MEN'S COMMUNITY RESIDENCE

The Donald F. Pond, Sr. Men's Residence is a community residence dedicated to providing services for men in the early stages of recovery from alcohol and/or chemical dependence.
We recognize both alcohol and chemical dependence as treatable diseases. These addictions are chronic, progressive, and predictable
in their devastation. We believe that with proper diagnosis and treatment, these addictions can be treated. The Men's Residence Community services were established in 1970, and have continued to develop,
meeting the ever changing needs of today's society.

This residence provides adult males, ages 16 years and up, with a clean, safe, structured environment and caring support services in a substance free homelike atmosphere. The residents benefit from staff and peer support while developing and working their recovery programs, daily activities, personal hygiene, basic life skills, and recreational skills.

A wide variety of supportive services such as outpatient chemical dependence treatment, out patient mental health counseling and self-help programs are available in the community, to assist each resident in the development of a healthy, chemical free, independent lifestyle. While in the program residents are also required to continue to follow-up in the areas of DSS assistance, medical check-ups, educational/vocational training options, and compliance with probation/parole.

Residents complete all assigned house chores, attend all group meetings (in house and at out patient treatment), and participate in physical fitness activity 3-5 times each week. They volunteer in the community and on an ongoing basis. Eventually they will become employed part-time working 20-25 hours per week, and residents will contribute 30% of their gross wages to their shelter expense; in doing this they are balancing out the cost of the program. Also, if they don’t already have one, they will work toward a GED with the goal of receiving a diploma in 6 months.

Movement and advancement in the program are determined via progress in the level system. As individuals move up the level system they move from more structure to less structure in preparation for discharge. Each level has different responsibilities and freedoms, with requirements for progression to the next level. There is no set amount of time that a resident will remain at each level. It is dependent on the individual’s motivation and desire to progress.

The immediate goal for each resident is abstinence, relapse education, the development of an individualized and effective relapse prevention plan, discovery and acceptance of self, increased self-control, responsible adult behavior, and improved self-esteem. The average length of stay for individuals that complete all elements of the program is from 6 to 12 months.

This is a Congregate Care Level II program.
Any individual not qualifying for DSS funding will qualify for a sliding fee scale.

For more information or to make a referral to the program,
please call the Credo Central Intake Unit
At (315)788-1530 or toll free at 1-888-585-2228
Written information can be mailed or faxed to (315)788-4759. An interview
will be scheduled and, if appropriate, the candidate usually can be admitted
within a week, space permitting.