Vocational Training Services
Perhaps the most meaningful feature of the TROSA program involves its businesses/vocational training programs where residents receive real world on-the-job training and develop the professional skills, work ethic, and sense of responsibility that will help them survive after TROSA. TROSA residents are generally responsible for all phases of the business programs including job planning, estimates, work scheduling, crew supervision, and resource allocation.
Revenue from TROSA’s vocational programs amount to more than half of the organization’s budget each year, producing a level of self-sufficiency for TROSA that is almost unheard of in the nonprofit sector. These are a few examples of TROSA’s vocational programs:
TROSA Moving & Storage
Interstate & Local Moves
Climate Control Storage
Voted #1 Movers!
2006, 2007, 2008 Herald Sun Reader’s Choice Awards
TROSA Lawn Care
Professional Lawn Maintenance
Residential & Commercial Properties
Spring & Fall Clean-Ups
Voted #1 Lawn Care Company in the Triangle
in a recent consumer survey!
TROSA Furniture & Frame Shop
Quality Used Furniture
Custom Picture Framing
313 Foster Street, Durham
Located across from Downtown YMCA
Educational Services
At TROSA, education plays a key role in helping residents to recover and to re-enter the workforce. Obtaining a diploma or a higher education degree boosts self-esteem and creates new opportunities for life and work after graduation.
GED and College Education
One in four people who enter TROSA have neither a high school diploma nor a General Equivalency Diploma (GED). Of those who have completed high school or some equivalent, only a handful have pursued higher education. All TROSA residents who lack a high school diploma or GED are required to attend adult literacy or GED classes. Volunteers and local educational organizations help TROSA to provide the best possible curriculum for our residents as they earn their diplomas.
Residents who are eligible and who have obtained the necessary diploma may take a class at local colleges and universities. Tuition and fees are paid by TROSA as part of the recovery program. Some of the program’s graduates have become TROSA Scholars and have enrolled in college programs including accounting, business, substance abuse, and paralegal studies at schools such as Durham Technical College, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina, and Wake Technical Community College.
Computer Classes
TROSA also provides computer skills classes for its residents. In addition, TROSA has a computer lab with 17 computers that are available for general use. In the future they hope to offer more advanced computer classes and to incorporate interactive computer training and teaching aids into the Adult Literacy and GED programs.
Examples of computer classes that have been offered in the past include:
- Basic Computer Operations
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Basic Internet Skills
- Advanced Internet Skills
Scholars Program
Once a resident has completed the 24 month program, TROSA provides the opportunity for a few individuals to become TROSA Scholars. Scholars continue their education at various community colleges and universities while working at TROSA. TROSA provides scholarships to cover all costs for their education. This part of the education program allows individuals to continue their path of success on their way to obtaining degrees and getting better jobs.
Therapeutic Services
TROSA’s two-year program provides a comprehensive foundation for recovery for those struggling with chronic addiction to drugs or alcohol.
Mental Health Services
- TROSA’s therapeutic program includes 24-hour counseling services including group therapy sessions, individual counseling and specialized therapy groups.
- TROSA partners with Duke Psychiatry to provide cognitive behavioral therapy.
- TROSA also provides services for a limited number of those with co-occurring diagnoses of mental illness and substance abuse disorder.
Transition Services
- Residents receive medical care through a combination of services coordinated through our on-site health clinic. (The clinic manages 80-100 internal and external appointments each week.)
- TROSA provides training in personal finance management, resume writing, job seeking skills and other topics relevant to successfully transitioning out of the two-year program.
- Graduates of TROSA’s two-year program who remain drug-free are eligible to receive the benefit of low-cost, sober housing, transportation, meals and social events with peers, continued career counseling and bi-monthly support groups to sustain their recovery and successfully re-enter mainstream society.
- Currently, there are approximately 200 TROSA graduates that stay actively involved with TROSA’s aftercare program, with low-rent, transitional housing available for up to 100 graduates.
Residential Services
With training and supervision by TROSA staff, program participants restore and rehabilitate dilapidated housing in Durham neighborhoods. These properties are then used to house TROSA residents and graduates.
TROSA owns and manages over 30 properties for residents enrolled in the two-year program, including a 10,000 square foot school, providing housing for over 300 residents. TROSA currently provides subsidized transitional housing for 100 graduates of our program.
TROSA provides residents with well-balanced meals - serving over 1,800 meals per day. We also provide all clothing and personal hygiene products for all residents.
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