The Charlotte Rescue Mission Rebound men’s program provides a five-fold, client-centered treatment approach addressing spiritual, mental, physical, social, and vocational needs to battle addiction.  The objective is to help individuals fighting addiction and homelessness to accomplish spiritual, mental, physical, social, and vocational goals and be free of addiction.

Outcome-based planning uses client needs and program goals as a foundation for program and design decisions.  Outcome-based Evaluation and follow upis a systematic assessment of individual and program success regarding intended goals/outcomes.

Outcome planning and evaluation focuses on questions like…

• How has our program made a difference?

• How are the lives of the program participants better as a result of the program?

• Have target outcomes or program goals been met?

Beginning in October of 2006 Follow-up interviews began.  The interview generally takes place via the phone, however, other methods of interviewing have included both email, and interviews in person.  Follow-up interviews are performed at set time intervals (30-days, 60, 90, & 1 year) from a client’s completion date. The follow-up interview is comprised of 10 standard questions and covers all aspects of the Charlotte Rescue Mission recovery model.  The follow up calls help to provide us information as to how clients are doing since completing the program.  However, it is often a struggle to maintain the most current contact information with our client population as their locations and contacts often change.  In 2007 29% of contacts were reached.

Of those 29%:

92%  YTD were sober at 30 days from completion.
90% YTD were sober at 60 days from completion.
70% YTD were sober at 90 days from completion.
73% YTD were sober at 1 year from completion.