Program Phases
All applicants must successfully complete a 30-day evaluation period before becoming an offical client of AFAAH
Recovery
After successful completion of a
30-day evaluation period, clients will be officially admitted to AFAAH's Recovery phase. The Recovery phase is 6-months in length. During this time, clients are required to attend Biblical counseling sessions, Bible-study classes, church services, recovery classes, and are responsible for cleaning/maintaining the church facility/grounds. This phase is focused heavily on learning God's Word, applying scripture to daily decision-making, and establishing structure and discipline to the client's daily routine.
Transition
*Optional Phase open to
clients in good standing only
After successful completion of the
6-month recovery phase, clients in
good standing, who show initiative to further their recovery, may apply to enter the 4–6-month transition period.
*Application to stay at AFAAH should be submitted 2 weeks prior to graduating from the recovery phase.
During Transition, the same rules/requirements as the recovery phase apply; however, clients are allowed to find day-time work at an approved job site. AFAAH will assist client in document recovery if needed (driver's license, social security card replacement, birth certificate replacement, etc.). All money earned must be saved while staying rent-free at AFAAH. The savings earned, shall be used to pay fines, future housing costs, and transportation costs, under supervision of the director
Follow Up
Clients who participate in A Future and A Hope are our family. We love them and will continue to pray for them, offering guidance and Biblical counsel as necessary.
We pray each client who enters our doors will leave with a newfound hope and will live an abundant life with Jesus, leaving the old life behind and embracing the new. We also pray they stay connected with First Baptist Church of Ensley, or another church body near where they live. We like to tell our clients, "Once AFAAH, always AFAAH." We are all in God's program, and we are family.