LAC 48:VII.709. Eligibility Requirements

A. Eligible entities include: 1. private non-profit corporations; 2. non-chartered groups of six or more recovering persons; 3. established recovery homes. 4. individuals accepted into established recovery homes. B. Lender shall require all applicants to provide the following assurances: 1. intended use of the founds derived from the loan (budget); 2. to maintain the recovery home as an alcohol and drug-free environment; 3. residents will remain alcohol and drug-free; 4. residents who violate this pledge will be expelled from the home; 5. costs associated with operation of the home, including rent, utilities food, will be borne by the residents; 6. home will be operated as a self-managed democracy. C. Lender may require an applicant consisting of an unchartered group or an individual to provide assurances that each resident is: 1. recovering from chemical dependency; 2. continuing in treatment or has been discharged from treatment; 3. attending self-help (AA, NA, CA) organizations at least once a week; 4. employed, or if not currently employed is actively seeking employment and is registered with the local employment office or a union employment office, or is receiving income on a regular basis from retirement, disability or other source; 5. accepted into an existing group recovery home, or is establishing one. D. Lender may require a chartered non-profit corporation to provide the following: 1. evidence of the charter; 2. evidence of authority to borrow money, i.e., Board Resolution; 3. documented purposes for loan; 4. assurances regarding recovery home residents.