Mentorship on the SA Franchise Model

Servant leaders (founding members) are mentored over a period of 3 to 5 years in the development of the following SA franchise models:

The SA Franchise Model for Developed Countries

The SA franchise model for Developed Countries (i.e. North America, etc.) offers a long-term program (3 to 7 years) for young women and their children with increased levels of independence factored into each program phase, described as follows:

Level One Development

Front-line Housing: Participants (young women 18 to 29 yrs. with/without children) start by getting off the street and into a house. In this supportive context participants establish basic crime-free life patterns.

Day Program: In the Day Program (from 9am-5pm), taken while living in front-line housing, participants develop individual strengths in a recovery context. The focus is on parenting, pre-employment and developing life skills to successfully reintegrate into the community.

On-site Babysitting Service: Children of program participants are cared for on-site, in a safe teaching environment where involvement of mothers is encouraged.

Level Two Development

Transitional Housing: Participants need ongoing housing and support to successfully complete the reintegration process. This is accomplished by moving them from front-line housing into semi-independent apartment units.

Job Shadowing & Training: Employability is key to the SA program, and occurs while participants are living in transitional housing. Each participant enrolls in 2-months job shadowing accompanied by 6-months job training. This is followed by support during actual employment and post-secondary education. Business initiatives are established to facilitate training for participants as part of the SA program model.

Long-term Affordable Housing/Followcare: Participants reintegrate into the community at large by receiving long-term affordable housing and ongoing support as they establish stable life patterns.

The program was implemented, tested and evaluated during its pilot phase in Calgary, Alberta from 1989 to 2000, and statistics showed that when fully implemented the SA program model can generate up to a 70% success rate for participants who remain in the program over a 3-year period.

Cost Effectiveness of the SA Franchise Model for Developed Countries:

In the year 2000, "A Home Away Treatment Centre" in the Okanagan Valley (Canada) averaged its cost for a core thirty day drug & alcohol treatment program to be $8,945.00 per person, while the cost of keeping a person incarcerated during the same year according to the Elizabeth Fry Society's information cost $9,490.00/month.

The costs for level one development for a woman and her child to enter an SA program in a developed country, to receive housing and a full rehabilitative day program, averages between $1,500 to $2,000 per month (depending on the city). This comparatively small amount of money gives each young woman coming to an SA program a way out of enslavement and provides a safe environment for herself and her child.

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