About Us
WHO ARE WE?
OUR MISSION & VISION
OUR MISSION & VISION
Courage to Change Recovery Services is a Snohomish County based nonprofit organization established in 2016.
CTCRS is a full service recovery program which provides transportation for clients to detox facilities and provides emergency, low barrier, clean and sober housing for the interim between detox and in-patient treatment.
OUR MISSION & VISION
OUR MISSION & VISION
OUR MISSION & VISION
Our mission is to help individuals courageously navigate the journey between active addiction to recovery.
By providing temporary recovery housing for the newly sober individual, we provide an essential component in their success in having long-term recovery.
By providing door to door transportation to the correct treatment providers
Our mission is to help individuals courageously navigate the journey between active addiction to recovery.
By providing temporary recovery housing for the newly sober individual, we provide an essential component in their success in having long-term recovery.
By providing door to door transportation to the correct treatment providers based on their addiction history and mental health we can ensure success at the beginning of their journey into recovery.
OUR ACTION PLAN
OUR MISSION & VISION
OUR ACTION PLAN
Connecting with the community and partnering with private, public and government agencies to focus resources to positively affect community at large.
Identifying individual's needs to navigate their treatment plans.
Navigating and dispatching transportation to service providers for clients.
Providing E.A.R.T.H. housing
Emergency
Addiction
Recovery
Transitional
Housing
Our Team
Mike Kersey - President
Christina Anderson - Vice President
Christina Anderson - Vice President
Mike’s recovery journey spans almost 25 years. His sobriety date is October 8, 1999 and he hasn’t stopped helping others since.
His passion to assist others to overcome what are the most basic, yet most difficult obstacles in early recovery is the relentless force behind Courage To Change Recovery Services.
Assisting people in their trans
Mike’s recovery journey spans almost 25 years. His sobriety date is October 8, 1999 and he hasn’t stopped helping others since.
His passion to assist others to overcome what are the most basic, yet most difficult obstacles in early recovery is the relentless force behind Courage To Change Recovery Services.
Assisting people in their transition from addiction to recovery is rarely a straight line. Mike’s personal passion for community outreach combined with his long-standing presence and experienced voice in the recovery arena in Snohomish and surrounding counties has established CTC’s standing as a reliable non-profit services organization of integrity, focused to help those seeking services to attain and/or sustain recovery without falling into the gaps that can come during the recovery journey. “The gaps that come along the road to recovery can create a life or death situation for people taking those first steps forward in their recovery- from relapse to becoming a target for patient brokers. Offering services I call ‘gap services’- such segue sober housing between detox and treatment or a ride to detox could mean the difference between life and death. We are constantly looking at those ‘gaps’ and how we can fill them in order to come alongside a person in the early stages of recovery in ways that help them stay on track in that early period of the recovery journey.”
Whether he’s assisting people as they enter detox or treatment to helping someone secure sober living/housing, Mike’s experienced voice of help, hope and encouragement is always available.
Mike’s professional affiliations with non-profits include board memberships with the Hoff Foundation (board member), The Hand Up Project (Treasurer, board member), Courage to Change Housing (Vice President), and currently, as our President at Courage To Change Recovery Services.
While Mike enjoys fishing, camping and spending time with family and friends, he says his heart is most filled in his outreach to those still suffering active addiction. “I’ve been where they are. As grateful as I am for my own sobriety and recovery, there isn’t gratefulness more full than watching another person grab ahold of recovery, flourish and become a whole person again. Getting to be a part of their journey to freedom is fulfilling in a way I can’t describe.”
Christina Anderson - Vice President
Christina Anderson - Vice President
Christina Anderson - Vice President
Christina has been in recovery since May 2012. Her recovery program led her to work with non-profits with missions of recovery.
One of the key factors to our success in helping people at CTC is our commitment to meet people where they are, maintaining an openness to the many pathways to recovery. Christina’s recovery experience and servi
Christina has been in recovery since May 2012. Her recovery program led her to work with non-profits with missions of recovery.
One of the key factors to our success in helping people at CTC is our commitment to meet people where they are, maintaining an openness to the many pathways to recovery. Christina’s recovery experience and service work in the recovery arena are centered on the utilization of a multiplicity of recovery processes that help us help reach and refer services at an individual level.
Christina’s recovery affiliations include her current role as CTC’s Vice President as well as board member of Casa De Maria, which focuses on healing trauma with light and sound therapies; board member at World Transformation Alliance, a focused organization geared toward intentional communities and community living.
Christina is a mom and also works as a project manager and free-lances as a videographer.
Alissa Long - Board Member
Christina Anderson - Vice President
Alissa Long - Board Member
Alissa enjoys spending time volunteering with several different organizations in our community!
Alissa has been in recovery since June of 2018, which led her to her passion of outreach to the homeless and individuals with Substance Use Disorder (SUD/addiction) who are ready to make a change.
Alissa is a strong community conduit for CTC as
Alissa enjoys spending time volunteering with several different organizations in our community!
Alissa has been in recovery since June of 2018, which led her to her passion of outreach to the homeless and individuals with Substance Use Disorder (SUD/addiction) who are ready to make a change.
Alissa is a strong community conduit for CTC as she volunteers with several different organizations that partner together to meet the needs of our clients. She works with the community to provide meals, clothes, phones, social services, resources, transportation, treatment services and potential housing to help people get back on their feet. As a board member at CTC, Alissa’s strong networking helps create more sober housing opportunities for our clients to enable stronger stability and growth after detox and/or treatment, which reinforces sustained longevity in recovery.
“From the moment a person decides he/she is ready to make a change, it’s our continuous goal to provide some of the core helps a person needs for transition from active addiction in a way that will help build a strong base for their recovery journey to start. From a ride to detox and or treatment, to helping find sober housing to providing some essential, immediate needs such as our hygiene packs- all of those things matter immensely.”
Alissa is married with four children. In her free time, Alissa enjoys strength training, hiking, gardening, reading, and spending time with her family.
Allie Furey - Board Member / Fundraising Committee Chair
Allie Furey - Board Member / Fundraising Committee Chair
Allie Furey - Board Member / Fundraising Committee Chair
Allie has been in recovery since January 2015 and has been working in the substance use and mental health field for over six years. Her degree in social sciences, as well as personal and professional experience in the field, have helped her become a wealth of knowledge, especially in recognizing differing therapeutic modalities that can benefit individuals struggling with addiction and co-occurring disorders.
Allie is open about her story of addiction and recovery as she believes it is important for others to challenge the stigma surrounding addiction and to understand that there is help out there for those willing to accept it. She has been invited to speak on major news stations and has spoken to many parent/family support groups, business panels, and students in hopes of educating the community. Allie has also traveled around the country learning about treatment and sober living resources, and to educate herself on the multitude of clinical practices that are used in helping individuals battling addiction and co-occurring disorders, in order to help integrate some of these practices into her local communities.
Susan Moore - Treasurer
Allie Furey - Board Member / Fundraising Committee Chair
Allie Furey - Board Member / Fundraising Committee Chair
Ms. Moore has been an advocate for the homeless for over 30 years and is currently Treasurer for Courage to Change Recovery.
She manages the Taos Food Coop in New Mexico and has guided the coop from a start-up with nothing, to a business grossing over $900K a year, ane employing an all-volunteer staff of over 75 volunteers. Her past employment included being Director and consultant for the Small Business Development Center in Galveston County Texas, and owner/producer of a video production company in Everett, Washington.
Ms. Moore’s other non-profit work includes working as President of Casa de Maria Research Center, which is focused on holistic healing, and specifically, music and color
therapy, and she is the Treasurer and property manager of the spiritual center, Taos Community of Love.
She included in the Millennium Edition of Who’s Who in America and is the recipient of several other civic and video production awards. Ms. Moore has four adult children and 10 grandchildren and currently resides in Taos NM.
Casey Lee - Secretary
Ryan Bradley - Board Member at Large
Ryan Bradley - Board Member at Large
Casey Lee is a mother of three, a wife, and an advocate for mental health and recovery. Since September 22nd, 2015, she has been on a personal journey of recovery, overcoming mental health and substance abuse challenges. With her lived experience, Casey is deeply committed to helping others facing similar obstacles. As a member of the Courage to Change team, she is passionate about meeting people where they’re at and guiding them toward healing and empowerment, using her own story as a source of hope and strength.
Ryan Bradley - Board Member at Large
Ryan Bradley - Board Member at Large
Ryan Bradley - Board Member at Large
Nick Mcglashan - Honorary Member
Ryan Bradley - Board Member at Large
Nick Mcglashan - Honorary Member
Nick McGlashan was a board member of Courage to Change and was a star of the reality TV series Deadliest Catch. He passed away in 2020. We named our Emergency Recovery Shelter Nick's Place in his honor.