Santa Barbara Rescue Mission — Local services in Santa Barbara

Two components to review.

Homeless services: The SBRM offers services to homeless people. Food, toiletries & other necessities, counseling, referrals to other programs in the area, and a safe place to sleep at night. This is a tightly run ship because in order to keep a diverse population safe there have to be hard and fast rules. But if you're genuinely out of luck and need short-term assistance or better yet, hope for long-term change, this is the place to come.

Addiction recovery services: SBRM offers a 1-year residential recovery program for men and women (separate locations) who desire (or with a nudge from the judge) long-term change. This is not an easy program but it is unique in many ways, including that there is no charge to attend. It is Christian-based and while you don't have to be or become Christian to come here you will hear about Jesus every single day, as experience has shown this is who changes lives.

This is more than a place to stay and detox. It's a comprehensive spiritual, emotional, psychological and physical transformative center. Clients are guided from total dependence and oversight to increasing freedom and responsibility as they earn trust and demonstrate their commitment to real change. Additionally, SBRM has strong ties with the local business community and those in the final three months of their program transition to jobs in the community in anticipation of their upcoming graduation.

When you're done playing games and desperate for a change this is the place to come. You have everything to gain and...

Strict asf on the rules if somone break em they can get 1 or 2 chances but if somone else does it they get kicked out even if being sober places really doesn't care for certain people was there for almost the whole time and got kicked out for a device still stayed sober the are other places that acutlly care . Consular mike torres has made comments on trying to get people kicked out or wanting to catch them. This isn't a game but since they treat it like it. Alot of people treat them as a joke. The director just trys to make the place sound or look good but alot of stuff need to be fixed. And counsler Dillon might try to seem like your friend but he is just trying to get you comfortable so that...

Sbrm runs a tight ship and of course will not be agreeable to anyone who has to have it their way or refuses to play by the rules. But to those who are desperate and humbled by misfortune, the rescue mission can be the greatest resource. Their approach to alcoholism and drug addiction is one that has been proven to yield the best results possible in those whose odds are not good to begin with. I Can say from experience that you’ll never get better treatment especially for free and it’s a cause well...