is a needed treatment resource for Arkansas Drug Courts.

Table A.16B Need for and Receipt of Treatment for an Illicit Drug or Alcohol Problem in the Past Year among Individuals Aged 12 or Older
Demographic Characteristic
Aged 12 or Older, Numbers1
Percentage among Individuals Aged 12 or Older2
Aged 12-17, Numbers1
Percentage among Youths Aged 12-172
Aged 18-25, Numbers1
Percentage among Adults Aged 18-252
Aged 26 or Older, Numbers1
Percentage among Adults Aged 26 or Older2 Needed Treatment for Illicit Drug or Alcohol Problem3 21,664 (403) 8.1 (0.15) 1,266 (51) 5.1 (0.20) 5,422 (130) 15.5 (0.37) 14,976 (369) 7.2 (0.18) Received Treatment for Illicit Drug or Alcohol Problem at a Specialty Facility among Individuals Who Needed Illicit Drug or Alcohol Use Treatment 2,346 (136) 10.8 (0.58) 80 (12) 6.3 (0.96) 417 (38) 7.7 (0.67) 1,849 (128) 12.3 (0.78) 1 Estimates shown are numbers in thousands with standard errors included in parentheses. 2 Estimates shown are percentages with standard errors included in parentheses. 3 Respondents were classified as needing treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol problem if they met the criteria for illicit drug or alcohol use disorder as defined in the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) or received treatment for illicit drug or alcohol use at a specialty facility (i.e., drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility [inpatient or outpatient], hospital [inpatient only], or mental health center). Source: SAMHSA, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2015.
https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-FFR1-2015Rev1/NSD…
page: A-14

$30,000 will provide 5 poverty stricken men with 2 months of residential treatment at SoZo Recovery Centers, Inc. for treatment of their drug/alcohol addiction.

-Drug/Alcohol counseling
-Textbooks
-Transportation to outside recovery meetings and church services
-Case management (transportation to and communication with psychiatrists, doctors, adult education, employment)
-Room and Board (food, lodging, personal items, necessities)

The funding will allow for a select number of men who "want" (not only need, but want) drug/alcohol recovery, but do not have the financial means to make it into SoZo Recovery Centers, Inc., which is, a high percentage success rate recovery center.

Yes, this program is sustainable by client residential and non-residential fees being paid, wherefore clients or family/acquaintances of clients pay for the treatment and those who cannot pay are funded by donations from church donations, fundraisers, and other like events.

The effect of even one person changing from the evil of addiction into a morally correct person that helps others in every facet will better society as a whole. The evil that is produced from one person that is entrapped by the chains of addiction can/will produce robbery, vehicular manslaughter, murder, domestic abuse, domestic disputes along with many other crimes. Child poverty is positively influenced by getting the men staying at SoZo to not spend their money foolishly as they did in the past, but to help their children financially and also learn to help other people financially. Not only will the healing of the addict who comes to SoZo change their life and there immediate family's life, it will change the entire population by making it safer and even better by the good that spreads from one person helping another after they attain a sober and morally correct life. In order to, give this new life of hope and right living to others in an addicted situation, clients coming to SoZo must first attain it themselves.
No

SoZo works collaboratively with interventionists to get potential clients to see the strong need for them to come into recovery and we also perform interventions as well. DWI/Drug courts are able to sentence offenders to a stay at SoZo and SoZo employees are on the DWI court panel. We work with battered women's shelters by helping the women move their possessions to a new home where the person commiting the battery does not know where to find them. Detox units are used to get a person coming off of drugs/alcohol out of the initial medical danger (1-14 days) of withdrawl where they can then come for a residential stay at SoZo. Many people struggling with addiction (or their families) will seek help at their church. We work with churches in Arkansas and other states to provide a place to go when these churches are called upon.

We provide client/family/community education, as well as, point out the community services and resources available to these individuals and groups, such as AA meetings, other rehabs, marriage counselors, depression counselors, psychiatrists for mental help.

Part III


-4 staff employees
-5 volunteers
-electricity and water for 3 residencies (client housing), and office building
-maintenance and fuel for 2 client transport vans and 1 company vehicle (4-door car)
-landscape & grounds keeping equipment (6 acres)
-office equipment (notebooks, journals, computers, printers, ink cartridges, coffee station supplies)
- food for up to 15 clients

The past measurement of effects of clients completing the recovery program at SoZo has shown that 63% that complete the program will go on to remain abstinent from drugs/alcohol. Clients at SoZo come to gain knowledge about addiction and what tools and practices are required, such as, prayer, spiritual growth, use of mentors and accountability partners, relapse prevention techniques, and the importance of continuing these practices after the obsession to use drugs/alcohol has left them. Clients develop skills that help them cope with life after drugs and alcohol, such as, budgeting, and stress management. The perspective of clients changes as they learn to become grateful for the things they have in life, instead of, remorse or self pity that kept them in the viscous cycle of addiction. Behaviors of clients change from selfish and self seeking and sometimes criminal to service and giving of themselves and their resources to others (families, community, and society). The conditions of clients change from hopeless circumstances to the foresight, tools ability, and motivation to hold down a job, restore family relations, sustain a household, pay bills, get free from legal problems, and have an overall hopeful and grateful attitude.

Clients attend 63 hours of recovery and spiritual growth activities per week: Morning meditation, Bible Study, 12-step meetings, Church on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings, Nightly meditation, Celebrate Recovery meetings, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings (on and off campus), one on one drug and alcohol counseling sessions, mental health class, budgeting class, marital counseling, physical education class, life skills class.
Most of the staff at SoZo are graduates of this program, who are receiving training as drug counselors by an official of the Arkansas Substance Abuse Certification Board. This position entails one on one sessions with our clientele. SoZo staff communicate with the families or people close to clients to gain insight into the persons life. When traveling to off-campus activities, the SoZo staff member(s) drive(s) the clients to the activities and supervise them during the activity. Staff attends court hearings with clients and communicate with the lawyers and judges involved in their cases (if applicable) The men who teach bible study on campus (church volunteers) are spiritual mentors to SoZo clients and staff alike. Volunteers to Sozo from Alcoholics Anonymous lead meetings with clients and mentor (sponsor) the clients in the completion and maintenance aspects of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous..

Morning meditation engaged 93 clients 5 days a week. Bible study engaged 93 clients 5 days a week. 12 step meetings engaged 93 clients 5 days a week. Church on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings engaged 93 clients 2 days a week. Nightly meditation engaged 93 clients 6 days a week. Celebrate Recovery meetings engaged 93 clients 1 night per week. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings engaged 93 clients 4 days a week. One on one drug and alcohol counseling sessions engaged 93 clients at least 1 times per week and sometimes 5 times per week with an average of 2 to 3 per week. Mental health class engaged 93 clients 1 day per week. Budgeting class engaged 93 clients 1 day per week. Marital counseling engaged 15 clients 1 day per week. Physical education class engaged 5 clients 3 days per week. Life skills class engaged 93 clients once every 2 weeks.

SoZo measures the sustained sobriety of clients while they are still residing with us and after they leave by direct interaction with them and their families. We can see if they are sober by their mannerisms. We also continue to drug and alcohol test them long after leaving SoZo (if needed). We stay in communication with former clients employers, therapists, probation officers and judges.

We do conduct phone surveys to former clients, their families, therapists, significant others, lawyers and judges, and employers to make sure that they are successful in sobriety and the life goals that were targeted in their individual treatment plans.
Brad
Geographical Area Served & Target Population
No
43
3
3
5
2
2
15
Client Totals
10
k
k
k
Client Population & Conditions.docx

Part IV

Sozo Recovery Centers.docx

SoZo is seeking funds to cover 5 additional clients fees for the first 2 months of their on-campus stay. Our experience is that after the first 2 months clients have reached a point in their recovery, which permits them to resume work and earn the continuing cost of their treatment. The first 2 months per client cost are 6,000. This 6,000 multiplied by 5 clients equals 30,000; and enables them to begin an effective recovery program.

There are 10 members on the SoZo board of directors. The board meets once a month. The director of SoZo meets with the board. The board of directors oversees all client activities, such as, progress in recovery, behavioral issues, compliance issues, and spiritual. In addition, the director discusses the financial status of the company, as well as, marketing activities, fundraising events, facility maintenance, and community involvement.

12 times (note: the 990 tax form below is encrypted and the password is sozo99880
 

  • Were you able to pay all regular operational expenses within 60 days of the due date?
  • Have you been able to maintain your 501 (c) 3 Tax Exempt Status?
501c3.pdf
501c3.pdf
990.pdf
Budget.pdf
Board of directors roster.docx
Non-Discrimination policy.docx
By laws.pdf
Budget.pdf
Branson Bennett

Part V

Agency Information
Branson Bennett
479-438-3839
branson.pvsolar33@gmail.com
Project Information
(If agency has more than one project to be completed, please email the rest of the projects in detail to sarah.fowler@unitedway.org)
243 Nathan Terrace Jessieville AR 71949
6 4 10
9:00 am
Garden preperation and greenhouse preparation (both for growing vegetables).

  Yes No
Do you have a "project leader" with the skills needed? X  
(or) Do you need a leader?   X
Could the above "project leader" direct a group of average volunteers in completing this project? X  
(or) Are more volunteers needed with special skills?   X
1
Master gardener
work gloves, sun screen, bug spray

Part VI


Fish fry fundraiser will be in the spring and the coordinator is Gary Bennett
Golf tournament fundraiser will be in June at the Magellan golf course in Hot Springs Village and the coordinator is Gary Bennett
Mah-Jongg tournament fundraiser will be in October at the Hot Springs Village Church of Christ and the coordinator is Bob O'Dowd

Part VII

Transitional living home, computers, grant writer, mental health therapist, insurance billing specialist, licensed counselors,