Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for individuals in Penns Park who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To someone who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Penns Park offers a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can slowly become at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.