LifeLine Outreach

INTRODUCTION

LifeLine Outreach is a non-profit Drug/Alcohol Rehabilitation and Prevention Center that was established in 1976 by Rev. David Hernandez, Pastor of the East L.A. Apostolic Church, Family Life Center. Rev. Hernandez himself a former drug addict and gang member, along with other ministers saw the need for a Christian rehabilitation program that would be open to all nationalities. A program that would be conducive in resolving the problems encountering individuals afflicted by the abuse and dependency of drugs, alcohol and or for those that need spiritual restoration.

SERVICE AREAS

LifeLine Outreach services the greater Los Angeles area as well as local jails and state prisons. We provide counseling and allow inmates to parole and be placed in our program. We make requests and recommendations to the court asking them to allow men to enter into the program under our care and treatment for the length of time stipulated by the courts or longer.

APPROACH

While the addict is at the home and in detoxification phase, we do not offer any type of synthetic drugs. We plan a program which will increase relevant knowledge, self-awareness and attitudes appropriate for the provisions of oneself. He and his family are encouraged to become actively involved in all aspects of the program. The addict, gang member or individual in need of rehabilitation resides at the home for a period of one year. The length of time depends on how well the individual responds to the program. Although the individual is encouraged to stay in the LifeLine Home until such a time as the Director feels he is ready to leave, he may leave whenever he desires.

SERVICES OFFERED

Services offered by LifeLine Outreach include referrals, individual, group or family counseling, drug information, drug prevention, referral assistance, and spiritual therapy. Counselors are available for all age groups. Other services provided by LifeLine Outreach include spiritual counseling, detox referral, rehabilitation, residence, drug education, parole placement, prison outreach, restoration.
LifeLine Outreach cooperates with all Federal, State, County and Community Programs whose objective is to reach out to men whose dependency to drugs and alcohol has destroyed their lives. Our desire is to produce men that are able to become productive members of society.

REQUIREMENTS

Age 18 years or older, Male
Desire to change your life

FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK

As a product of LifeLine Outreach myself I know what it is to need help and not know where to go. I tried to do things my own way and they never worked. I came to LifeLine in July 1983 and wow, what a revelation! Here I discovered that life is a wonderful thing, and that I didn’t have to live an insignificant life, that God had a purpose for me. Now I’m helping others that are as I once was, lost and confused. You will rehabilitate through the revelation that you are somebody that God loves, that others will love and you’ll be able to love again also.
Come and see how good the Lord is!
Rev. Arthur L. Diaz
Executive Director