1. Victory Programs Our Mission
Victory Programs opens doors to recovery, hope and community to individuals and families facing homelessness, addiction or other chronic illnesses.

2. Several programs provide both housing and recovery services to clients
Our Programs
Victory Health
Victory Housing
Housing programs
Technical assistance
84 units
Treatment and prevention programs
171 beds
BLC with 1,100 members
Several programs provide both housing and recovery services to clients

3. Our Programs Victory Housing Victory Health Portis Family Home
ReVision Family Home & Urban Farm
Victory Housing on Warren Street
Victory Transitional House
Women’s Hope Transitional Home
Cedar Family Home
Robert McBride House
Ruah House
Technical Assistance Program (TAP) (non-residential)
The Boston Living Center (non-residential)
Joelyn’s Family Home
Living and Recovering Community
New Victories
Shepherd House
Victory House
Women’s Hope

4. Women’s Hope Transitional Victory Housing on Warren Street
Ruah House
Portis Family House
Robert McBride House
Women’s Hope Transitional
ReVision Family Home
Victory Housing on Warren Street
Victory Transitional

5. Victory Health New Victories Victory House The Boston Living Center
Shepherd House
Joelyn’s Family Home

6. Philosophy of Care
All services provided by Victory Programs are individualized and person-driven, focus on strengths, and support people in establishing individualized goals. In order to provide the most effective services, we utilize evidence-based techniques such as Motivational Interviewing (MI).

7. Standards of Excellence
We Communicate Effectively
We Respond with Patience
We Respect Boundaries
We Use Authority Appropriately
We Respect Confidentiality
We Apply Policies and Procedures in a Fair and Consistent Manner
We Do Not Tolerate Discrimination
We Individualize Treatment
We are Attentive to Clients Needs
We Work with Clients from a Strength-Based Perspective

8. All VPI Programs, including the BLC
Who We Serve
All VPI Programs, including the BLC
Gender: 51% Male, 48% Female, 1% Transgender
Race: 54% White, 25% African American, 19% Hispanic/Latino
Sexual Orientation: 28% Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual
Income: 77% Live below the Federal Poverty Level ($11,170/year)
Housing Status: 43% Homeless
Chronic Illness: 59% HIV positive, 22% Hep C positive
Drug Use: 38% are current or past IV drug users, 5% are being treated for substance use disorder maintenance therapy, 58% are being treated for substance use disorder and have comorbid mental health issues
Demographics cover clients from July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012.

9. Our History
Women’s Hope and Women’s Transitional Home are dedicated. Victory Programs takes over LARC.
Victory House is 1st MA recovery home to accept clients with HIV/AIDS.
Victory Programs merges with ReVision House and farm in Dorchester.
Ted Cantone opens Victory House as Executive Director
Victory Housing on Warren Street opens.
Victory Programs merges with the Boston Living Center
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Victory House is purchased.
Shepherd House votes to merge with Victory Programs.
Portis Family House reopens under Victory Programs.
Victory Programs opens Joelyn’s Family Home.
Victory Programs merges with AIDS Housing Corporation and acquires Ruah House in Cambridge.

10. Our History
Victory Programs began in 1975 as a single program for Vietnam War veterans struggling with alcohol addiction. Over then years we’ve grown through mergers and acquisitions to an agency with 17 individual health and housing programs across Boston and Cambridge.
Victory Programs has a long history of innovation, being the first organization in MA to accept clients living with HIV/AIDS, running the first co-ed program in MA for people living with HIV/AIDS and substance abuse issues, and one of the first programs to welcome clients on methadone maintenance.