if i could respond to a couple of points that neli made. i certainly agree that services need to be individualized, and you need to look at the whole person, and you need to look at housing, and you need to look at the family situation. but in our supported employment model, the model that's been adopted around the world i might add, we have looked at the timing of employment, and this is counterintuitive, many people wouldn't think this would be true. but we have a score of studies that show that when a person says i'd like to go to work, that you help them, that, what's called a rapid job search approach. you don't wait until they stabilize, but you move ahead in looking for that search. and that employment can be part of the recovery process for people with dual disorders, with mental illness and substance abuse. that is, that their improvements and changes often come in the employment area before you see abstinence and some of the other important changes in their lives. i think the trajectory for each individual is very different, but t

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neli, let's talk a little bit about partnerships and, i know, in chicago, talk to us a little bit about the types of partnerships that you've been able to build with the business community to be able to get them to understand the value of hiring someone in, in recovery. oh, partnerships are a huge piece of what we do. we are very engaged with various chambers, you know, throughout the chicagoland area. whether it's the chicagoland chamber of commerce, whether it's the hispanic chamber of commerce, i mean, you name it, we're involved with them and they're involved with us. and the great news is we are a huge resource for them, essentially a staffing center at this point. you know, we have been learned to be trusted, you know, so that as people are graduating from our programs, if they're getting a referral from us, they know that this person's not only been successful in the building the right type of foundation and getting the life skills and, you know, the job training and the things that they need to be successful but they also know how to follow through and execute on the jobs for an

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