Santa Cruz Residential Recovery is part of the larger organization Encompass Community Services, an organization that is more of an amalgamation of smaller organizations united under one umbrella organization. Encompass Community Services and all of its various programs serve the local Santa Cruz county area, which includes westside Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Aptos, Capitola, Live Oak, Soquel, and Twin Lakes. The majority of the services offered take on a patron-client type relationship as is typical of most non-profit organizations.
The specific program I will be working with, Santa Cruz Residential Recovery, has an interesting patron-client relationship as the clients live in the facility full time and essentially treat it as their own home -- they clean, cook, and partake in typical household duties as part of their recovery plan.…