COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — A new residential recovery center for men struggling with addiction and homelessness opened on Tuesday in Colorado Springs, offering a comprehensive program designed to help participants rebuild their lives.

Step Springs, located on Northpark Drive off Garden of the Gods Road, is a 50-bed facility that provides the following for unhoused men:

housing

job training

addiction recovery services

The center is a branch of the nonprofit Step Denver, which expanded to Colorado Springs after identifying a need for more addiction recovery services in the area.

"There is hope out there. There are people that care and that you can overcome addiction. That's what Step did for me," said Andre Podpolucha, a Step Denver program graduate.

Podpolucha now works at the

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