Alcohol and Drug Free Housing (ADFC)

In 1984, Central City Concern adapted the supportive housing model when it designated a floor in one of its low-income apartment buildings as alcohol and drug-free.  For the first time, when clients left Hooper detox or other detox programs, they could live in a clean and safe environment while getting substance abuse treatment. Their neighbors down the hall were in the same boat. Watching out for each other, these people began recovering and staying sober in far greater numbers than those who went back to the streets, into shelters or to housing where people still ‘used.’ 

CCC expanded this approach to a number of its buildings and created Alcohol and Drug Free Community (ADFC) supportive housing, built around a common living environment and shared experience that is transformative.

Residents’ daily routines include many similar elements – support groups, treatment, job counseling, skills training –which bond them together.  They often cook together, gather to watch television or work on the computers in the common areas.  They learn to trust and help each other, make clean and sober friends, and gain the tools and ability to build a new life.

In supportive housing communities, CCC staff helps clients access the particular services they need - medical and mental health care, substance abuse treatment, benefits and entitlements, mentoring, counseling, skills training, and employment assistance.  They also provide resident support services – conflict resolution, eviction prevention, rent assistance, and childcare - to help tenants maintain housing and build safe, strong communities.

People who choose to be clean and sober can live in ADFC housing.  Those who do not yet wish to be clean and sober but want to end their homelessness may be able to access other CCC affordable housing. 

CCC operates the following types of ADFC Housing:

•   ADFC Transitional Housing
•   ADFC Permanent Housing
•   ADFC Family Housing (FAN)