The Sober Living Center in Brownsville, Texas is a non-profit agency dedicated to providing quality addiction treatment and related services to low income, minority, and other service focused individuals. The Sober Living Center provides in-home supportive care, individual and family counseling, residential drug recovery programs, life skills training, employment assistance, and comprehensive substance abuse programs tailored to meet the unique needs of its clients. The Center is funded through a grant from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) which covers the cost of alcohol abuse treatment for its clients. The Center also serves the communities in surrounding areas by connecting them with the local halfway house, detoxification center, medical treatment facility, police station, and other relevant entities. The transitional residence is designed to provide an addict with the resources to transition back home while simultaneously receiving in-home care and treatment for their addiction. When entering the Sober Living Center, clients are assigned a specially trained addiction specialist who is assigned to them to assist them through the process. This professional will guide the client through the assessment and detoxification process to ensure that they are well equipped to return home and live an active life. Once the client is stabilized, the counselor in the home will assist them with searching a suitable living situation that will be conducive to maintaining sobriety and avoiding future relapse. There are various programs and activities offered through the Sober Living program which can help clients reenter the community and resume their lives in a productive and safe manner. Most of the Sober Living Texas clients who have gone through the residential short-term treatment programs are able to return to live in a secure and functional living situation in just one to three months. The transitional Sober Living homes are staffed with highly skilled professionals who have the expertise and experience to offer comprehensive addiction and treatment services to their clients. There are a variety of benefits which are provided by the residential short-term treatment programs for individuals suffering from addiction. These services include medical detoxification, individualized one on one therapy, group support, social activities, life skills development, life coaching, life transition planning assistance and education and motivation programs.