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few years ago, when Eva DeVaughn needed a new business name that

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would better reflect her mission, one of her board members suggested Eva Life Giver, Inc. The name is very apropos, because giving

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clients new life is the ultimate mission of Northeast Baltimore-based DeVaughn Intervention Teach & Treat Options (DITTO). Eva DeVaughn started her career in the recovery field as a 21-year-old receptionist for Echo House, an

outpatient drug treatment program in West Baltimore. She subsequently earned degrees in addiction counseling and human services administration, fulfilling her ambition to become a change-agent not only by directing services to clients, but also by managing a thriving organization. In 1994, she and her brother, Vaughn DeVaughn Sr. (now a bishop and owner of the Holy Ground Apostolic Faith Church in East Baltimore) founded DeVaughn, Inc. to serve homeless, at-risk and chronic substance

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