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WELD describes recovery housing, sober beds and employment crews
Summary
WELD operates clean-and-sober housing (about 130 beds in Seattle-area), multiple housing models (drug court/RMAC, drug-court housing, and OG clean-and-sober houses), and a 'WellWork' landscaping crew that provides first-time employment experience for participants.
Jim Chambers, outreach and government relations manager for WELD, detailed the nonprofit's housing and employment offerings, including recovery housing, mental-health housing tied to courts, and the WellWork landscaping crews.
Chambers said WELD runs roughly 130 sober beds in Seattle and requires participation in recovery activities for those beds. He described a converted fraternity house in the U District (referred to as 'CBT' in the presentation) that houses 35'40 men and has become integrated with neighbors; he also noted contracts with local governments to run landscaping crews that employ program participants. "We actually have a a housing where we house people at it's called CBT. It is in the U District on Frat Row," Chambers said as an example of site-based programming.
Chambers framed housing as a safety and stabilization tool: participants are expected to be sober and hold each other accountable, and the houses aim to support reunification with family and steady transitions to employment.
