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<p><strong>ABOUT NEW LIFE DREAM CENTERS</strong></p> <p>Founded in 1983 in Long Island, N.Y., New Life Dream Centers (NLDC) is a <strong>long-term, Christian rehab program</strong> for adult men and women. Now with centers in both Fort Myers, Fla., and Freeport, N.Y., NLDC offers a <strong>12-to-18-month residential program,</strong> but no medical detox or outpatient services. NLDC is a <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/FL16.pdf" target="_blank">private nonprofit, which make up about 44 percent of facilities in Florida</a> and 70 percent of those in New York.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>The application for admission involves speaking to a trained staff member. If admitted, clients are required to sign up to stay for at least 12 months, during which they follow a <strong>strict schedule designed to instill self-discipline and Christian principles.</strong> Courts sometimes use the program as an alternative to incarceration.</p> <p>Every day of treatment includes biblical counseling, Bible training courses, and <strong>assigned work responsibilities</strong>. Students must also attend seminars about topics such as <strong>marital health, trauma, and single parenting</strong>, though there doesn't appear to be any individual or group counseling on these topics. Clients without a high school diploma may also attend free <strong>GED classes</strong>.</p> <p>The other central tenet of the program is <strong>work therapy.</strong> During the last three months of their treatment, clients find employment and start saving money, setting up some savings and a healthy work routine before they return to community life.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>NLDC was founded by a pastor, and continues to employ many pastors. Little further information about the staff is currently available, though the center doesn't appear to employ any medical professionals. The single alum polled by Rehabs.com to date gave the center five stars for the level of training found in its counselors.</p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>Outside of regular treatment hours, clients go on <strong>supervised field trips, picnics, and retreats,</strong> and have an opportunity to participate in sports. The single alum polled by Rehabs.com to date gave the facility perfect five-star ratings for its accommodations, meals and nutrition, and cleanliness.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>The single alum polled by Rehabs.com to date, William, would recommend NLDC, giving the center perfect five-star ratings for the overall quality of its individual and group counseling as well as its holistic offerings and level of staff support. "It gets to the earliest rooted problems and exposes them for what they are," William wrote — though he added that the exercise and leisure offerings were somewhat lacking, giving them three stars and one star respectively.</p> <p><strong>Secondary sites also yield very positive feedback:</strong> on Facebook, where NLDC can manage its own page, the organization as a whole has a 4.8-star average rating based on 49 reviews, and on Google, the New York center has a single five-star rating.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small> The reviewers repeatedly wrote that NLDC's name is accurate: <strong>the center really did give them a new life, often thanks to its caring staff.</strong> "New Life Dreams Centers changed my life forever :-) I thank GOD everyday for the vision that God gave this ministry and I will forever continue to Thank him and the staff and leaders of New Life Dream Center for helping make me a true disciple and follower of Jesus Christ," Leighann wrote in a typical comment on Facebook.</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>NLDC doesn't publish any official information about its costs, but the single alum polled by Rehabs.com reported that treatment was offered free of charge, making the organization <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/FL16.pdf" target="_blank">one of the 45 percent of facilities around the country that offers free treatment for at least some of its clients</a>. </p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/NewLifeDreamCenters/reviews/?ref=page_internal" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pg/NewLifeDreamCenters/reviews/?ref=page_internal</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?ei=i6kIW7SWCfPo9APE2a7QCA&q=New+Life+Dream+Centers+freeport+ny&oq=New+Life+Dream+Centers+freeport+ny&gs_l=psy-ab.3...11115.12268.0.12628.11.10.0.0.0.0.168.907.3j4.7.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..4.6.738...0j35i39k1j0i22i30k1j33i160k1j33i21k1.0.EK5uNshORmU#lrd=0x89c27b8b4f674e37:0x5d1f853bd84fef9f,1,,," target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></small></p>
— Ellie Robins · 2018-06-04 09:02:40 PDT
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