While working as an Alcohol & Drug Counselor at an extended residential treatment facility, our founding president, Jeff Gilbert, witnessed many of the same individuals bounce back and forth from the streets, to jails, to institutions and back to treatment. Some ended up in prisons, while others languished on long waiting lists for a residential bed, and others died before they could return to treatment. Those who successfully completed short-term, highly-structured programs were often sent to transitional housing with virtually no structure or supportive services. A facility providing the appropriate level of care for this population simply did not exist. Jeff, his wife Janet, and Jeff's mother, Carolyn Duetsch, opened Hope for Tomorrow, Inc. to fill this void in the Continuum of Care.

Hope For Tomorrow is licensed through the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention & Recovery (SUPR) and is a member of the Illinois Association of Extended Care (IAEC).

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Administrative & Support Staff President & Executive/Clinical Director:
Jeff Gilbert, M.A., C.A.D.C., P.C.G.C., CODP

Medical Director: Dr. Bill Gossman, M.D.

Vice President: Janet Gilbert

Asst. to the Executive Director/Case Manager: Tim Simms, MSW, C.A.D.C., CODP

Office Help, Telemarketing & Mailing: Community Volunteers Each house employs a House Manager whose primary duties include the day-to-day monitoring of HFT's policies and procedures to ensure that the safety, structure, support, and sobriety of their residence is intact.