Residency Program
Legal Assistance
Guidance and resources to help overcome legal barriers. Assistance with court appearances and paperwork.
Chapter 01
Court dates and paperwork can undo early recovery
A lot of people come to recovery carrying more than the addiction. There are court dates on the calendar, forms nobody has explained, records that follow you into every application, and legal fees that feel impossible on top of everything else. Still Worthy names these on its own Fortunate 500 page as real barriers: criminal records, legal fees, transportation, and the stigma and shame that come with them.
In early recovery, a missed hearing or an unanswered letter can turn into a fresh crisis, and a fresh crisis is exactly when people reach for the thing they are trying to leave behind. Staying ahead of the paperwork is not a side issue. It is part of staying well.
If you are a parent or spouse of someone with a case pending, you already know how heavy this feels from the outside. Having a house that takes the legal side seriously, instead of pretending it will sort itself out, can lower the temperature for the whole family.
Kitchen and dining table at a Still Worthy residence
Help showing up prepared
Still Worthy describes this part of the residency program as guidance and resources to help overcome legal barriers, plus assistance with court appearances and paperwork. In plain terms, that means you are not left to untangle it alone. Someone helps you understand what is being asked, keep track of what is due, and get where you need to be.
To be clear about what this is: it is guidance, resources and practical help. Still Worthy is a recovery residence, and this is not a law practice or a substitute for advice about your own case. What it does give you is a team that cares whether you make it to the courthouse and whether the forms get filled out.
It also connects to the rest of the program. Reliable transportation to appointments includes court dates, and the house works on the seven key areas of recovery together, legal support among them. The pieces are meant to hold each other up.
Chapter 03
A cofounder who has worked with people coming out of the system
Olav Vigen, cofounder and CEO, focuses on judicially involved individuals. Before returning to Still Worthy to concentrate on long-term recovery solutions, he spent two years at the McShin Foundation in Richmond, Virginia, supporting individuals in early recovery and reentry.
That background shapes how the house approaches this service. Reentry is not just a legal event. It is a stretch of life where housing, work, family and faith all have to be rebuilt at once, and someone who has stood beside people through that knows which pieces cannot wait.
If a court date or a record is the thing keeping you from reaching out, call (843) 566-5788 and say so. You can also begin your residency application from the Apply page, or leave a note on the Contact page for yourself or someone you love. The team will talk through next steps and answer your questions, with no judgment about where you are starting from.
Guidance, resources and practical help with court appearances and paperwork, not legal representation.