INDIANAPOLIS — Drug treatment facilities serve a purpose; they help people get sober and back on their feet. Often though, people have nowhere to go after their treatment is done.
Now, nonprofits like Volunteers of America will be building permanent supportive housing so people can continue their recovery journey.
Provided “That led me to meet all the wrong people,” Tyler Brady, a VOA client, said. “That led me to want to experiment with all the wrong things.”
Brady is talking about when she was homeless. She lived that way for seven years. It started when she got out of prison in 2014.
At that time she wasn’t an addict, but during her time being homeless, her addiction took over.
Provided “I used fentanyl, smoked KD,” Brady said. “Crack cocaine was my drug of choice.”
In April 2023, while she was six months pregnant with her daughter, Brady got sober through Volunteers of America. She admits that housing is a challenge for people living with addiction.
“It was a huge factor in my life, being able to obtain housing. I had several felony convictions,” Brady said.