We can't control the choices men make....

In April 2016 Craig C. paroled to Freedom Though Education's Freedom House USA main facility in South Sacramento, CA where he joined over 30 other residents.  

Craig responded right away to all of our (and WestCare's) in service treatment plans and remained at the top of the class in all he pursued that we offered.  It came as no surprise to see him quickly get employed in the construction field - working two jobs at times - always saving for the day he would transition out from under our care.

After nearly a year of living with four men in one of our apartment units, working his program and saving, Craig expressed the desire to move to one of our self-pay houses to continue the safe environment, save for more living options, and gain some positive rental history. 

The new environment is different than our apartment facility.in several ways:

• 6 men share a full house instead of 36 men sharing 4 bed (2 bedroom) apartments
• no drama on the surrounding streets
• has a focused house manager giving more attention to each man than is possible with our large facility
• each man in the house has a job and is aiming to do well and transition into a place of their own as opposed to men having to attend a lot of group counseling in addition to 1 on 1's and other programs

Craig flourished in that new environment even more.  His displayed excellent self-care in addition to excellent time management skills.  He frequently went above and beyond the requests for house chores given to him, That, and other things, improved his leadership abilities tremendously.  

Today Craig has obtained his Class A drivers license and is driving for a trucking firm based in Sacramento.  

Our mission statement says "we cannot control the choices men make, but we can expand the choices they have".  Craig continues to exemplify that statement working very well.