House details

Location

  • Remote location so that participants have intentional separation from their former lives

  • Within 45-minutes drive of NorthCreek Church in Walnut Creek, California

  • Zoning requirements allowing a house designated as a ‘group home’ by the county

  • Potential farm land to provide for farming opportunities as one of three work tracks

  • Possible locations include: Byron, Marsh Creek

House

  • To house eight to ten participants (two to a room) as well as staff, we will need five or six bedrooms

  • Space for an industrial kitchen sufficient to cook for 12 or more people, with ample storage set aside to accommodate a culinary work track

  • Space for both group bible study sessions, and private counselling

  • Adequate outdoor storage for tools for handyman and farm work tracts

  • Ideally purchase land with existing structures

Staff

  • Live-in house manager

  • Assistant director interns

  • 3-5 trained biblical addiction counselors

  • Volunteers to lead group bible studies

  • Church pastoral oversight and accountability

Long-term Goals

  • Our first goal will be to create a men’s addiction transformation house

  • Once the first house is established and has been fully operational and successful for several years, we hope to establish a separate women’s addiction transformation house

  • Our longer term goals are to establish separate homes for those who graduate the program, focusing on mentorship and transitioning them to full-time employment and a productive life for the Lord