Absolutely horrible half-way house! CRIMINALS run this place! A close personal friend of mine stayed here after being released from prison and it turned into a nightmare. While here, he learned he had colon cancer so I became his official spiritual advisor since I have my seminary degree and work in ministry. The Independence House worked with authorities to allow my friend to move back to California to be with his sister in his dying days, then it got tragic. Workers at the security desk here stole ALL of the medication out of my friend's suitcase and he didn't realize it until he got back to California. So the Filmore House (as it's also called) asked him to come pick up his social security checks and meds, but HE IS IN CALIFORNIA!!! Now, I'm sitting out front, waiting for the police to come to see if I can get my friend's CANCER AND MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATION because they are refusing to return it! Unbelievable!!! Avoid this place at all cost. Some good people work here... the rest SHOULD BE in jail! Ugh! **Update - had to call the police and contact the people who run this place to get the meds and social security checks released. Conner, who is in charge of security, needs to be fired today. This same security desk called me and my friend's sister the day he was released, claiming he left belongings there, left with his fiancé (he doesn't have one) and he had to return immediately. They even told me he said he was staying at my house that night! We were in a panic all night because my friend didn't have his phone charged and we thought he was drunk, dead or in a ditch somewhere. Turns out, he spent the night with his sponsor and told Independence House this before he left. Absolutely, horrible dealing with Conner over there. Inexcusable way to treat people! STAY AWAY!!! read more

This place saved me from going back to use drugs and helped get my mental health to a manageable stage. People always dislike what they don't understand. You could learn a lot from a dummy. You should have supported the program and should you have thought there was problems you should have helped address them and took part in the change. It's human nature to judge but it's compassion to be part of the solution and not side in the problem. No greater love knows no man than to lay down his life for another. God bless all that took part in helping another. read more