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Robert Goss-Vozella

Veterans Post Housing

Executive Summary

Sober living Housing of UK is a start-up private social service. Veterans Post will serve the England Uk. The organization was founded by Richard Evans and Robert Goss-Vozella, together both have the practical experience and the education to lead the organization. Richard is a veteran currently working on assembling a strong Board of Trustees which will be invaluable for the organization. Robert is also a Veteran who is working with all Veteran services with in the area.

Services Veterans Post a sober living house is an organization that provides transitional housing and life skill training for prior military veterans. It offers assistance to men and woman that structure, accountability and guidance on the road to recovery from substance abuse, as they move from dependency into independent, self-sufficient lifestyles. Additionally, it assists clients in child reunification. Veterans post has both in and outpatient services that assist both NA and AA individuals with coping techniques.

The Veterans Post is the city's first men and women facility specializing in veteran’s services and the only one with long-term transitional housing and services .All other sober homes only offer short term housing whereas the Veterans Post house will offer up to three years. On staff is a chemical dependency counselor, AIDS counselor, and a family reunification counselor to assist clients.

The facility provides clients with a twelve-step program that teaches them necessary life skills. This collaborative approach to empowerment is the keystone to developing self-sufficiency in the clients. The steps include personal development, vocational training, substance abuse counseling, interpersonal skills building, community involvement, leisure activities, and independent living skills while providing accountability and structure from other veterans and substance abuse specialist.

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Management Richard Evans is the driving force behind the organization and fills the Executive Director role. Richard is a United States Veteran that has served his country and deployed multiple times. Richard earned a B.S. degree in Sociology from Case Western Reserve University and a Master's in Non-for-Profit Management from the University of Pittsburgh. Additionally, he has several years of social service project management. While working as the program manager of California’s largest substance abuse service provider, Richard developed a proactive empowerment program which has become the foundation for Veterans Post Housing's collaborative approach to empowerment and accountability. During and since his tenure as program manager, Richard has developed a comprehensive network of personal and professional contacts with key community leaders. This will be instrumental in raising the profile of Sober living Housing within the community as well as having a significant impact on fundraising activities.

Robert Goss-Vozella is a veteran that served in the United States Army. He deployed overseas in Iraq. Robert has an A.S. Degree in Project Management and a B.S. in Construction Management. Robert has been instrumental with outfitting and rehabbing existing properties for thriving sober houses.

Start-up Summary

Veterans Post Housing will require the following real property and equipment for the start-up phase.

· 6-10 bedroom house

· Assorted furniture, furnishings, and appliances for the different rooms.

· Seven desk/chairs, computers, and additional accessories.

· Laser printer, broadband Internet connection.

· Fax machine and copier.

· Several file cabinets and shelving units.

· Paper shredder.

Services

Veterans Post Housing of the UK is an organization that provides transitional housing and life skill training for Veterans. It offers assistance to all Veterans, frequently homeless, drug and alcohol as they move from dependent, often abusive behavior into independent, self-sufficient lifestyles. Additionally, it assists clients with both in and outpatient services. The Veterans Post housing will provide both structure and accountability of their own actions.

This is the city's only Veterans only facility and the only one with long-term transitional housing. All other sober homes only offer one year or less of housing whereas Veterans Post Housing offers up to four years. On staff is a chemical dependency counselor, AIDS counselor, Narcotics and Alcohol meetings and Post-traumatic stress disorder counselors.

Veterans Post Housing offers 6 to 10 rooms, each with the capability of having two to four beds per room. Each client is allowed to stay for up to four years as long as they are clean and sober (random drug and alcohol testing determines this), and have no other place to go. Additionally, each client must be an active participant of the program:

Collaborative Approach to Empowering Individual. This program is a twelve-step program to develop self-sufficient clients. The different elements of the program are:

1. Personal development planning.

2. Vocational development.

3. Substance abuse prevention.

4. Interpersonal skill development.

5. Personal and spiritual development.

6. Community involvement.

7. Creative leisure activities/celebration.

8. Independent living preparation/follow up.