1. No drugs, alcohol, weapons or fighting. Any knowledge or suspicion must be immediately communicated to the Manager and Owner. Suspicion of drugs or alcohol use will incur a breathalyzer or urine test at that time.
2. Must attend the mandatory House Business Meeting (see below) once per week and perform at least one hour per week of service time to the House. Chores will be distributed by the House Manager and listed on the white board.
3. In your first ninety days you must attend one meeting per day for first 90 days accompanied by a fellow Resident of the House. After the 90 days, you will be expected to regularly attend meetings with a minimum of five meetings a week, with no maximum. After six months, you will attend a minimum of three meetings per week. Upon arrival at a meeting, you shall text to the Manager the meeting name & time along with the name of the Resident with whom you went, or you will have a meeting sheet signed at the meeting by the Meeting Chair and submitted weekly to Manager at the weekly House Business meeting. For the first 45 days, you agree to complete the daily planner on a daily basis and submit it each week at the House Business Meeting.
4. We require you to have a sponsor within one week of living here and maintain regular communication with that sponsor. Minimum requirements for your selected sponsor are at least one year and has worked through the 12-steps, and does not reside in 511 College Ave. You must provide to the House Manager the name and phone number of your Sponsor as soon as one is obtained or any time you change sponsors.
5. Curfew is 11:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 12:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Overnights outside of the house must be approved by Owner and are prohibited for the first 30 days unless permission is granted at your intake or in the event of an unforeseeable, unexpected life event.
6. Visitors are subject to Owner/Manager approval and visitation is limited to Monday through Saturday from 1:00 p.m. until dusk. Visitors are limited to a maximum of two people for a maximum period of two hours. Visitation must take place in common areas only.
7. No lending or borrowing of money. Taking any item from the house not belonging to you without the permission of the item's owner is prohibited and will result in you being barred FOREVER from the program. Even if it is a banana. We have a strict and absolute zero tolerance for theft.
8. You agree that your room and personal belongings can be inspected and rearranged at any time by Owner or Management.
9. You agree that you are solely responsible for any money or property belonging to you and you assume sole responsibility for the loss or damage of any property belonging to you. Before you will be allowed to bring any personal prescribed medications into the house, you must submit a list of all medications with prescribed dosages to Owner or Manager. Please have this list prepared to tender upon arrival to the house. Some medications may be required to be secured by a lockbox (not provided). Any change in medication or dosages must be immediately reported to Owner or Manager on the day said changes are made. All lockboxes may be inspected by Owner or Manager at any time.
10. You must do your chores as directed. You also agree to immediately clean any dishware you have used as well as clean any mess on the counters, stove, table, etc., in order to afford the next resident an opportunity to prepare and enjoy his meal. You agree to rinse and put all dishware you use in the drying rack immediately after using them. After using the bathroom, you will make sure that the facility is clean for the next resident. Everyone must wipe down the shower walls when finished showering and wipe the counters and sinks dry after using the sink. Absolutely no open food or open drinks are allowed in the bedrooms or common areas other than water. You agree to maintain all rooms in the house, including bedrooms, in “show condition” from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. The once weekly chore duty is to be completed on Saturday by 12:00 p.m.
11. No resident is allowed in a bedroom not belonging to that resident without the permission of one of the bedroom’s residents and there shall be no sexual contact between residents or between residents and any guest.
12. You agree that your cell phone shall be answered with all due effort and speed each time the Owner or Manager is calling. If you shut off your cell phone for purposes of a meeting or other engagement, you agree that all calls incoming from Owner or Manager shall merit top priority to any other call received and shall be immediately responded to upon discovery. In no event shall a call from Owner or Manager not be returned within two hours of placement, unless the message indicates there is no need to return it.
13. Lights and other electrical items must be turned off by a Resident when he leaves the room in which Resident was using same. No one is to attempt to repair or alter any aspect of the House or Building or its premises or the House Computer unless authorized specifically by Owner or her Manager and then only to their specification.
14. All smoking is done outside the unit on the front porch or rear deck. Everyone is to keep their voices down when outside. Cigarettes are to be extinguished and discarded into a metal-type container and said container will be thrown away and not left out.
15. Quiet times in and outside the house are from 9:00 p.m. until 9:00 a.m. All functions performed during these hours are to be done with the utmost concern for quiet, no matter what the function may be.
16. Within 7 days of arrival, all Residents shall volunteer a minimum of 25 hours a week, or whatever other hours Owner or Manager directs, at a volunteer position of their choice and approved by Owner. This Rule does not apply if you are seeking work full-time, working more than 30 hours a week or attending full-time vocational training or college or are not working due to injury or illness sufficiently disabling as determined by Owner or Manager. Anyone seeking employment must be out looking for work from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. five days a week and must keep a written job diary setting forth the name of the business, contact name and phone number of each place to which application is made, which shall be handed in to the Manager each week.
17. You are NOT A TENANT and are not bound by any lease agreement. You have no right to possession of the premises located at 511 College Ave, Rockford, IL. You may not use 511 College Ave Rockford, IL 61104 for mail, or any form of identification (i.e., driver’s license or state ID or other ID card). Your ONLY right to remain in the sober living home is by consent of the Owner or Manager. You also agree that you and all who are on or in the premises arising out of any relationship with you, will hold New Beginnings House-Rockford, its Owners and agents, harmless for any injury of any nature or kind suffered by you or by your invitee or other person in or on the premises arising out of some relation to you, while in or on the premises located at 511 College Ave Rockford, IL.
18. You are not allowed anything in the house or its premises other than your personal clothes and effects and food. Any exceptions will require a written description of said item, with sufficient identifying information, sent to Owners via email for written approval. Further, all of Owner’s furnishings and decorative possessions will remain in the place they have been always placed, unless by direction of the Owner otherwise. All unauthorized material found within New Beginnings House-Rockford or the premises of the building at 511 College Ave Rockford, IL, shall be subject to immediate disposal at any time and without notice. DO NOT ATTACH ANYTHING TO THE WALLS OR OTHER SURFACES INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE BUILDING
19. No one is allowed to put their feet onto any upholstered furniture and a t-shirt with sleeves and shorts, at a minimum, shall be worn at all times while in or on the premises of the House.
20. You agree to be randomly drug and/or alcohol tested at any time. Any overnights you request requires you to pay a $10 fee to Owner before you leave for your drug test upon returning.
21. THERE ARE NO REFUNDS OF PROGRAM FEES ONCE PAID.
22. You agree to a background check and hereby state that you have no felony warrants or sex offender charges or convictions. You further agree to sign an Authorization for Release of Medical Records/Information at your intake into the House which shall be in full force and effect until you permanently move from the House. Said Authorization shall remain in effect while you are a resident of New Beginnings House-Rockford and for any period of time you are temporarily gone from New Beginnings House.
23. Payment of the $150 program fee (non-refundable) plus the first week user fee (pro-rated) is due upon entry. All weekly user fees of $135 are to be paid during the Sunday meetings. Payments made through e-payment services (website credit service, Venmo, or Square) will incur a $5 transaction fee to the total amount. Failure to timely pay user fees shall incur a late fee of $25 for each week it is late, or remains unpaid, unless a different arrangement has been made in writing with the Owner. New Beginnings House-Rockford reserves the right to increase user fee based due to economic or inflation conditions.
24. You agree the Program Rules may change from time to time and you hereby agree to abide by the rules in effect as per this website as well as future ones that may be added or changed or posted within the house or any communicated to you personally as New Beginnings House-Rockford is established as a group home with rules required of each Resident to abide by for the benefit of each other Resident, the Owner and the House.
25. VIOLATION OF ANY RULE OF THE PROGRAM CAN RESULT IN YOU BEING REQUIRED BY OWNER or MANAGER TO IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE HOUSE. When you leave the house, all of your possessions must be immediately removed, or they will be disposed of within 24 hours. If you contact us within 24 hours of your leaving, we will give you an additional 48 hours to make arrangements for pickup of your possessions.
WHAT TO BRING WHEN YOU MOVE IN:
1-2 weeks of clothing, a towel and personal toiletries, and one week of groceries.
Community items provided by the House are: toilet paper, paper towels, laundry soap, and coffee.
METHODS OF PAYMENT:
Cash during Sunday House Meetings (receipts will be handed out at time of payment). E-payments by Venmo made to @newbeginningshouserockford. All e-payments MUST include an additional $5 to cover bank fees.
The purpose of house meetings is to ensure the welfare of all residents are being met as well as the welfare of the house itself. House meetings are a place where conflicts are resolved openly and respectfully as a group. Meetings are also a place where individuals can reflect upon their week and discuss their recovery with individuals who have experienced similar life challenges, failures, and successes. This meeting is normally scheduled once per week and while the house manager is expected to be in charge, everyone is expected to engage in the meeting. The meeting agenda should follow the criteria below:
First half of the House Meeting
1. Address and resolve any problem affecting members of the house
2. Creation and distribution of daily chores by the house manager
3. Address and resolve general complaints about the cleanliness and maintenance discrepancies of the house
Second Half of the House Meeting
1. Each individual will have the opportunity to speak and discuss the following:
a. How they are feeling that week about their recovery
b. What step they are currently working on
c. What meetings did they attend the prior week
d. How is sponsorship benefiting the individual
e. How the individual is building and maintaining their personal network of relationships with others in recovery
g. What short term goals they are making, and how they will try to attain those goals
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