A capital campaign is planned to raise funds to build the proposed facility and to support the first year of operations. What percentage will go toward operations vs. capital? What’s the mix of funding sources that will keep Hope Recovery Center’s ongoing operations viable?
It is estimated that 80% of the funds initially raised will go to pre-construction and construction costs. The remaining 20% will support ongoing operations. Additional sources of operating income will include insurance payments, self-pay plans, donations, grants, and endowments.
How quickly can they move to begin construction?
The time to obtain necessary permits and complete facility design is approximately 9-12 months after receiving the Conditional Use Permit. After this time, final permits will be obtained and construction can begin.
Can they somehow convince the school district to get on board?
The school district recognizes that they have a student drug problem and are in discussions with members of the Hope Recovery Board, who are intent on helping as many local residents as possible, including partnerships with our school district.
Can they include vocational training?
Yes, vocational training and other life-skill development programs will be an essential part of the treatment.
Who are the people who are involved? What are their qualifications? Is there someone at HRC qualified to oversee a residential treatment facility?
The Hope Recovery Center Board consists of committed individuals with a variety of education and experiences, including licensed and credentialed professionals in human services and substance use disorder and mental health therapies. A list of Board members and brief biographies can be found on the website hope-recovery.org. The Board will hire a qualified Residential Services Director to oversee the facility.
How will you recruit employees?
Hiring of trained professionals will utilize recruitment networks and referrals from colleagues in the industry.
What do the treatment plans entail?
A variety of therapies will be tailored to meet each individual’s needs, adhering to clinically proven “best practices” methods. This holistic approach to treatment and recovery includes individual counseling, group therapy, mental health assessment, and life-skill development. Referrals will be provided for job placement, continuing education, and family services.
Are 50 beds really needed? Have they considered starting something smaller first?
The need for local residential treatment is greater than 50 beds. Currently, the average wait time for a person ready to go into residential treatment is two to six weeks. Also, there are fixed construction and operating costs that make a smaller facility uneconomical.
How will you handle billing and insurance?
Trained administrative staff will process billing and insurance transactions. Private and State insurance will be the first source of payment, followed by self-pay plans, and supplemented by other sources such as donations to provide the length of treatment required.
Why here in the Key Peninsula?
Recognizing that we have a serious drug problem here on the Key Peninsula, members of Hope Recovery founded this non-profit to seek to help those in our community with addiction issues. Most of the founding members live on the KP and see the problem daily.
What about the zoning, traffic, water/septic use hurdles?
The rural zoning works perfectly as a quiet, tranquil environment to start a holistic healing process. Traffic will be minimal. A residential stay will average 60 days and the residents will not be coming and going. With 50 beds, one new client will arrive less than once a day on average. Employee traffic will be minimal, spread over three shifts, seven days a week, and most employees will be from the KP community.
A water well is already established on site with adequate flow to serve the needs of the planned facility. Soils for a septic system appear to be good and a formal design and evaluation is forthcoming after site approval.
What level of LEED certification will there be?
Final drawings are in process. The facility will be the most environmentally friendly building we can afford. The plans are for a facility that is efficiently operated and fits into the rural character of the KP.
Will HRC be applying to the state for licensing? If so, what type of license?
All residential and non-residential treatment facilities must be licensed through Washington State Health Department in order to be recognized as state certified.
The facility itself must be licensed by the state and meet all applicable WAC and RCW laws to comply with state requirements and licensures for Residential and Non Residential treatment facilities (WAC 246-341). All counseling staff must have a Substance Use Disorder Professional License or a Substance Use Disorder Professional Trainee license. Mental health therapists must also be licensed with the state.
What is the age of clients? Are there any limitations on age? Where will all the patients be coming from?
We will serve adults age 18 and up in the residential portion, and youth (age 13) through adult in the non-residential.
Clients will come from referrals from a variety of sources including self-referral, family, physicians, EAP (Employee Assisted Programs), attorneys, and schools.
Will the facility be fenced in? What will happen if clients walk out of the facility?
This is not a correctional facility. Everyone admitted will be there because they are seeking help. A fence will be installed around the property as a deterrent to property crimes. Clients are not likely to walk away from a program they have worked to get into. Each client accepted will pass an evaluation and, in many cases, will be paying for the program. If they wish to leave before completion of the program, transportation will be found to return them to their chosen location.
What will happen when people are discharged?
Preparing each client to successfully live in a clean and sober environment is a major goal of the programs offered. With the job training and life-skill development received during treatment, resources will be available to obtain employment. Transportation will be provided to the community selected for the best chance of continued recovery.
Why a nonprofit model? Will this model work for sustaining the facility?
Recognizing that insurance plans limit the time for treatment, the Hope Recovery vision is to reject the “cookie cutter” approach and to meet each individual’s recovery needs by creating a variety of therapies. Therefore, funding beyond insurance is necessary and the nonprofit model allows for addition income sources such as donations and grants. This model will sustain operations because of a robust fund development plan executed by professionals on staff and based on the generosity of our local communities.
Will Key Peninsula residents have priority in the admissions process? Will the non-residential services target Key Peninsula residents?
Non-residential services will target the KP residents. Assessments are the first step in admission to both residential and non-residential treatment. KP residents will have access to this service at all times. If a KP resident meets criteria for placement in residential services and HRC beds are full, we will find them a bed using our resources and networking so that they can be placed in residential treatment. In this way, yes it will be a priority to see that their needs are met.
How will the need for medical response be handled?
A facility model like the one planned has no increased need for law enforcement or emergency medical response outside of the occasional call that anyone might need. The facility will not have a detox element. Detox will be done elsewhere prior to admission so clients will be medically stable when they enter.
Is Hope Recovery part of the Hub and Spoke Program of Washington State?
No. The Hub and Spoke Program of Washington State supports collaborative, tiered networks of psychosocial and medical care to address Opiate Use Disorder, offering Medically Assisted Treatment by physicians on staff. We are not part of this program and will offer treatment for a broader range of addictions.
Hope Recovery Center will be a hub of resources for clients enrolled in our programs and for community members facing a variety of addiction-related issues. We will network with other agencies, resources, and individuals to fulfill the needs of the community.
Will Medically Assisted Treatment be offered?
Hope Recovery Center will model residential treatment to be similar to that of Olalla Guest Lodge or Sundown M Ranch. Medically Assisted Treatment is not our goal. If individuals have prescriptions from their physician, these will be kept secured and will be self-administered as specified in WAC laws; there will not be a physician on staff.
Will Hope Recovery work with the drug courts?
We will not be applying for the state contract that is part of the drug court. Some of our clients may have legal problems, such as a DUI, but if clients are part of the drug court program they have to be enrolled in an agency that has that contract.
It is estimated that 80% of the funds initially raised will go to pre-construction and construction costs. The remaining 20% will support ongoing operations. Additional sources of operating income will include insurance payments, self-pay plans, donations, grants, and endowments.
How quickly can they move to begin construction?
The time to obtain necessary permits and complete facility design is approximately 9-12 months after receiving the Conditional Use Permit. After this time, final permits will be obtained and construction can begin.
Can they somehow convince the school district to get on board?
The school district recognizes that they have a student drug problem and are in discussions with members of the Hope Recovery Board, who are intent on helping as many local residents as possible, including partnerships with our school district.
Can they include vocational training?
Yes, vocational training and other life-skill development programs will be an essential part of the treatment.
Who are the people who are involved? What are their qualifications? Is there someone at HRC qualified to oversee a residential treatment facility?
The Hope Recovery Center Board consists of committed individuals with a variety of education and experiences, including licensed and credentialed professionals in human services and substance use disorder and mental health therapies. A list of Board members and brief biographies can be found on the website hope-recovery.org. The Board will hire a qualified Residential Services Director to oversee the facility.
How will you recruit employees?
Hiring of trained professionals will utilize recruitment networks and referrals from colleagues in the industry.
What do the treatment plans entail?
A variety of therapies will be tailored to meet each individual’s needs, adhering to clinically proven “best practices” methods. This holistic approach to treatment and recovery includes individual counseling, group therapy, mental health assessment, and life-skill development. Referrals will be provided for job placement, continuing education, and family services.
Are 50 beds really needed? Have they considered starting something smaller first?
The need for local residential treatment is greater than 50 beds. Currently, the average wait time for a person ready to go into residential treatment is two to six weeks. Also, there are fixed construction and operating costs that make a smaller facility uneconomical.
How will you handle billing and insurance?
Trained administrative staff will process billing and insurance transactions. Private and State insurance will be the first source of payment, followed by self-pay plans, and supplemented by other sources such as donations to provide the length of treatment required.
Why here in the Key Peninsula?
Recognizing that we have a serious drug problem here on the Key Peninsula, members of Hope Recovery founded this non-profit to seek to help those in our community with addiction issues. Most of the founding members live on the KP and see the problem daily.
What about the zoning, traffic, water/septic use hurdles?
The rural zoning works perfectly as a quiet, tranquil environment to start a holistic healing process. Traffic will be minimal. A residential stay will average 60 days and the residents will not be coming and going. With 50 beds, one new client will arrive less than once a day on average. Employee traffic will be minimal, spread over three shifts, seven days a week, and most employees will be from the KP community.
A water well is already established on site with adequate flow to serve the needs of the planned facility. Soils for a septic system appear to be good and a formal design and evaluation is forthcoming after site approval.
What level of LEED certification will there be?
Final drawings are in process. The facility will be the most environmentally friendly building we can afford. The plans are for a facility that is efficiently operated and fits into the rural character of the KP.
Will HRC be applying to the state for licensing? If so, what type of license?
All residential and non-residential treatment facilities must be licensed through Washington State Health Department in order to be recognized as state certified.
The facility itself must be licensed by the state and meet all applicable WAC and RCW laws to comply with state requirements and licensures for Residential and Non Residential treatment facilities (WAC 246-341). All counseling staff must have a Substance Use Disorder Professional License or a Substance Use Disorder Professional Trainee license. Mental health therapists must also be licensed with the state.
What is the age of clients? Are there any limitations on age? Where will all the patients be coming from?
We will serve adults age 18 and up in the residential portion, and youth (age 13) through adult in the non-residential.
Clients will come from referrals from a variety of sources including self-referral, family, physicians, EAP (Employee Assisted Programs), attorneys, and schools.
Will the facility be fenced in? What will happen if clients walk out of the facility?
This is not a correctional facility. Everyone admitted will be there because they are seeking help. A fence will be installed around the property as a deterrent to property crimes. Clients are not likely to walk away from a program they have worked to get into. Each client accepted will pass an evaluation and, in many cases, will be paying for the program. If they wish to leave before completion of the program, transportation will be found to return them to their chosen location.
What will happen when people are discharged?
Preparing each client to successfully live in a clean and sober environment is a major goal of the programs offered. With the job training and life-skill development received during treatment, resources will be available to obtain employment. Transportation will be provided to the community selected for the best chance of continued recovery.
Why a nonprofit model? Will this model work for sustaining the facility?
Recognizing that insurance plans limit the time for treatment, the Hope Recovery vision is to reject the “cookie cutter” approach and to meet each individual’s recovery needs by creating a variety of therapies. Therefore, funding beyond insurance is necessary and the nonprofit model allows for addition income sources such as donations and grants. This model will sustain operations because of a robust fund development plan executed by professionals on staff and based on the generosity of our local communities.
Will Key Peninsula residents have priority in the admissions process? Will the non-residential services target Key Peninsula residents?
Non-residential services will target the KP residents. Assessments are the first step in admission to both residential and non-residential treatment. KP residents will have access to this service at all times. If a KP resident meets criteria for placement in residential services and HRC beds are full, we will find them a bed using our resources and networking so that they can be placed in residential treatment. In this way, yes it will be a priority to see that their needs are met.
How will the need for medical response be handled?
A facility model like the one planned has no increased need for law enforcement or emergency medical response outside of the occasional call that anyone might need. The facility will not have a detox element. Detox will be done elsewhere prior to admission so clients will be medically stable when they enter.
Is Hope Recovery part of the Hub and Spoke Program of Washington State?
No. The Hub and Spoke Program of Washington State supports collaborative, tiered networks of psychosocial and medical care to address Opiate Use Disorder, offering Medically Assisted Treatment by physicians on staff. We are not part of this program and will offer treatment for a broader range of addictions.
Hope Recovery Center will be a hub of resources for clients enrolled in our programs and for community members facing a variety of addiction-related issues. We will network with other agencies, resources, and individuals to fulfill the needs of the community.
Will Medically Assisted Treatment be offered?
Hope Recovery Center will model residential treatment to be similar to that of Olalla Guest Lodge or Sundown M Ranch. Medically Assisted Treatment is not our goal. If individuals have prescriptions from their physician, these will be kept secured and will be self-administered as specified in WAC laws; there will not be a physician on staff.
Will Hope Recovery work with the drug courts?
We will not be applying for the state contract that is part of the drug court. Some of our clients may have legal problems, such as a DUI, but if clients are part of the drug court program they have to be enrolled in an agency that has that contract.