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<blockquote data-quote="LauraH" data-source="post: 747672" data-attributes="member: 22877"><p>I did some googling last night and this morning and mostly have run into a lot of deadends and road blocks. I can't invest too much time in this, I was basically trying to find places that would work with payments until the individual (in this case my son) finds a job and has income again. One man I talked to started off a sentence saying "I'm not trying to be rude, but..." (which almost always means they're being rude or rude-ish. he said "Why would you expect someone else to take care of your kid when you won't or can't"? Nobody wants someone to "take care of my kid"...just to help him transition from rehab and homeless/unemployed to working and carrying his own weight. What if the individual has no parents or other family support? Are they just SOL?</p><p></p><p>One place I talked to was very understanding and even said that eventually they will be able to offer scholarships but it's still in the planning stages and could take years before it happens. She said if we could pay $1200 up front they could take my son and then it would be up to him going forward. But that's not an option. The most we can do is a couple of hundred dollars "earnest money" to get him in the door, but that's it. </p><p></p><p>I did find one, Sober Living America, (haven't talked to anyone yet) whose website says in big letters "No Money? No Problem!" Is anyone familiar with them? They have recovery homes in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Most of the reviews I read on them were great but a few were awful, said that they connect people with no money or insurance to the Day Labor Hall...which is fine...but that they take 95% of the individual's money. One reviewer said he found a job that paid $20 an hour (in Jacksonville, FL) and they wouldn't let him take it because "it paid too much". Assuming he was telling the truth, I'm not sure what the logic is behind that. Maybe too much money for a recovering addict to have in their possession at any given time? But if that's the case, they could keep any excess money in a bank account or safe and give it to the person when they're ready to move out on their own. I just don't know. Anyway I am still going to pass their number on to my son, it may be his only option at this point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LauraH, post: 747672, member: 22877"] I did some googling last night and this morning and mostly have run into a lot of deadends and road blocks. I can't invest too much time in this, I was basically trying to find places that would work with payments until the individual (in this case my son) finds a job and has income again. One man I talked to started off a sentence saying "I'm not trying to be rude, but..." (which almost always means they're being rude or rude-ish. he said "Why would you expect someone else to take care of your kid when you won't or can't"? Nobody wants someone to "take care of my kid"...just to help him transition from rehab and homeless/unemployed to working and carrying his own weight. What if the individual has no parents or other family support? Are they just SOL? One place I talked to was very understanding and even said that eventually they will be able to offer scholarships but it's still in the planning stages and could take years before it happens. She said if we could pay $1200 up front they could take my son and then it would be up to him going forward. But that's not an option. The most we can do is a couple of hundred dollars "earnest money" to get him in the door, but that's it. I did find one, Sober Living America, (haven't talked to anyone yet) whose website says in big letters "No Money? No Problem!" Is anyone familiar with them? They have recovery homes in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Most of the reviews I read on them were great but a few were awful, said that they connect people with no money or insurance to the Day Labor Hall...which is fine...but that they take 95% of the individual's money. One reviewer said he found a job that paid $20 an hour (in Jacksonville, FL) and they wouldn't let him take it because "it paid too much". Assuming he was telling the truth, I'm not sure what the logic is behind that. Maybe too much money for a recovering addict to have in their possession at any given time? But if that's the case, they could keep any excess money in a bank account or safe and give it to the person when they're ready to move out on their own. I just don't know. Anyway I am still going to pass their number on to my son, it may be his only option at this point. [/QUOTE]
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