NORTH TEXAS SOLUTIONS FOR RECOVERY INC
Fighting Addiction One Family At A Time
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Solutions of North Texas works with men and women who are struggling with substance use disorder and alcoholism. We offer meaningful, effective, affordable services for people struggling with addiction and their families. Solutions provides a safe place to land, with support and structure geared towards building a foundation for long term recovery which impacts all areas of their lives, from finances, to legal complications, basic life skills and educational goals.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Residential Transitional Services
Two main goals:
- Teach our clients how to get sober
- Teach our clients how to be financially and emotionally independent
Structure of the Residential Program:
- Level System – 1 through 4
- 12-Step immersive programming
- Job search program
- Budgeting education and guidance
- Financial accountability and guidance
- Transition meeting – What’s next for you?
- Work with a sponsor – complete the 12 Steps
- Education on public speaking and carrying the message
- Household chore system
- Household mentorship
- House events (includes life stories)
- Case management including progress reviews
- Family sessions and guidance
- Legal coordination and guidance
- Codependency meetings and guidance
- Community service
- Level checks with house staff
- On-site 12-Step meetings
- Random drug and alcohol testing
- Tiered curfew system
Family Services
Goals of the Family Services Program:
- Educate the family on what their loved one is experiencing in active addiction and/or their program of sobriety
- Reduce the impact of enabling and codependency behaviors, instead acting as an advocate of recovery for all involved – not just the substance user.
- Supporting the family in setting and respecting their own boundaries while lovingly motivating their loved one to seek help
- Help the family establish independent lives separate from affected loved one
Structure of the Family Services Program:
- Weekly family sessions
- Case management
- Monitoring
- Addiction education
- Weekly goals and objectives
Clinical Services
Four main goals:
- Clients demonstrate a clear understanding of the dynamics of substance use as they relate personally, and routinely identify situations or other factors that could pose a risk to sobriety.
- Clients possess sufficient coping strategies to successfully manage substance use challenges.
- Clients begin successfully utilizing social, vocational, physical, spiritual, and emotional support systems to maintain sobriety.
- Clients report a significant improvement in mood and sense of well-being.
Structure of the Clinical Program:
- Intake assessment which identifies problems, goals, needs, strengths, and weaknesses
- Assigns the appropriate level of care to address identifiers
- Three levels of care
-- Intensive Outpatient Program
-- Supportive Outpatient Program
-- Individual Counseling
- Develop individualized treatment plans to help client achieve goals
- Uses 12-Step facilitation through the use of empirically based practices
Court Services
Three main goals:
- Compliance with the court system and requirements
- Act as a liaison between the court, probation, attorneys, treatment, and the client
- Work side-by-side with the client’s attorney for the best possible outcome
Structure of the Court Program:
- Expert Court Testimony
- Mitigation Packet
- Drug and Alcohol Evaluation
- Court Evaluation
- Jail Interviews and/or Evaluation
Monitoring Services
Goals of the Monitoring Program:
- Accountability in your recovery program
- Provide the tools necessary to achieve and maintain long-term sobriety
- Develop and adhere to a personalized plan
- Provide legal oversight and transparency
Structure of the Monitoring Program:
- Progress reviews with Case Manager
- Assignments tailored to align with your individualized goals and objectives
- Random testing for drugs and alcohol
- Regularly monitored and reviewed treatment plans and daily living plans
- Attendance monitoring for all mandatory meetings, sponsor communication, outpatient treatment programs, etc.
- Documentation of your progress and regular reports to the your support system (legal or familial)
- Symptom distress assessment through the administering of the OQ-45.2
Collaborative Recovery and Re-Entry Services
Goals of the Program:
- Recovery education
- Financial and emotional independence education
- Re-entry strategies and job search
- Accountability education and maintenance
- Participants will demonstrate coping skills, understanding of addiction, and risks to sobriety
- Participants will report a significant improvement in mood and sense of well-being.
Topics Covered in the Program:
- Disease Model of Addiction
- 12-Step Recovery
- Sponsorship
- Self-examination skills
- Defining Personally Meaningful Values and Principles
- Improving Support Networks
- Family Dynamics of Addiction
- Career Development
- Coping with Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Shame in Recovery
- Repairing Harm Caused by Addictive Behaviors
- Helping Others Struggling with Addiction
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsAverage number of service recipients per month
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Substance abusers
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Includes clinical, residential, monitoring, and court services clients.
Number of clients in residential care
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Substance abusers
Related Program
Residential Transitional Services
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of treatment and support plans that include behavior support plan
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Substance abusers
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
All clients receive treatment that includes a behavior support plan
Total dollar amount of scholarship awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Substance abusers, People with disabilities, Incarcerated people, Unemployed people, Sex workers
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This is the number of free or reduced services we provided to clients entering services. This includes clinical and residential services.
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Solutions of North Texas is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, specifically designed to combat alcoholism and/or drug addiction. We specialize in working with adult men and women who have, for one reason or another, failed at sobriety a number of times. They may have graduated from a number of treatment centers and may have criminal charges or convictions as a result of their addiction(s).
Our residential program is for those who are aware of their addiction and have a willingness and desire to make a permanent change in their lives. Each individual is then assessed, aided in obtaining gainful employment, and guided toward financial accountability and independence. A two-fold system meets all their needs and long-term recovery. Using the 12-step model of recovery, residents are taught how to stay sober permanently and how to live as happy independent adults. This is the ultimate goal of our residential program.
Our clinical programs are committed to full family wellness. We have intensive outpatient programs, supportive outpatient programs, individual counseling, family counseling, and drug and alcohol evaluations. We utilize the 12-step philosophies of spiritual and emotional growth and combine that with our empirically based counseling approaches to create our own custom curriculum.
We also provide court services to clients that are struggling through the legal maze. We provide experienced, objective professionals who understand the local court system. We are active treatment team members of five of the Denton County Specialty Courts. We work closely with prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, law enforcement, child protective services, probation, and other Denton County officials. Court services includes expert clinical testimony, mitigation packets, drug and alcohol evaluations, and court evaluations. Our goal to further our reach to as many individuals as we can that are suffering with alcoholism and/or addiction.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
In our Sober Living program:
Safe, Stable, & Clean Housing
Food & Meal Planning/Cooking
Drug & Alcohol Screening
In-House and Community 12-Step Meetings
Faith Based Track
Outreach Training
Education Goal Planning
Progress Reviews
Job Search Orientation
Resume Building
Job Search Progress
Relational Wellness
Budgeting & Financial planning
Financial Accountability
Savings/Banking Plan
Exit Strategies
Incident Reports
Mentoring Program
Career Strategies
Re-Entry Plan & Execution
In our family programs:
Family change plans
Substance abuse education
Co-dependency education
In our Outpatient Programs:
Intensive 12-step immersion curriculum
Counseling
Group
In our court services:
Mitigation packets
Drug and alcohol evaluations
Clinical feedback
Collaborating with client's legal team
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors are legally and financially responsible for our organizations conduct, and our continued growth depends on these dedicated professionals.
Scott Wisenbaker – Founding Executive Director
Scott spent his early years in pursuit of his music career, often experiencing moderate success only to watch it all crumble due to to his addiction. In 1995, Scott was introduced to the solution that changed his life forever and decided to dedicate his life to helping others find that same solution. After years of working with addicts and alcoholics to find a solution to their problem, Scott opened Solutions of North Texas in 2006 in the hopes of providing more.
Solutions of North Texas and its unique approach to re-entry captured the attention of The White House, the substance abuse industry, and the community. Our unique recovery model and critical collaborations, have been featured on newscasts from KDAF 33, CBS 11, NBC-DFW Ch.5, and WFAA Ch.8.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Beginning in 2006 with residential services, Founder and Executive Director Scott Wisenbaker had one goal: to keep ten men “out of the ground”. Our residential program has since expanded to thirty-two beds for men and eighteen beds for women, as well as a “return-to-monitor” house that reunites mothers with their children under CPS supervision. Additionally, we received our Outpatient Treatment License in 2017 which allowed us to add intensive and supportive outpatient treatment, as well as individual counseling. In April 2019, we became accredited by the Joint Commission in our residential and outpatient programs. Other services include crisis intervention, specialized court services including diversion programs, and family programs. We have integrated ourselves into the very fabric of North Texas by helping those in Denton and the surrounding counties on the pathway to sobriety by providing the basis for safe, spiritual, and structured recovery and the tools for a sustainable future for each of our clients.
Our future endeavors include more residential housing for men and women, a detox center that hold six beds and will include day programming, and consulting with other municipalities to help them implement their own organization.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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Who are the people you serve with your mission?
Adult men and women who suffer with alcohol/drug addiction.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
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NORTH TEXAS SOLUTIONS FOR RECOVERY INC
Board of directorsas of 09/01/2022
Mark Burroughs
Former Mayor of Denton
Term: 2021 -
Mark Burroughs
Former Mayor of Denton
Bob Ridenour
Retired CPA
Michelle Boerst
Solutions of North Texas/Public Relations
Jeremy Hardy
Consultant
Jeff Davis
Denton County Sheriff's Office
Chris Summitt
Denton Police Department
Mitch Mitchell
Attorney at Law
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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