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Victory Programs
Our MissionVictory Programs opens doors to recovery, hope and community to individuals and families facing homelessness, addiction or other chronic illnesses.Slide2
Our Programs
Victory Housing
Victory Health
Several programs provide both housing and recovery services to clients
Housing
programs
T
echnical
assistance
84 units
Treatment and prevention programs
171
beds
BLC
with
1,100
membersSlide3
Our Programs
Victory Health
Victory Housing
Portis
Family Home
ReVision
Family Home & Urban Farm
Victory Housing on Warren Street
Victory Transitional House
Women’s Hope Transitional Home
Cedar Family Home
Robert McBride House
Ruah
House
Technical Assistance Program (TAP
)
(non-residential)
The Boston Living Center
(non-residential)
Joelyn’s
Family Home
Living and Recovering Community
New Victories
Shepherd House
Victory House
Women’s HopeSlide4
Victory Housing
Ruah
House
Victory Transitional
Women’s Hope
Transitional
Portis
Family House
ReVision
Family
Home
Victory Housing on Warren Street
Robert McBride HouseSlide5
Victory Health
New Victories
Victory House
Shepherd House
Joelyn’s
Family Home
The Boston Living CenterSlide6
All
services provided by Victory Programs
are individualized and person-driven, focus on strengths, and support people in establishing individualized goals. In order to provide the most effective services, we utilize evidence-based techniques such as Motivational Interviewing (MI).
Philosophy of CareSlide7
We Communicate Effectively
We Respond with Patience
We Respect Boundaries
We Use Authority Appropriately
We Respect Confidentiality
We Apply Policies and Procedures in a Fair and Consistent Manner
We Do Not Tolerate Discrimination
We Individualize Treatment
We are Attentive to Clients Needs
We Work with Clients from a Strength-Based Perspective
Standards of ExcellenceSlide8
Who We Serve
Gender:
51% Male, 48% Female, 1% Transgender
Race:
54% White, 25% African American, 19% Hispanic/Latino
Sexual Orientation:
28% Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual
Income:
77% Live below the Federal Poverty Level ($11,170/year)
Housing Status:
43% Homeless
Chronic Illness:
59% HIV positive, 22%
Hep
C positive
Drug Use:
38% are current or past IV drug users, 5% are being treated for substance use disorder maintenance therapy, 58% are being treated for substance use disorder and have comorbid mental health issues
Demographics cover clients from July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012.
All VPI Programs, including the BLCSlide9
Our History
1975
Ted
Cantone
opens Victory House as Executive Director
1979
Victory House is
purchased.
1980
Victory House is
1
st
MA
recovery home
to
accept
clients with
HIV/AIDS.
1995
Shepherd
House votes to merge with Victory Programs.
1997
Women’s Hope and Women’s
Transitional Home
are dedicated. Victory
Programs
takes
over
LARC.
2000
Portis
Family House reopens under Victory Programs.
2005
Victory Programs merges with
ReVision
House and farm in Dorchester.2007Victory Programs opens Joelyn’s
Family Home.2008Victory Housing on Warren Street opens.2009Victory Programs merges with AIDS Housing Corporation and acquires Ruah House in Cambridge.
2012Victory Programs merges with the Boston Living CenterSlide10
Our History
Victory Programs
began in 1975 as a single program for
Vietnam War
veterans
struggling with alcohol addiction. Over
then years we’ve grown through mergers and acquisitions
to an agency with 17 individual health and housing programs across Boston and Cambridge.
Victory Programs has a long history of innovation, being the first organization in MA to accept clients living with HIV/AIDS, running the first co-ed program in MA for people living with HIV/AIDS and substance abuse issues, and one of the first programs to welcome clients on methadone maintenance.