Freedom Recovery Community In the Summer of 2007, The Next Door opened a second facility, the Freedom Recovery Community, to serve women in need of safe, affordable permanent housing for themselves and their children. The Freedom Recovery Community is open by application to women in crisis who need permanent housing with on-site access to recovery support services, specifically those addressing addiction and mental health issues.  The apartment complex provides twenty units for women with their children. The Next Door is grateful to key supporters who helped bring the Freedom Recovery Community into being:  Tennessee Housing Development Agency’s Housing Trust Fund, Memorial Foundation, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, HUD Local Continuum of Care, and numerous individual donors. The Freedom Recovery Community receives residents by referral from local transitional housing centers, emergency homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, and other agencies with whom there is collaboration to provide services needed.  Residents must complete an application form and be employed before moving into Freedom Recovery Community. Poverty is the common trait of residents of Freedom Recovery Community, but other characteristics that prove to be hurdles to maintaining permanent housing are common to this population.  These obstacles include a lack of knowledge of the requirements of independent living; preparation to obtain and keep a job; health problems stemming from addictive behaviors; mental health issues; and lack of transportation. The Center will take intentional steps to assist in overcoming these obstacles, with the desired outcome being that residents and their children remain in safe and secure permanent housing: Residents are encouraged to maintain employment by using the services of a job coach, provided on-site Residents are encouraged to avail themselves of counseling aimed at issues of independent living, such as living by a budget and developing financial responsibility Residents are afforded case management services and mentoring services Residents receive family support classes (parenting skills, etc.) » Click here to download an application.