Letter from the CEO: Fall 2024
Chief Executive Officer
We are in a season at The WellHouse of offering more opportunities for the adult residents who bravely seek to have their lives restored. Faith remains the foundation as we move forward with a new level of programming that will more carefully identify individualized needs including the fact that some need more time to reach certain levels and others need less. Time restraints will be removed as our staff, partners, and volunteers pour into survivors with the goal of guiding them to an ending filled with moments of which they can be proud and can excel.
To enhance the above goal, we recently were awarded a grant from The Jensen Project. The timing was perfect as we now have the facility and staff including a terrific ShopWell Director so that we can work toward our vision of all our residents being able to work on our campus while they complete the treatment portion of the program and work toward a career path leading to sustainable employment in a safe environment. In other words, as ShopWell offers onsite employment and training, residents will be working on a career of their choosing. We have three currently working on HVAC certification, three working on Welding certification, and several working on a college degree for other careers.
We anticipate that the transitional living apartments will be better utilized and the lifting of time restraints will bring a stronger commitment to individual goals. To assist with this, we now have a committed attorney working on legal issues including expungements, three therapists and three case managers working together to provide guidance, committed mentors, strong in and out of state alliances, all in line with core competencies that are valuable to providing the best care.
We will remain committed to allowing for much needed rest and acclimation back into a routine for the survivors before they dive into these adventures. We also look forward to watching the “older women” mentor the “younger women” as relationships are established among the survivors. We especially look forward to seeing more of the fruits of the Spirit through inward growth that manifests outwardly in the form of love, kindness, grace, mercy, and joy especially when the trials are complicated and seemingly endless.
How glorious to end well both in this life and the next and hear these words: