Bay Area First Step provides a safe, supportive alcohol- and drug-free environment, assisting those we serve to affect their own recovery.

Bay Area First Step, Inc. (BAFS), a 501C(3) mutual-benefit nonprofit  organization organized in 1995, operates an alcohol- and drug-free community-based transitional facility.  The clients are recovering alcoholics and addicts who live in the facility and attend outpatient treatment with providers in the area.  In carrying out the goals of helping people build support systems for reentry into the community and engaging families in recovery services, Bay Area First Step interacts with a number of agencies within the Coos Bay/North Bend and Coos County community.

BAFS’s transitional housing facility has capacity for 16 residents at any given time.  Recovering residents appreciate the facility because it is a safe place to live while they attend outpatient treatment and work toward recovery.  Since opening the new facility in June of 2003, more than 150 clients have been served.

In addition to the transitional housing, BAFS provides eight multi-person apartment units for recovering addicts and their families, with approximately 24 individuals living in the two-bedroom apartments at any given time.  The peer-to-peer support from other residents provides momentum for recovery.  Some of these individuals serve as mentors or volunteers.