Recovery Brands, LLC
📍 639 Lafayette St,, Nashville, TN 37203
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<p><strong>ABOUT NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION - LIFE RECOVERY PROGRAM</strong></p> <p>Located in the heart of Music City, the Nashville Rescue Mission's Life Recovery Program provides <strong>long-term, residential Christian faith-based treatment for adults</strong> struggling with addiction and homelessness. The program prioritizes individualized care plans and <strong>accepts mothers with children</strong>, making it one of <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/TN17.pdf" target="_blank">only four Tennessee facilities</a> to house clients' children . Detox services are not available on-site.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>Admission into the Life Recovery Program at Nashville Rescue Mission begins with a sequence of interviews and a written application. Clients may stay at the mission’s shelter during this process. <strong>Staff are best equipped to serve individuals who are mentally and physically stable</strong>, with limited space for those needing significant psychiatric or medical care. Likewise, the program accepts a small number of clients on probation or parole.</p> <p>Treatment takes a whole-person, religious approach to addiction. Residents participate in Bible classes and Christian counseling, along with <strong>addiction education, marriage and parenting classes</strong>, and groups addressing emotion management. <strong>Work therapy</strong> is also a component of the program.</p> <p>Daily <strong>physical exercise is expected</strong>, and residents may also attend high school equivalence test (GED) preparation, financial skills training, and computer classes to support <strong>vocational development</strong>.</p> <p>Following completion of the residential program, clients can apply to live cost-free in the mission’s <strong>transitional housing</strong> for a limited time while they find employment and a place to live long-term.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>There is currently no information provided by the facility regarding its treatment staff, although Nashville Rescue Mission’s official <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nashvillerescuemission/" target="_blank">Facebook page notes</a> that <strong>many staff members are graduates of the Life Recovery Program</strong>.The one individual polled by Rehabs.com at the time of this writing gave the program five out of five stars for the staff’s level of training and experience.</p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>Accommodations at Nashville Rescue Mission are <strong>gender-specific</strong>, and residents are assigned <strong>household chores</strong>. A 2012 local news story posted on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-skWRZwK50" target="_blank">facility’s Youtube page indicates</a> that the Life Recovery Program serves up to <strong>125 men in the pre-job search phase</strong> and an unspecified lower number of women and children. Boys staying with their mothers on-site are aged six and younger.</p> <p>The one loved one polled by Rehabs.com identified available activities as a weakness of the program (rating exercise and leisure just two out of five stars), while awarding three stars for meals and nutrition and a maximum five stars for cleanliness and upkeep. </p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>Rehabs.com has not yet received any reviews from alumni of the Life Recovery Program; however the Nashville Rescue Mission received an average rating of four out of five stars based on 101 reviews on Google.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> </p> <p><strong>Alumni consensus was that the program was effective and the counselors helpful.</strong> Former clients described staff as “very respectful” and “very attentive,” although a few suggested there were inconsistencies within the staff. One wrote: “It’s a great place to start over. As long as you remain focus on Jesus!!!” A few alumni also mentioned required nightly chapel attendance. Opinions were split on the facility’s cleanliness.</p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>When asked, on a scale from one to five, if they would recommend the facility, the sole loved one polled by Rehabs.com to date selected five stars. Also receiving maximum ratings were counseling options, admissions and discharge procedures, and family participation. The loved one cited "Counseling and therapy, discussion classes, learning new coping skills" as facility strengths. </p> <p><strong>WHAT STAFF SAY</strong></p> <p>Representing volunteers and employees, 23 individuals contributed to an average rating of <strong>3.8 out of five stars</strong> on Indeed. Staff reviews for Nashville Rescue Mission tended to represent <strong>co-workers as supportive and caring</strong>. A few noted challenges, including access to drugs near the facility.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small></p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>All services at Nashville Rescue Mission’s Life Recovery Program are provided <strong>free of charge</strong>, according to the facility’s website, making it <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/TN17.pdf" target="_blank">one of three Tennessee programs</a> to offer treatment at no-cost. Work therapy helps to offset treatment costs. </p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS725US725&biw=1382&bih=615&ei=cyN_W9T9D8zEsAWXlJrgCw&q=nashville+rescue+mission+&oq=nashville+rescue+mission+&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i39l2j0i20i263j0j0i20i264j0l5.37774.37774..38176...0.0..0.64.64.1......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71.TXl4UMR7pE0#lrd=0x88646660b3e50315:0x32749f7a01cfe23,1,,," target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Nashville-Rescue-Mission/reviews?start=20" target="_blank">https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Nashville-Rescue-Mission/reviews?start=20</a></small></p>
— Rini Cobbey · 2018-10-06 11:56:55 PDT
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