Two Utah business leaders on Thursday donated $100,000 to a Salt Lake City-based nonprofit that helps Utahns experiencing homelessness or recovering from drug addiction.
The Other Side Academy provides a two-and-a-half-year residential program meant to give its students, many of whom have been incarcerated, âvaluable vocational skillsâ while also offering âsomething completely different than incarceration and short-term drug treatment,â according to Managing Director Dave Durocher, who himself has been to prison four times for a total of 15 years.
The nonprofit requires its students to commit to completing the full program, Durocher explained during a November 2018 presentation, which âmeans that we can focus on doing the next right thing every day for at least two years until we completely recalibrate our moral compass.â