Teresa Crocker-Chavez

Teresa and her husband, Ruben Chavez, own and run two men's recovery homes and three women's recovery homes in the city of Ventura. Both have been members of the Ventura Coalition since 2012. Teresa became Chairman shortly after joining and grew the coalition from four recovery homes to twenty-four homes (at its highest). Knowing we needed to show we could bride the gap in County Services from jails/institutions to successful citizens, we had to gain visibility first. To that end, she took the Sober Living Coalition to County focus groups, established a place in the NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) walk-a-thon fund raiser every year and introduced our Coalition to interface CORE Connection based in Simi Valley. She continues to look for wider avenues to illustrate the importance of having qualified and fully vetted recovery homes in our community.