2021 COMBAT Funding: $291,613.92

In Healing House's Own Words

Healing House, Inc. (HH) serves as one of the primary Room and Board providers in Jackson County for people recovering from Substance Use Disorder (SUD).

Increase In Referrals

HH has 13 residential properties, two apartment buildings, a 9,000 square foot Recovery Community Center, and a 10,000 square foot administrative building. In 2019, HH served 824 participants (with over 60% fully or partially completing the program) and provided over 60,000 bed nights.

Through the end of August 2020, HH had provided services for over 800 participants and over 41,000 bed nights -- with an increase in agency referrals in 2020 of over 1,000 as HH has built partnerships with a variety of mental, physical and dental service providers offering the participants a holistic approach to recovery.

Long-Term Recovery

Beyond meeting the basic human need for food and shelter in a safe, sober environment, HH is designed specifically to help create and sustain long-term recovery, addressing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual components of each person. HH provides group residential living and assists with various daily needs, including: 

• self-care practices

• family care

• mentoring

• healthy meal preparation

• employment training and assistance with identifying employment opportunities

• transportation when needed

• education

• opportunities to grow in faith and spirituality

• development of healthy social networks that participate in clean and sober activities

• active community participation

COMBAT-Support Services

Jackson County COMBAT supports residential services for 350 participants through two programs: 1) Supervised participants living at HH and attending the Swope Imani 28-day intensive inpatient program and 2) Both homeless female and male participants that have no outside funding available for supervised transitional living.

1) COMBAT supports 200 male participants in the Swope Imani 28-day intensive treatment program. These participants will attend treatment during the day and will return to HH for the evening programs, such as: 12-step meetings, Relapse Prevention, mentoring programs, and special events that are open to their families.

2) COMBAT also supports 150 men or women participants that are referred from Drug Court, Department of Corrections, hospitals, or social detox centers. These participants will reside in HH supervised transitional living and attend 12-step meetings, Relapse Prevention, mentoring programs, and special events that are open to their families.  Additionally, they will attend soft-skill programs, smoking cessation classes, and healthy eating and exercise groups.