Sober Living Home in Gary Planned for Former Inmates

GARY, Ind. - July 25, 2018 - PRLog -- A sober living home called the Eden House in Gary, Indiana is being built to help people who were arrested for drug offenses.

The Eden House will be constructed by the leaders of Planted Seeds Ministry, a nonprofit social service group that assists people struggling with poverty or needing substance abuse treatment following drug-related incarcerations.

"The organization [Planted Seed Ministries] has been in business for 12 years now," said Dr. Renecia Williams, CEO of Planted Seed Ministries. "We started off providing services for men being released from prison and I now serve as a consultant for the Lake County Jail, which is the second largest jail in Indiana."

Williams stated that her organization found out many people in the county were being cited for sleeping in public places and struggling with mental health or substance use disorders.

"They're spending anywhere from 30 to 120 days in jail just because they're ill," she said. "We decided to switch the program model to Eden House, which will provide permanent support of housing with clinical wrap-around services for individuals that meet that criteria. We will start with males because we see there's a peak in the population for males in this area."

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