Recovery Brands, LLC
📍 2318 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd , Portland, OR 97212
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<p><strong>ABOUT VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OREGON: MEN'S RESIDENTIAL CENTER</strong></p> <p>Founded in 1896, Volunteers of America is a <strong>faith-based organization</strong> that provides housing, treatment services, and other support for low-income individuals, veterans, the elderly, the homeless, the formerly incarcerated, individuals struggling with addiction, and other vulnerable populations.</p> <p>Alongside a variety of Portland-based services including a <a href="https://www.rehabs.com/listings/volunteers-of-america-of-oregon-day-treatment-program-1288472667/" target="_blank">day treatment center</a>, Volunteers of America Oregon is a <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/OR17.pdf" target="_blank">private nonprofit, which make up about 55 percent of all Oregon facilities</a>; it is one of the 39 (17.3 percent) of Oregon centers that offers <strong>residential treatment.</strong> Services are available for for use specifically by <strong>men referred via the criminal justice system.</strong> All men must be referred voluntarily. </p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>According to Volunteers of America Oregon's website, <br /> <strong>the program is a year long,</strong> the first six months of which are spent living at the facility; the next six months are spent in a <a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/extended-recovery-programs/" target="_blank">continuing care program</a>. </p> <p>During the residential program, <strong>treatment revolves around the <a href="https://www.recovery.org/pro/articles/how-a-non-religious-journalist-makes-a-case-for-aa-in-2017/" target="_blank">12-Steps</a></strong> as well as group and individual counseling. Counselors work closely with residents, acting as role models for them, and counseling works to get to the root causes of addiction and criminal behavior, to recognize and prevent relapse, and to <strong><a href="https://www.recovery.org/pro/articles/how-understanding-anger-revolutionizes-addiction-recovery/" target="_blank">manage anger</a> and stress.</strong> The goal is for clients to leave treatment with sufficient self-knowledge and communication and living skills to live productive lives in society.</p> <p>Alumni programming includes a large annual get-together as well as a <strong>mentoring program</strong> that sees numerous former clients returning to the facility to act as mentors to current residents. The latter six months of treatment also includes <strong>vocational training opportunities</strong>, which is offered by <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/OR17.pdf" target="_blank">44.7 percent of treatment facilities</a> in Oregon, and further social activities. Clients seek <a href="https://www.recovery.org/pro/articles/how-addiction-can-interfere-with-your-job-performance/" target="_blank">employment</a> and independent housing and reconnect with their families.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>There is currently no information provided by VoA about treatment staff at the men's residential center, however, both of the individuals polled by Rehabs.com to date on the staff's level of training and experience gave it five out of five stars.</p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>The men's residential center is a <strong>52-bed facility.</strong> There is currently no further information provided by the facility regarding its living arrangements and related offerings, however, the three individuals polled by Rehabs.com to date gave the facility a four- and five- out of five stars for accommodations and amenities. </p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>The single alum polled by Rehabs.com to date would strongly recommend treatment at the men's residential center. "I was welcomed from day one, they really tuned in on my needs and where i wanted to ho with this experience and also allowed me to frow," they wrote, also praising the center's "overall genuine compassion for each and every patient." </p> <p>They gave the facility two out of five stars for its ability to treat <a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/dual-diagnosis-recovery/" target="_blank">co-occurring disorders</a> and four or five stars in almost all of the remaining treatment metrics. Five-star ratings went to the center's treatment effectiveness and family participation.</p> <p>To date, <strong>the 24 people to leave reviews on Volunteers of America Oregon's Facebook page, which it has the ability to manage, gave an average of 3.4 out of five stars</strong>, and mixed reviews. However, reviews are for the entire organization, not just the men's residential program. <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small></p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p><strong>Both of the loved ones polled by Rehabs.com to date would recommend the men's residential center.</strong> The reviewers gave little commentary. "There are not many treatment programs available to people who have no insurance or financial resources," an anonymous loved one wrote in the most revealing comment. However, both reviewers left <strong>mostly positive ratings for the facility's performance in a variety of treatment metrics.</strong> </p> <p>Polled on the center's counseling and the overall quality of its addiction and mental health treatment, one reviewer gave the facility five stars in each category; the other reviewer was polled on a different set of metrics, and gave the facility five stars for its treatment effectiveness and ability to treat co-occurring disorders and four stars for its counseling options. <strong>Both reviewers gave their lowest ratings to the center's holistic offerings,</strong> which received a one-star and a three-star rating.</p> <p><strong>Secondary review sites yielded exclusively positive feedback at the time of this writing.</strong> The seven people to leave Google Reviews gave an average of 4.9 out of five stars. "It helps men on probation or parole get clean and sober, it has helped countless men change their life for the better... This place works wonders," Timothy wrote about the men's residential programs. <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small></p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>There is currently no information provided on the facility's website regarding its costs, however, the single individual polled by Rehabs.com to date on the men's residential center's affordability gave it five out of five stars, and another individual polled on the facility's pricing also gave five out of five stars in this category. </p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/voaor/reviews/?ref=page_internal" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pg/voaor/reviews/?ref=page_internal</a></small></p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Volunteers%20of%20America%20Oregon%3A%20Men%27s%20Residential%20Center%20portland%20or&oq=Volunteers+of+America+Oregon%3A+Men%27s+Residential+Center+portland+or&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l2.2094j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=45529364,-122642077,1892&tbm=lcl&rldimm=6899044734573966908&ved=0ahUKEwidupOj2-TWAhWErVQKHSDzCPEQvS4IQjAD&rldoc=1&tbs=lrf:!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:4#lrd=0x5495a7493d833f97:0x5fbe54a225cf763c,1,,&rldoc=1" target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></small></p>
— Saige Driver · 2018-12-10 13:13:36 PST
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