East County Transitional Living Center

I’m finally on the family restoration program and I share a room, so my rent is $ 375 a month which is more affordable for me. The people that I have meet with that are in the program are really nice and helpful.
Of course, there are rules and guidelines that you must follow, this is a program to help you get your life in order and the program classes count as hours needed for cal-​works.
They have done a lot of remodeling and the place is looking really good. The playground has been fixed and is now safe for the little ones to play. They have put in BBQ and a nice picnic area to eat in. The Church/​dining hall has been cleaned up and looking nice.
The room that I share is okay. I have a nice clean bed to sleep on with my son. There is a mini frig in the room, No microwave, TV with cable and lots of shelf space. The only problem that I have is that when taking a shower the water goes from hot to cold in a blink of an eye but it’s not that big of a deal. I have come across a couple of bugs but I just put out some bug traps and they’re gone.
I’m feeling happy and blessed to be here with my son. I’m thankful for everyone who decided to take a chance on me and letting us into the program; even after reading first review on ECTLC.
The truth of the matter here is that, I am honest about what I experience about the place I’m reviewing. I don’t feel that getting nasty or ugly about it is helpful but putting in an intelligent and honest review will help people decide whether or not that this is the place for them.
This is in reply to Jason’s review. You are allowed to have phones but when you are in class the phone must be on vibrate or silent. You are not to leave the class to answer your phone, either. (I’m sure that in an emergency that would not be a problem) There is no smoking on the premises but you can smoke out on the street away from the buildings. This is a family program and keeping the kids away from smoke is healthy.

These people have the most wonderful organization. They are faith-​based and offer food and shelter to those who have none. They have a very strict program to ensure that their participants can learn to take responsibility and eventually live on their own. There is a lot of structure which many of these folks have not had in a long time. They survive by local donations and do an awful lot with a little. If you are looking for a great non-​profit to support-​this is it!

They give you a place to stay. Thats nice, but they make you hold signs by road while charging Ashley Furniture $ 10.00 per hour and give you nothing, except a place to sleep and 3 small pieces of meat. there is NO SMOKING and if you happen to have a $ 1.00 and get a soda, You can’t have it. Oh and Don’t forget NO TV or PHONES… This place is Classic SLAVERY… NOW I know how the slaves LIVED… i WILL BE GOING TO THE feds ABOUT THIS. i MEAN PEOPLE IN A REST HOME GET $ 50.00 TO $ 100.00 A MONTH…