Matt Waltz

So the way New Freedom works, it's a combination of clinical staff, you know, licensed clinical professionals, also peer support. So we have over 220 employees today. 85% of them are formerly incarcerated, formerly addicted. what this population believes. If you haven't been through what I've been through, I don't want to hear it. I want some college students to learn this in a book.

So the way New Freedom works, it's a combination of clinical staff, you know, licensed clinical professionals, also peer support. So we have over 220 employees today. 85% of them are formerly incarcerated, formerly addicted. what this population believes. If you haven't been through what I've been through, I don't want to hear it. I want some college students to learn this in a book.

I want to talk to people that know what I've been through. So in our facility, we have guys, men and women, who used to be shot callers in the prison gangs. I mean, truly terrifying human beings. who are now generous, successful, charismatic, capable people.

I want to talk to people that know what I've been through. So in our facility, we have guys, men and women, who used to be shot callers in the prison gangs. I mean, truly terrifying human beings. who are now generous, successful, charismatic, capable people.

And so when someone comes walking through our doors and they see this man who used to be an absolute terror, and he gives them a hug and says, hey, man, you can have a different life, it sparks this hope that's just incredible to see.

And so when someone comes walking through our doors and they see this man who used to be an absolute terror, and he gives them a hug and says, hey, man, you can have a different life, it sparks this hope that's just incredible to see.

Yeah, so the big picture of how New Freedom works is we're trying to reprogram a formerly incarcerated person's day so it matches a successful professional. So the day starts off with exercise first thing, then breakfast, then about six to seven hours of clinical programming.

Yeah, so the big picture of how New Freedom works is we're trying to reprogram a formerly incarcerated person's day so it matches a successful professional. So the day starts off with exercise first thing, then breakfast, then about six to seven hours of clinical programming.

group therapy, individual therapy, you know, dealing with the traumatic events that probably caused someone to have this incredibly self-destructive behavior, right? After that, dinner, then the night shift. And the night shift consists of secondary education, the same way a young professional would be improving themselves after hours.

group therapy, individual therapy, you know, dealing with the traumatic events that probably caused someone to have this incredibly self-destructive behavior, right? After that, dinner, then the night shift. And the night shift consists of secondary education, the same way a young professional would be improving themselves after hours.

We have vocational job training programs, GED, commercial driver's licenses. So we're really training people to use what they already have. A lot of people have these skills already, but to address what the root of the problem is that causes self-destructive behavior, give you tools to deal with that, and then give you a real future, training you for not just a job, but a career.

We have vocational job training programs, GED, commercial driver's licenses. So we're really training people to use what they already have. A lot of people have these skills already, but to address what the root of the problem is that causes self-destructive behavior, give you tools to deal with that, and then give you a real future, training you for not just a job, but a career.

You know, we've thought about that. We've talked about it. It's a really unique population set that's just that's formerly recently incarcerated. You know, it could be possible that people that haven't been incarcerated, they just they wouldn't have the same needs. They wouldn't have the same challenges.

You know, we've thought about that. We've talked about it. It's a really unique population set that's just that's formerly recently incarcerated. You know, it could be possible that people that haven't been incarcerated, they just they wouldn't have the same needs. They wouldn't have the same challenges.

And I mean, good news or bad news for us in Arizona, there's 40,000 people who are incarcerated over 18,000 coming out of prison every year. And we're helping about 15% of people coming out of Arizona prisons. So there's still so much more work to do.

And I mean, good news or bad news for us in Arizona, there's 40,000 people who are incarcerated over 18,000 coming out of prison every year. And we're helping about 15% of people coming out of Arizona prisons. So there's still so much more work to do.

I'm so glad you asked that question. Yeah, both Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or Dr. Oz, who's gonna be in charge of Medicaid in the incoming administration. The majority of our funding in Arizona comes from Medicaid. And there's so much talk in today's world about government waste and inefficiencies and all these things. And what I'd like them to do is,

I'm so glad you asked that question. Yeah, both Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or Dr. Oz, who's gonna be in charge of Medicaid in the incoming administration. The majority of our funding in Arizona comes from Medicaid. And there's so much talk in today's world about government waste and inefficiencies and all these things. And what I'd like them to do is,

This is one of the successful programs that uses government funding. So they should know. There are amazing things happening at New Freedom. In fact, we have some outside consultants coming in to analyze our funding. For every $1 of government funding New Freedom gets, we return $10 to the citizens of Arizona in value. Almost $200 million a year back to the citizens of Arizona.

This is one of the successful programs that uses government funding. So they should know. There are amazing things happening at New Freedom. In fact, we have some outside consultants coming in to analyze our funding. For every $1 of government funding New Freedom gets, we return $10 to the citizens of Arizona in value. Almost $200 million a year back to the citizens of Arizona.