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K<\/span><\/span>aitlyn, 32, applied for a spot at Hope Center Ministries near the end of 2021 because it seemed like her best option at the time. She had pleaded guilty in February to one count of criminal endangerment related to reckless driving and, after being released, violated her probation by reportedly failing to show up for check-ins and possessing drug paraphernalia.<\/span><\/p>\n Court records say she had told her probation officer she\u2019d been using methamphetamine, even as she denied having a problem with drugs or alcohol. The women\u2019s sober living home, her attorney advised, would help her get out of jail and give her a structured environment to recover from substance use.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t really know a lot about it,\u201d Kaitlyn, who uses a pseudonym to protect her privacy, said in a December interview. \u201cHe just told me that it was a treatment center and that I could benefit from it.\u201d<\/p>\n The residence in Clancy is one of two Hope Center Ministries locations in Montana, and 36 nationwide. Though it\u2019s described as a \u201cdrug addiction treatment center\u201d on its Facebook page, the national admissions coordinator who testified at Kaitlyn\u2019s November 2021 hearing in Boulder described it as a \u201clong-term faith-based drug and alcohol recovery program\u201d. On its national website<\/a>, Hope Center Ministries says its purpose is to \u201clead addicts and their families to become fully devoted followers of Christ\u201d.<\/p>\n