The Academy uses facilitators to enable groups of 10 or less individuals and families to explore the possibilities of becoming self-reliant and to help them gain footing for a new beginning. Our facilitating approach is one of acknowledging the strengths found in each team member, learning how to counsel with one another, and encouraging taking responsibility for our own actions. It is when we obtain an understanding of the possibilities we have as individuals that we realize the power found in being interdependent with other self-reliant people.