Rebuilding

Reuniting

Lives...

Families...

2013 —2014 Alpha Home, Inc. Annual Report

A Message

As the Board Chair of Alpha Home, I have witnessed the positive

reality of recovery from addiction to alcohol and illicit and

prescription drugs. Individuals whom embrace recovery achieve

improved mental and physical health and form stronger relationships

with family and friends. As a society, we need to make more people

feel like recovery is possible.

These women and men—mothers and fathers, daughters and sons,

sisters and brothers—need to know that help is available. Recovery

is possible. Treatment works.

On behalf of those we serve, thank you.

Sincerely yours,

Gaye Litton

2013- 2014 Chair

Alpha Home, Inc. Board of Directors

Rebuilding Lives... Reuniting Families...

At Alpha Home, our goal is to provide individuals with an

affordable, safe haven where they can identify and

overcome the core issues underlying their chemical

addictions, regain their independence, and rejoin their

communities as healthy, whole people. By incorporating

our core values of spirituality, integrity, discipline,

dedication and productivity into our everyday treatment

approach, we focus on the whole person—not just the

addiction—and give those we serve the best chance for

responsible, long-term sobriety.

Alpha Home Programs

Residential Substance Use

Disorder Treatment (women only)

47 beds in two facilities. Average

length of stay: 70 days. Specialized

treatment program in a safe,

home-like environment, providing

opportunity for recovery through

gender-specific individual and group

counseling and education.

Outpatient Substance Use

Disorder Treatment (women and

men)

Average length of stay: four to six

months. Outpatient program is for

clients in need of treatment who

have the skills and support to

recover without residential care.

Gender-specific counseling provided.

Family First

Intervention program for expecting

and parenting women and men who

are using are at a high risk for

substance abuse, with the goal of

reducing the number of children and

families whose lives are affected by

alcohol and other drugs.

Recovery Support Home

15 beds. Average length of stay: 120

days. In collaboration with

Crosspoint, Inc., a safe and sober

living environment for women in

outpatient treatment who have no

safe place to continue recovery.

Women must work and save toward

independent living.

Alumnae Association

A peer-run group offering

encouragement and support to each

other and mentorship of women still

in treatment.

Successful treatment requires a person to call upon many things: humility, determination, openness,

willingness to change, and perseverance. Recovery itself is often referred to as a ―process‖ because there is

so much to learn and relapse can occur many times, which means a person must start the process of

recovery all over again.

At Alpha Home, when someone comes through treatment once and then comes back following a relapse, we

don‘t see this as sign of failure but a sign that the individual has exactly what it takes to succeed. We also see

this as a sign that we have built a trusting and positive relationship with that individual.

One such client completed outpatient services successfully. However, she returned to us several months

later after relapsing to cocaine use—she asked us for a ‗‖second chance‖ at treatment. Of course, Alpha

Home gave her that chance.

This time, she went into residential treatment first and then followed up with another round of outpatient

care. She took a closer look at factors contributing to her relapse and areas she didn‘t address fully during

her initial treatment. Today, she is an active member of our Alumnae Association and reaches out as a

mentor to clients currently in treatment. She is also investing in her personal development and is enrolled in

a local college pursuing a business degree. She is employed, helps care for her aging mother, and still finds

time to visit us at Alpha Home and provide updates on her life! She is a great example of what both she and

Alpha Home know to be true: Treatment works!

Treatment Works!

Fearing she would lose her children because of her addiction, Janie sat

in our waiting room until we could take her into our program. She

was ready to do anything to get into treatment. Because a residential

bed wasn‘t available, Janie began outpatient services that day and never

missed a beat. She not only committed to all required services, she

threw herself into 12-step meetings in the community. She did so well

as an outpatient client that she was never admitted to the residential

program. By the time she left outpatient treatment four months later,

she was chairing meetings and reaching out to other women new to

the program. Janie also participated in Alpha Home‘s outstanding GED

program and received her GED and is now taking college classes. The

prospect of losing her children is gone. Janie‘s transformation has been

phenomenal and a true inspiration to other Alpha Home clients, the

12-step community, her family, and especially the Alpha Home staff.

“Thank you all for giving me the tools I need to

live this wonderful life I have. I will continue to

live life to the fullest with an open and happy

heart, and give back to this wonderful place

we call Earth and the people we have in it.”

Residential &

Outpatient

Treatment

● Gender-specific,

confidential,

individualized

treatment

● Individual and group

counseling

● Addiction and recovery

education

● Family education and

support

● Parenting classes

● Trauma counseling

● Domestic violence

education

● Anger management

● Medical and mental

health assessments

● Relapse support

● Extensive case

management

● Co-occurring diagnosis

support

● GED instruction

● 12-Step support

● Job readiness training

● Peer support

Residential and

Outpatient

Treatment

● Gender-specific,

confidential,

individualized

treatment

● Individual and group

counseling

● Addiction and recovery

education

● Family education and

support

● Parenting classes

● Trauma counseling

● Domestic violence

education

● Anger management

● Medical and mental

health assessments

● Relapse support

● Extensive case

management

● Co-occurring diagnosis

support

● GED instruction

● 12-Step support

● Job readiness training

● Peer support

Pamela came to the Family First Program through our Baby First education class on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum

Disorder. Several risk factors were identified during her interview process with the staff. Pamela had been

out of work for several weeks and was experiencing severe financial distress. Her attendance at Baby First

was admittedly for the diaper bag filled with baby items she desperately needed. Pamela‘s beautiful and

healthy baby boy was born a few weeks later. When she was called for post delivery outcome, Pamela was

at home with her three-week-old baby. The day her electricity had been turned off and temperatures were

just under 100 degrees. This was a Friday afternoon.

Immediately, the Family First team made phone calls to community resources. Within minutes, a Family First

case manager called Pamela with a name, address and an appointment to meet with someone who could help

her restore her utilities.

Education and Support

Family First

Family First provides

solutions to help

reduce prenatal and

postnatal exposure to

alcohol, tobacco, and

other drugs through the

Pregnant and Post-

partum Intervention

(PPI) program.

PPI is open to

adolescent and adult

women who

are either pregnant

or have a child under

18 months of age

are involved with the

Department of Family

and Protective

Services with children

under the age of six

live in Bexar, Comal,

Guadalupe, or Medina

counties.

“Thank you, Alpha! I am ever so grateful for

the assistance you were able to provide… It is

important that it be known how you and

Alpha Home has helped make a difference in

another family's life… Thanks again for being

an Angel in our lives.”

Angela and her partner James were referred to Family First by

Mid-Coast Family Services because they were at risk of losing their

children, ages 1 and 5.

Together, they completed the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug

educational classes, resulting in the Department of Family Protective

Services lifting their safety plan. Angela and James were reunited with

their children, and they were excited and happy to be with them once

again.

Their motivation and willingness to change and the diligence and

support of the case manager were instrumental in reuniting this family.

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AAA Auger/Zulu Investment Corp.

AT&T Employee Giving Campaign

AXA Foundation

James and Judy Adams

Alamo Handyman LLC

Rachel Aldaz

Tabatha Alexander

Michael Allison

Allstate--The Giving Campaign

Mary Almaraz

Loren and Phyllis Alves

AmazonSmile

Tracie Andrews

Anonymous

Jean Applegate

Frank and Cynthia Arnold

Michael Asmus

Fred Ater

Rebecca Bade

Terry and Renee Bailey

Rebecca Baker

Bank of America Foundation

Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio

Susan H. Barker

Jim Barshop

J. Cary Barton

Barbara Baugh

Bill and Suzanne Baugus

Beck Dispose-All

Beck Landfill

Beck Readymix Concrete Company

Leah Bennett

Ray and Dorothy Berend

Mary Berry

Glenn and Anne Biggs

John Bigony

Jimmie and Lynda Binkley

Suzanne and Smoky Bomar

Stephanie Bostic

Shelley Botello

Richard and Virginia Boward

Jane Bowles

Bryan and Cindy Boynton

Marilyn Bradley

William and Lois Bray

Ellen Brennan

Broadway National Bank

Jean Brown*

Tim and Susan Bruchmiller

Steven and Mary Bull*

Deana Buril

Michele T. Bussone

Connie Caldwell

Pagette Callender

Christopher Carmona

Lynnea and Mike Castillo

Allen Castro

Bobby and Stephanie Cavender

Rebecca Quintanilla Cedillo

Burton and Diana Chase

Chatelle and Asociates

Cheryl M. Myers Insurance Agency

Mike and Marian Chester

Maryanna Christensen

Christian Business Chamber of Commerce

Chrysalis Ministries

Church at Horseshoe Bay

James and Gloria Clingman

Vision Construction Co. Inc.

Vivian Cochran

Community Foundation of the Texas Hill

Country, Inc.

Community of Christ

Construction Resolution Group

Kim Cornwell

Corporate Solutions

Kelly Cotner

John and Pat Coventry

Bob and Diane Cowan

B.L. Craighead

Crosspoint Inc.

Crossroads Buckles and Jewelry

Joseph Crowel

Julia Crowley

David and Letty Lew Lloyd

Ross J. Davidson

Susan K. Davidson

David Davies

Michelle Seward Davis*

Josephine Davis-McGhee

William Dawley

Eugene and Mary Duane Dawson

Gene and Lori Dawson

Christine M. Day

Shanti Day

Yvonne DeLuca

Pamela Deegear

Lowell and Cindy Denton*

Jerry Dickerson

Daniel and Cynthia Diepenhorst

John Douglas

Jack and Mary Downey

Jenny Downs

Gloria Drash

Lucia Driskell

Susan Dudley

Hope Dufner

Molly Dupnick

Sara Dysart

Francis and Vivienne Elborne

Encore Capital Group Giving Fund

Carol Epstein

Joel Karl Erben

Arthur and Johnida Evans

Family Service Association

Family Violence Prevention Services, Inc.

Buckner and Martha Fanning

Gerald and Joyce Fielder

Kay F. Floyd*

John Forgy

Marvin and Ellinor Forland

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Brigitte Fox

Nicole Foy

Richard and Billie Francis

Hector and Shai Frietze

Frost Bank

Gene Frost

Paul Furukawa

GBJC Fund

GO, Inc.

Hector Gamez

Albert Garcia

Daniel Garcia

With Gratitude

Michel Garza

Joe and Maureen Gaydos

Genevieve and Ward Orsinger Foundation

Karl and Sharon George

Betty Gerlach

Joe and Fredda Gill

Mike and Marlos Gilliam

William Gipson

Elizabeth Ann Gostkowski

Tom Gowan

Mark Granados

Lee and Martha Grant

Ric Green

Terence and Bettie Green

Kelley Grose

Teri M. Grubb*

Leslie Guajardo*

Elizabeth Guerrero-Southard

Jeanne Gurwitz

Sallie Guy

Mary K. Gwaltney

Alicia Gwilliam

HCA Caring for the Community

Janet Hahn

Kitty Hale

Betty L. Harkins

Beth Bowman Harper

Karen Harrison

Michael and Tanya Hartfield

Wade W. Hartzell

Randy Hays

Theresa Heitmeier

William Hendrix

David and Carolyn Hennessee

George and Adel Hernandez

David S. Hickey

Eugene Hickey

Scott and Mary Hime

Holdsworth & Nicholas Inc.

D. Leslie Hollon*

Barbara Holmes

Don and Vicki Holt*

Carolyn Houston

George and Sherry Houston

Ed Howie*

Kathryn Parker Howie

Jerry Hutcheson

Betty Jean Ingram

Investment Realty Co. LC

Debbie W. Irby

Janet James

Edward and Doris Jewett

Keith and Nancy Jimenez

Joeris General Contractors

Chester and Jennifer Johnson

Rhonda Jones

David H. Karney

Kegley Inc.

Zeke Kennedy

C.G. Kepner

Dottie Kinner

Darrell and Jodi Kirksey

Paul and Sandra Klein

Susan Klein

Bart and Dore Koontz

Cynthia Kosub

Larry Kurth

Pamela Landry

Vandy Lange

Bella M. Lavin

Sid and Jeannette Lawrence

David and Tammy Leyva

Mary Lieck

Lifetime Recovery Center

Savoie Livesay

Barry and Barbara Long

Timothy Looney

Lou and Bud Kennedy

Jeff and Nangie Lowrie

Phillip Lozano

Dorothy Lusk

Walter and Alice Lusk

Scott and Barbara Lyford

William Lynn

MGR Personnel, LLC

Kathy MacNaughton

Marvel and Bobbie Maddox

Richard and Diane Malone

Bojana Mamuzic

March of Dimes Foundation-Texas

Chapter

Sandee Bryan Marion

Glory B. Marshall

Shirley Martin

Kathi Martinez

Boone and Donna Maurer

Mays Family Foundation

Mary McDonald

Renee Forinash McElhaney

Dina McIlhenny

Richard and Donna McIlveen

Albert M. McNeel, Jr.

Gary McWilliams

Jo Lynne Meador

Cyndi Mergele

Mark Metcalfe

Methodist Healthcare Ministries

Mile High United Way

Sarah Miller

Timothy Miller

Mission Pharmacal

Diana Mitchell

Brice and Teresa Moczygemba

Palmer Moe

Shirley Montgomery

Paula Moore

Betty Mozisek

Mr. Appliance of San Antonio

Kay Myers

Kathryn L. Nagel

Sandra Nagel

Natalee Newell

Bill and Phyllis Nichols

Brandey Wimberley Orsag

Padgett, Stratemann & Co. LLP

Martha Lin Palios

Dean Pantzar

Pape-Dawson Engineers

Parker Family Master Trust

Ann Parker

Jill Parker

Randy and Phyllis Patterson

Richard and Paula Peacock

Glenn and Sherry Pederson

Marta Pelaez

Tonya Penfield

Travis Penfield

Jan H. Peranteau

Peter Ray and Deborah Sultemeier

Jim Petrosky

Harriett A. Phillips

David and Amy Phipps

Louis and Dorothy Poorter

Gaye Preston-Litton*

Elizabeth M. Provencio

Ginger Purdy

Dana Purswell

Christine Quichoco

Maggie Rad

Brian Raimondo

Kelly Ranson

Lionel Redix

Ed and Peggy Reed

Carl and Joan Register

Resurrection Baptist Church

Harold W. Rethmann

Cheryl M. Reyes

Michelle Reyes

Tom and Henri-Ann Reynolds

Kami Rieke-Rehfeld

Cathy Ritter*

Joycelyn Robertson

Saul Robles

Michelle Romero*

Bobby and Jill Rosenthal

Allan and Terri Ross

Rubbish Works of San Antonio

Salado Creek Boutique

San Antonio Area Foundation

San Antonio Lighthouse For the Blind

Rodney and Vikki Schorlemmer

Schriver, Carmona & Cerrerea, PLLC

Daniel Seale

Sally Reitzel Seeker

Helene Segura

Raj Sehgal

Barbie Senkow

Beth Senne-Duff

Joseph Shaffer

Brooke Shannon

Charlsie Shinn

A special thank you

to the congregation

of Trinity Baptist Church.

Alpha Home appreciates the

continued support from our founders.

Daryl Short

Billicarole Simmons

Dayton and Jeryl Simms

John Skaggs

James R. Smith

Soba Living, LLC

Lynda Somers

South Texas Money Management Ltd.

Hank Spaulding

Robert Carter and Julie Speer

James and Laura Stewart

Chantel Stockett

J.C. and Eleanor Stromberger

Lynda Swoveland

Thomas Tarrillion

Technical Advisors, Inc.

Greg and Debbie Temple

Texas Corvette Association

Glenn Thomas

Malcolm Thomas, Jr.

William Thomas

Cheryl B. Thorpe

Taffi Tippit

Trinity Baptist Church

Trinity Baptist Church Sonseekers

Sunday School Class

Trinity Baptist Church True and Faith

Sunday School Class

Triple Dawson Foundation

Patricia R. Turner

Tyler & Peery, Attorneys & Counselors

at Law

John Tyler

United Way of Central & Northeastern

Connecticut

United Way of San Antonio & Bexar

County

University Health System

Richard Usatine

Kathleen Vale

Valero Energy Foundation

James and Jocelyn Van Coney

Lindsey Vandekirk

Candelaria Vasquez

Abel and June Velasquez

Franchesca Velten

Kurt and Pauline Voss

David and Virginia Waddell*

Sheila Walters

Theresa Washburn

WeLead

Annie Webb

Wells Fargo Community Support

Campaign

Amy K. White

John and Patricia White

Shannon Wienecke

David and Kelly Wightman

Janet Williams

Vicki Williams-Patterson

Ford Wisdom

Patrick and Kathryn Wisdom*

Julie Wisdom-Wild

Women of St. Luke's Church

Michael and Lorie Wong

Michelle Wood

Francis and Eugenia Wright

Becky Wyatt

James and Diana Young

Samuel and Gayle Youngblood*

Laura Polsue Yurechko

Zachry Holdings Inc.

*Board Member

With Gratitude

Treatment

Performance

Outcomes

Clients will stop using drugs

and alcohol:

92%

Clients will acquire or improve

parenting skills and nurturing

family dynamics:

100%

Clients will obtain and maintain

a job. Clients unable to work

will be involved in educational

or vocational programs or will

volunteer:

82%

Intervention

Performance

Outcomes

Number of pregnant women

and adolescents served:

308

Number of children impacted:

411

Number of unborn babies

Impacted:

237

2013-2014 Financials

Alpha Home, Inc. Statement of Activities

Support and Revenues:

Support $ 1,285,141

Revenues 2,116,388

Total Support and Revenues $ 3,401,529

Expenses:

Program Services:

Residential $ 1,682,359

Outpatient 462,351

Family First 464,579

Support Service:

Management and General 508,984

Fundraising 130,747

Total Expenses $ 3,249,020

Changes in Net Assets 152,509

Net Assets at Beginning of Year 1,013,052

Net Assets at End of Year $ 1,165,561

Contribution,5.6%

Grants, 7.3%

In-Kind , 17.2%

Special Events, 3.1%

United Way, 4.6%

Government, 58.6%

Self Pay, 0.8%

Investments, 2.7%

Other, 0.2%

SOURCES OF REVENUES

Residential52%

Outpatient14%

Family First14%

Management and General

16%

Fundraising4%

EXPENSES

Alpha Home Leadership

Board of Directors

Cathy Ritter, Chair, South Texas Money Management Ltd.

David Waddell, Vice Chair, Padgett Stratemann & Co. (Ret.)

Samuel C. Youngblood, Treasurer, Community Volunteer

Teri M. Grubb, Secretary, South Texas Money Management, Ltd.

Gaye Litton, Immediate Past Chair, San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind

Steven T. Bull, Ethan Allen Design Center

Michelle S. Davis, Joeris General Contractors Ltd.

Linda Ellison, Community Volunteer

Lowell Denton, Denton Navarro Rocha & Bernal PC

Kay F. Floyd, Kay F. Floyd & Associates

Joe Gaydos, Bartlett Cocke General Contractors

Leslie V. Guajardo, Padgett Stratemann & Co.

D. Leslie Hollon, Trinity Baptist Church

Vicki L. Holt, Community Volunteer

Kathryn Parker Howie, Community Volunteer

Michelle Romero, Premier Select Solutions

Andrea Schaper, GSK

John Sommer, SWBC

Patrick R. Wisdom, Zachry

Advisory Board

James R. (Jim) Adams, Texas Instruments (Ret.)

Glenn Biggs, Biggs & Co.

Richard P. Usatine, M.D., UT Health Science Center-SA

Hon. Peter Sakai, 225th District Court

Hon. John Specia, Commissioner, Texas Dept. of Family & Protective Services

Glen Yale, Attorney, Author

Hon. Barbara Nellermoe (Ret.)

Elaine Mendoza, Conceptual Mindworks

Abdu Kadri, M.D., WellMed

Gayle Youngblood, Community Volunteer

Senior Leadership

Nancy M. (Nangie) Lowrie, Interim Chief Executive Officer

Melissa Kennedy Dobbertin, Admissions/ Outpatient Program Director

Nancy Tamburo Treviño, Residential Program Director

Diana Mitchell, Family First Director

Jane Briggs Gamez, Chief Financial Officer

Delia Solis, House Management Director

Megan Butler, Development & Marketing Director

Now Is The Time By Regina

I was battered and broken yeah that was me;

Till my path led to Alpha by God‘s grace and mercy;

But first I had to admit powerlessness;

Came to believe in a Power Greater than me;

One who could restore me to my sanity;

Made a decision – Surrendering me;

Something changed inside – peace and serenity;

Searching and fearless I made inventory;

Admitted to God, myself, and another

just what was wrong with me;

Entirely ready to have God remove all of my character

defects;

Humbly I asked and took the next steps;

Made a list of all whom I‘ve harmed;

Made direct amends and continued to admit all of my

wrongs;

The walls crumpled down and the light poured in;

Living free and learning from Him;

Working to become what God wants me to be;

Filled with miracles and promised on my road to Recovery;

He provides what I need if I just keep Him close;

Performing God‘s work well – His will be done not mine;

A spiritual awakening to carry the message;

Mission Statement The mission of Alpha Home is to provide spiritually based

substance abuse treatment and support to women and their families

to become more productive members of society.

Alpha Home, Inc. • www.alphahome.org

300 E. Mulberry • San Antonio, TX 78212 • (210) 735-3822