IS MADE UP OF 23 TINY HOMES.

EACH OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE

HERE PARTICIPATE IN A STRICT

THREE STEP PROGRAM TOWARDS

[APPLAUSE]

SECOND CHANCES.

>> IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO BE A

HAND UP, INSTEAD OF A HANDOUT.

BRENNAN: DREAM CENTER EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR CHRIS WILSON SAYS THE

OPPORTUNITY VILLAGE IS OPEN TO

HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO ARE OPEN TO

CHANGE.

>> WE'RE NOT AN EMERGENCY

SHELTER FOR SOMEONE WHO JUST

COMES OFF THE STREET WANTING

SHELTER FOR THE NIGHT.

BRENNAN: NO.

WILSON SAYS THE RESIDENTS HERE

HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY ARE

COMMITTED.

>> THEY HAVE TO TAKE CLASSES,

THEY HAVE TO GO TO COUNSELING,

THEY HAVE TO SHOW UP FOR DOCTOR

VISITS.

BRENNAN: IN PHASE ONE, EACH

RESIDENT IS GIVEN AN

INDIVIDUALIZED SUCCESS PLAN AND

A 168 SQUARE FOOT HOME.

WHEN RESIDENTS ACHIEVE CERTAIN

GOALS LIKE GETTING A GED, WILSON

SAYS THEY MOVE INTO A SLIGHTLY

BIGGER PHASE TWO HOME.

>> YOU WILL BE HEALED, YOU WILL

BE A PRODUCTIVE AND POSITIVE

PERSON IN THIS COMMUNITY AGAIN.

BRENNAN: ANGELA LOW SAYS HER

PAST WAS FILLED WITH ABUSE,

ILLNESS AND ADDICTION.

SHE ARRIVED AT THE DREAM CENTER.

>> BARELY HANGING ONTO LIFE

LITERALLY TO BREATH.

BRENNAN: NOW SHE HAS A PLACE TO

STAY WITH PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN

HER.

>> TODAY I'M OK WITH ME, I CAN

--

BRENNAN: THE DREAM CENTER ALSO

BOUGHT TEN PHASE THREE HOMES

LOCATED OFF SITE.

BY THE TIME RESIDENTS MOVE IN

THEIR THEY WILL BE INDEPENDENT

AND EMPLOYED.

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