Springs Rescue Mission has received a $100,000 grant from the Denver-based Daniels Fund to expand a program that helps men overcome drug and alcohol addiction.The New Life Program currently has space for about 43 men, many of whom come for help after living on the streets. But demand often outstrips supplies, and there’s usually a waiting list, CEO Joe Vazquez said Friday. The $900,000 expansion project will double capacity to 87.The project got under way a few months ago with the purchase of a liquor store adjacent to the SRM property on West Las Vegas Street.“It was just a great series of events,” Vazquez said. “The owner approached us, and we found opportunities to raise funds, and purchased the property.”The faith-based nonprofit received a $500,000 grant through the The Federal Home Loan Banks’ Affordable Housing Program for the expansion. The grant from the Daniels Fund pushes gets it closer to its goal.“It absolutely is a big deal,” Vazquez said.The New Life Program started in early 1995 in its founders’ basement. It moved to the Las Vegas Street site in 1998. Most of the men who come into the program are battling alcoholism, but meth and prescription drug addictions are also a big problem, Vazquez said.The graduation rate is about 40 percent. The other 60 percent leave for a variety of reasons, including an inability to kick their habit or play by the program’s rules.“It really is not an easy program,” Vazquez said. “There’s a lot of programming, and the days are structured.”But men who leave can come back if they left on good terms.The expansion is expected to be finished in the summer, and the program will start accepting more residents in the fall.It’s the second major grant that the Daniels Fund has made in the Colorado Springs area this year. A few weeks ago, the organization announced a $1 million grant to Goodwill Industries of Colorado Springs to create a center designed to look like a town square, where people with intellectual and physical disabilities can learn to navigate in the real world.Daniels also has made a number of smaller grants this year to local agencies, including Community Partnership for Child Development, Homeward Pikes Peak, AspenPointe, U.S. Amateur Boxing, Ecumenical Social Ministries and TwoCor Projects.