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Release Date: August 23, 2007

The Healing Place Names New Client Transition Monitor

By The Healing Place
August 23, 2007

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Johnson County native and Raleigh NC resident, Betsy Johnson, named Client Transition Monitor for The Healing Place of Wake County's innovative recovery program

PR9.NET August 23, 2007 - Raleigh NC. The Healing Place of Wake County, an innovative shelter, recovery and rehabilitation facility for homeless people with alcohol and drug addictions, has named Betsy Johnson as the new Client Transition Monitor. In this role, Betsy will work with clients to secure employment, housing and manage their finances as they continue their path to be sober, contributing members of society.

Ms. Johnson, a native of Johnson County and a Raleigh resident for the last three years, has a true passion for the work she will begin. In discussing her new role, Ms. Johnson said she "enjoys helping others in recovery because I can help them see that there is bright future beyond their addition. I am living proof of that."

Before accepting this new role, Ms. Johnson previously worked in the Men's and Women's Shelter and Detox Centers at The Healing Place.

The Healing Place is dedicated to reducing homelessness and the devastating impacts of addiction. The current number of homeless people in Wake County is estimated to be approximately 1200 and on any given night over 200 of those individuals are sheltered and active in the Healing Place's recovery program. The recovery and rehabilitation program is focused on "Helping People Find Their Way Back" from homelessness and addiction to becoming contributing members of society. This journey to recovery is based on a peer-run, 12-step-based program that has demonstrated a success rate of approximately 70 percent for the clients.

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The Healing Place of Wake County is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) recovery and rehabilitation facility for homeless people with alcohol and drug dependency. The Men’s Center opened its doors in January, 2001, and the Women’s Center began operation in January, 2006. As of January, 2007, over 6200 men and women have been provided with more than 360,000 beds of shelter. We have also provided thousands of recovery classes and meetings. The Healing Place offers a shelter, a social detox, and a recovery program all at a cost of less than $30 per day for each resident. Approximately 70% of the graduates from our program, with a year of post-discharge sobriety, are still sober. The Healing Place of Wake County is built on the principles of the highly successful “Healing Place in Louisville, KY,” which received the 1998 US Department of Health Resources and Service Administration “Models That Work Award” in recognition of the success of the program. Visit us on the web at www.hpowc.org.