ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Khristen Phillips has been riding a rollercoaster of addiction for more than a decade.
"It's been a struggle since I was 15 years old," she said. "I've been clean, not clean, clean, not clean."
She was on a straight path until her and her two kids got kicked out of their apartment in August.
"We really didn't have anywhere to go," Phillips said.
She landed a spot in Bernalillo County's Family Wellness Shelter but got off course.
"I was really hurt that I lost everything," Phillips said. "I ended up relapsing, and I got kicked out of the program."
After a month of rehab, she got back into it and successfully completed all 90 days of it.
"One of the best stories, success stories we've had here, I would say," said Benton Chavez, the program manager at the shelter.
"To have success stories that (are like) Kristen every day, I think that's what we work for, making sure that we're giving 100 percent into every client's unique set of issues."
The county has 23 rooms available in an Albuquerque motel. Chavez said they stay full, with 30 to 40 families waiting for a room at any given time.
"It could be multi-generational, it could be a single mom with a newborn," Chavez said.
Case managers try to set them up with everything they need to succeed, from food for kids, to counseling.
"There's a bunch of resources that they gave me, yeah, that I had no clue about," Phillips said.
Bernalillo County is asking the state for $33 million in funding for behavioral health-related housing during this legislative session. That includes funds to buy its own motel.
"We'd be able to serve more families, we'd be able to get more staff, and we'd be able to provide probably many more services that the families do need," Chavez said.
Services they know families will appreciate.
"I have a housing voucher," Phillips said. "My kids are in a safe environment. I'm clean. Yeah, things are a lot better. They're looking up."