How is a halfway house run
How To Start A Halfway House - Starting And Opening A Halfway House
good morning this is Ella Keaton's I'm
coming back to your life doing a little
update on the e-book that's going out
it's all about trying to start a halfway
house and it's showing you how to
literally start from the very beginning
but I want to just come out with a
couple of tips that I want to give some
people I know a lot of you are
interested in opening up a halfway house
you have a passion for maybe you just
want to do it because it's something
that's been in your heart for a very
long time maybe one of your family
members have been been through or maybe
you've seen somebody that's doing it
that you feel like you could do it a
little bit better or maybe it's just
something that you want to do however
getting started making that first step
is probably gonna be the hardest
decision you could ever make but you
have to get off the fence you have to do
it because right now there is a niche
it's a untapped market a lot of people
are not for me with how to do it a lot
of people are not for me with how to
actually market it and get clients
that's coming into your place on a
continuous basis I can show you how to
do all of that I'm gonna give you a
little bit about my background first of
all I'm I'm a recovering addict and
alcoholic been on drugs for many many
many years started when I was about 12
years old right now I'm 61 and I stopped
when I was about 42 so I was on drugs
for many years and I've been through a
lot of different program probably about
eight and I finally decided that enough
is enough but the last halfway house I
was in was a very big facility and the
way they was doing things I just felt
like I could do it a little bit better
so there was no case management done in
terms of helping people literally go
from dependency to in dependency helping
people because when I first started I
didn't even know I never carried a ID I
didn't I didn't even know how to give
one so when I started my halfway house I
literally did an assessment with people
so you got it doing
that's before and in the book I'll show
you how to do all of that plus I give
you some free consultations but the
first thing you didn't you need to do is
do a need assessment you got got to find
out what the person's needs are some
people don't want anything that's okay
but at least you know some people have
money that they don't even know about so
you're trying to help them do all of
that and I started out doing a need
assessment I wrote out couple of
questions
very very simple what are you here for
what are your goals why are you here
what are your five year plans what are
your educational needs what are your
social needs do you have a social
security card
do you have an ID things like that how
many family members that support you or
do you not have any support because you
need a psychological profile of
everybody that you're dealing with you
don't want to just have an absentee be
an absentee landlord but you just have
people that's right in your place and
you don't even know anything about them
you want to do you know need assessment
are you on medication what kind of
medication are you taking where's your
pharmacy things like that so I
incorporated all of that and I did
things a lot different therefore I kept
a lot of people because people want to
know that you care they want to know
that you generally care about them and
when you can translate that it
translates into loyalty which are people
so they will stay no matter what and so
when I started out that's number one I
didn't need assessment number two I went
out and I hit all the Narcotics
Anonymous meetings I did some flyers I
went to all the hospitals to jails I
went everywhere I talked to every social
worker that I can talk to I passed out
my cards long before I even had a place
are you understanding me I passed out my
business cause long before I even had a
place okay when I opened up my first
place a four-bedroom three-bath down in
for a lot of them Florida charging 450 a
month I went
up to 550 but you know you do the math
man I had that place forward within a
month and from there I cumulated another
property and for those of you that don't
know how to give properties it's very
simple it's not real real hard in case
you don't want you don't have the money
to purchase your own building or your
own house maybe you want to you know do
a lease to own you know put down first
last and security you don't necessarily
have to tell nobody what you're doing
okay you want to open it up and rent it
out but you want to put some very decent
furniture in there you don't want to
have no house that's looking like a
mom-and-pop grandma house if it's not
someplace that you want to live in I
don't think you want to put anybody in
at it because again you want to be
impressive you want to do the wow factor
when they walk in the door they want to
be impressed with that place and you
want to be hands-on okay you want to at
least try to get some furniture that
looks good
two bedrooms to a room some people like
to put bunk beds I don't do that I did
it in the beginning but when you have a
lot of people crowded in one place you
have tension then you have a lot of
conflict and you have a lot of fights
try to provide dignity to your people
give them some space do it too bit too
too to a room that's it do not try to
crowd your place up believe you me
they're not gonna like it
some people will just put up with it
because they don't have a choice but the
first chance they get to come to a place
like mine they come and they gonna leave
you gonna leave you right there okay
stuck holding the bag with all the rent
okay you don't want to do that you want
to keep two to a room you could charge
I'm in South Florida so the rent is
pretty competitive down here it's
anywhere from five to six hundred
dollars per month and so if you got a
three-bedroom
you know you're looking at
twelve-hundred coming out of each room
okay so you do the math it's right there
for you okay and I do have an e-book my
website is being built right now but you
can go and purchase it but if not then
all you have to do is leave me your
email address comment at the bottom that
you know you saw the YouTube page you
want to spread it out for me you know
I'm gonna help you as much as I can you
help me get the word out I'll help you
get your place up and going plus if you
desire you already own your own property
again if you already own your own
property
all you have to do is contact me if you
want me to get it up and going for you
just pay for my plane ticket and a place
for me to stay I'll come and do free
consultation if you purchased the book
purchase the book purchase the e-book
it's called how to open up a halfway
house how to monetize your property that
you already have if you want to make a
lot of money in the business you're
gonna put a lot of time in it that's
just it but it is profitable once you
get up and going people will be in and
out of your place on a frequent basis
you know you can always have you can
always be getting calls from people I'll
show you how to do that and it's all
about collecting data the more people
that you know the more people come to
your place and it's I hate to see it and
recovery dealing with recovering addicts
or dealing with unstable people you're
gonna have a lot of people that's going
to be coming in and out back and forth
over and over and over so you want to
keep their information you want to keep
their phone number you want to get in
touch with the family members reach out
to them say hey you know this is XYZ
call and they see how John Doe is doing
a lot of times I used to get oh my god
he done messed up I'm so glad you call
can you go and get him you know what I
mean so it's a lot of ways to do this
but you have to be on top of it nobody
gave me any information
how to do this okay so this comes from
ten years of a lot of heart sweat a lot
of bad mistakes I made so I pretty much
honed everything down scale it down and
I filtered through the BS and I'm giving
you good information all right how to
avoid a lot of pitfalls and traps and so
a they said if you can't afford a
consultant by the book so by the book
again this is LD key theorems thanks so
much for watching and stay tuned there's
a whole lot more coming I'm rolling out
some new products in terms of giving you
some templates on your cards your
brochures and everything so I'm getting
our less stuff structured and done for
you ahead of time so you're gonna get
all of that for free and the first
person that give me a call eight four
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people that give me a call and we give
you a discount on the book so give me a
call eight four four four seven two four
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there's a lot of grants out there oh
yeah yeah yeah there's a lot of grants
out there for Department of Corrections
for mental health that you can get these
grants and pretty much finance your
whole business it's out there they're
letting a lot of people out of prison
right now so you better get on board now
you know don't hesitate don't wait it's
not gonna cause anything but your time
okay so give me a call again I'm elder
keith Humes
my number is eight four four four seven
two four two three three god bless you
and the best is yet calm
