Hope Restoration Ministries

Recovery home - Hope Restoration Ministries (hrm) provides men in life transition (homelessness, drugs, alcohol, broken homes, financial loss, etc....) with a safe and loving environment to work on rebuilding their lives through christian-centered discipleship training, with a special emphasis on appropriate behavior, alcohol and drug recovery, and practical life skills development to help them become self-sufficient, whole, and contributing members of society. We have 2 homes, a first-phase home in san clemente and a second-phase home in san juan capistrano. In the second phase of home the men pay rent and normally have found jobs and are employed. (see also attached program guidelines and beneficiary release forms) * this is a one-year, no-cost, christian-based program for men that is funded completely by our thrift store and private donations. We try and focus on helping those from the south orange county area. However, we will help any men in need that are willing to come into our program and show a desire to make a change for the better in their lives. * we are proactive in helping the men work toward resolving legal, medical, financial child support, family reconciliation, and other issues in their time with us. We provide all the funding to support these endeavors. * our goal is to see every man graduate from our program as drug-free, mature, and healthy and to help them transition to become fully self-supporting in all aspects of their life. * the men will work daily at the thrift store as part of their work therapy. Each man will have an assigned place to serve at the thrift store (although men are still in good standing if they are not able to help at the store because of medical or other issues). * serving at the thrift store plays a critical role in helping the men learn work skills, a solid work ethic, excellent people skills and gain self-confidence. The men essentially operate the entire store, they drive the trucks for pick up of donated goods, work receiving donations at the backdrop off dock, work in the warehouse, stock the store, run the cash register, and more. By the time they complete their year with us, they have developed marketable job skills to obtain gainful employment. * we support the men and help them to continue, re-establish or strengthen relationships with their families. Many will reconcile with their wives or significant others as well as move back into a parenting role as a father if he has children or grandchildren. * the men begin their day with bible study or recovery meetings 6 days a week. We ask all men to join a church in our area, so they have a good relational support system to help them in the future. * we require each individual to become involved in a 12-step program and get a sponsor if drugs or alcohol have caused them problems in the past. * on a limited basis, some men do meet with a marriage and family therapist to help them with past issues that we pay for or are provided by the therapist at no cost. * we provide all food; housing, transportation, and clothing while someone is enrolled in our program. They can't have a vehicle while they are with us, although we will work hard to help them get a vehicle as they get ready to move out on their own or move to the second phase home. * we have a zero-tolerance policy for drug or alcohol use. If anyone relapses, we require him to go to another location for a 30 or 60-day "refocus". Anyone who doesn't agree to this is released from the program. Anyone who doesn't follow the program guidelines as agreed to when tenterednter is not allowed to stay in the program. * there is a 2nd phase home in san juan capistrano where they can rent a room (after completing one year) for $550/month to help them continue to rebuild their lives. They can live there for 12 months (sometimes more based on need) and then into their own housing.

Fresh start - when someone graduates from the program we offer a program called "fresh start". The purpose of this program is to help a graduate make the transition from program life back to a life integrated in real world. This includes purchasing a car for them (normally between $3000.00 to $3500.00) and rent assistance for 1-4 months to help them transition to a self-sustaining living situation. We may also provide other forms of financial assistance such as funds for gas money, food, clothing, etc, to help them be successful in their transition.

Thrift store - we operate a thrift store which is the primary funding mechanism for what we do. This includes a physical store and also a store on ebay where we sell donatted items. The men in the recovery program are the primary individuals who work in the store as part of our work therapy program.

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