Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for individuals in Van Meter, Iowa who have graduated a drug rehab program but still require time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To a person who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Van Meter provides a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little become comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.