Before arrival
A clear, informed choice
Talk through your goals, support needs, accessibility, current providers, house expectations, costs, and what the home can safely offer. An interest inquiry is not admission or a reserved bed.
A Home for Rebuilding a Life
In Development
In development: Restoring Hope Community Homes is currently in the planning, partnership, fundraising, property-evaluation, and leadership-development stage. The first home is not yet open and is not currently accepting resident applications.
This notice will remain visible until the board formally approves opening and admissions.
Hope120 is the proposed women-first residence within Restoring Hope Community Homes. Its design brings a structured, substance-free living environment together with everyday skills, chosen recovery supports, and community belonging—not inpatient treatment, detoxification, hospitalization, or custodial care.
Residents will work with peers and qualified staff to develop individualized goals in areas such as:
Recovery and safety
Housing stability
Physical and emotional health
Sleep and daily rhythms
Employment and education
Financial capability
Family and healthy relationships
Faith, meaning, and purpose
Community involvement
Leadership and service
Transition into independent housing
Participation in spiritual activities will be voluntary. Clinical care will remain under properly licensed professionals, with informed consent and separate clinical records where required.
The proposed resident journey
120 days of structure, with room for your story
The aim is more than a room: dependable people, everyday practice, and a realistic next step. Goals would be set with residents and revisited around days 30, 60, 90, and 120—not measured by attendance alone.
Days 1–30
Build a foundation
Settle into food, sleep, daily routines, and relationships. Create a resident-led plan, identify practical needs such as identification and transportation, and begin planning for your next home.
Days 31–90
Practice in everyday life
Combine work or education with chosen recovery supports, practical skills, and appropriate care. Review what is helping and adapt the schedule for employment, disability, caregiving, or outside treatment.
Days 91–120
Prepare the next chapter
Work toward a realistic housing destination, income and benefits, transportation, medication access, continuing care, trusted contacts, and a written backup plan. Transition preparation begins well before this phase.
Day 120 is a milestone, not an automatic eviction. Individualized continuation and transition are part of the proposed model. Extensions, costs, and occupancy terms must be explained in the final lawful resident agreement; no particular extended stay is guaranteed.
What might my first seven days look like?
A proposed orientation sequence, adapted to your immediate needs and pace. Urgent help would not wait for a particular day.
- Day 1
Welcome and safety
A personal welcome, food, orientation to shared and private spaces, emergency contacts, and time for questions.
- Day 2
Your goals and choices
Choose first-week priorities and discuss internal or outside supports without pressure to disclose your whole story.
- Day 3
Practical stability
Make a manageable list for identification, benefits, transportation, and appointments, with a named helper for each next step.
- Day 4
Household and food skills
Agree on accessible household contributions and try a meal-planning, food-budgeting, or cooking activity.
- Day 5
Work and learning
Explore employment, education, or peer training at your pace; participation does not guarantee a job or course placement.
- Day 6
Connection and recreation
Choose a safe community connection or recreational activity and identify transportation or accessibility barriers.
- Day 7
Review and adjust
Share what feels helpful, raise concerns, and agree on the next week’s priorities and support contacts.
Life in the home
A steady rhythm—not a day filled with requirements
Work, classes, outside appointments, rest, and disability accommodations come first in planning a realistic week. These examples explain the design; they are not a published timetable or evidence of current staffing.
Illustrative planning schedule • All daily times are Central Time.
6:30–9:00 AM
Begin gently
Breakfast, personal routine, work or class departure, and optional quiet reflection.
9:00 AM–Noon
Build your day
Work, education, appointments, individualized life-skills practice, or needed rest.
Noon–2:00 PM
Pause and recharge
Lunch, errands, chosen appointments, or restorative personal time.
2:00–5:00 PM
Learn and practice
Employment preparation, education, garden or creative learning, or individual support.
5:00–7:00 PM
Gather around the table
A shared meal and accessible household contributions; personal disclosure is never required at meals.
7:00–9:00 PM
Choose a connection
A selected group, recreation, safe family or community contact, or personal time.
9:00–11:00 PM
Wind down
A calm environment, optional check-in, and preparation for the next day.
11:00 PM–6:30 AM
Protect sleep
Rest with access to help under the eventual approved overnight staffing and emergency plan.
A weekly resident meeting would offer space to suggest changes, raise concerns, and plan shared responsibilities. Chores would be accessible and distinct from paid work; residents, students, volunteers, or cameras would not replace required trained staff.
Groups and practical learning
What would programming actually feel like?
A small, guided conversation with a practical next step—not pressure to share a trauma story or prove your recovery. A facilitator would explain the purpose, choices, and limits of group confidentiality before inviting participation.
A proposed group session, step by step
- 01
Check in
A brief invitation to say how you are doing; no forced disclosure.
- 02
Learn
Focused teaching, a reading, or an approved curriculum topic.
- 03
Discuss
Guided conversation with room to listen, ask questions, or pass.
- 04
Practice
Try a communication skill, planning exercise, or other relevant activity.
- 05
Choose a next step
Identify one manageable action and any support you want.
A rotating catalog, not fifteen groups every week
The September 2026 plan explores a 15-offering portfolio. The allocation below is one planning option—not an approved inventory. Only a smaller, funded schedule with confirmed facilitators, permissions, and demand would launch; each resident would select appropriate supports.
6 proposed curriculum slots
Living Free
Faith-based learning and guided discussion around recovery-related life challenges. Exact titles, curriculum permissions, trained facilitators, and dates must be confirmed.
Explore Living Free →3 proposed track slots
REBOOT
Trauma-focused faith-based course options where audience fit, facilitator preparation, and demand support a cohort. A course is not a substitute for needed clinical trauma treatment.
Explore REBOOT →3 proposed nonclinical slots
Life skills and recovery navigation
Practice budgeting, planning meals, navigating resources, preparing for work, and communicating needs. Peers help with practical steps; they do not diagnose or provide psychotherapy.
Explore peer support →3 proposed flexible slots
Family, alumni, and community
Options for safe relationships, ongoing belonging, and specialized needs. Family contact and reconciliation follow resident choice and safety, not pressure.
Explore community involvement →Linked pages explain the wider ministry programs; they do not confirm an active Hope120 cohort or resident placement.
Programming
Proposed Signature Pathways
Resident-selected pathways that support whole-life recovery capital.
Sleep Sanctuary
A calm environment with consistent rhythms, supportive bedding, quieter overnight practices, sleep education, and referral pathways for insomnia, sleep apnea, nightmares, and medication concerns.
Community Table and Garden
Cooking, budgeting, food safety, gardening, meal planning, preserving food, and communal hospitality without food shame.
Recovery in Motion
Accessible walking, movement, parks, and recreation chosen with residents. Potential YMCA participation depends on eligibility, actual rates, funding, transport, and confirmed arrangements—not an existing membership promise.
Curiosity Lab
Resident-selected learning in art, writing, music, technology, trades, science, history, nature, financial literacy, and other interests.
Nature Stewardship Corps
Gardening, trail work, park and shoreline projects, conservation partnerships, outdoor skills, reflection, and sober recreation.
Calling and Career Pathways
Exploration of employment, skilled trades, nonprofit leadership, ministry, pastoral formation, peer-support careers, education, and entrepreneurship.
Employer Formation Exchange
Proposed employer connections could offer workplace-readiness learning or job shadowing under clear agreements. Resident choice, safe placements, and privacy come first; jobs and employer commitments are not guaranteed.
Family Repair and Safe Belonging
Support for boundaries, grief, parenting, letter writing, safe visitation, and healthy relationships. Reconciliation is never forced when contact is unsafe or unwanted.
Service to Leadership
Residents could contribute through house voice, community projects, and later supervised peer formation or alumni involvement. Training requires assessed competence and separate role approval; it does not automatically confer a state credential or employment.
The Proposed Facility
What the Home Is Being Designed to Provide
A proposed physical environment intentionally shaped to support whole-life recovery capital. Final design will reflect site, code, accessibility, and board guidance.
Single-family recovery residence
A home in a quiet Green Bay-area neighborhood, designed for a small number of women residents so relationships and oversight remain personal rather than institutional.
Dignified bedrooms
Private and semi-private bedrooms with supportive bedding, storage for personal belongings, and calm sleep-supportive practices — residents help shape their own space.
Community table & kitchen
A shared kitchen and dining area for cooking, budgeting, food-safety practice, meal planning, and unhurried communal hospitality without food shame.
Common living area
A comfortable living room for house meetings, relationship-building, study, rest, and peer connection — the relational heart of the home.
Quiet reflection room
A dedicated quiet space available for prayer, Scripture, journaling, telehealth counseling sessions, and private conversation. Use is always voluntary.
Garden & outdoor space
A community garden and outdoor area for stewardship, fresh air, movement, sober recreation, and rest — connected to the Nature Stewardship Corps pathway.
Safety features
Secure entry, smoke and carbon-monoxide detectors, fire-safety planning, Naloxone availability and trained staff, and clear emergency protocols.
Accessibility & dignity
Accessibility-informed design wherever feasible, accommodations requested in good faith, and a physical environment that honors resident worth.
Located near community recovery capital
YMCA and walking/running routes for Recovery in Motion
Recovery-supportive employers for fair-chance work
Public transit, clinics, pharmacies, and counseling providers
Parks, libraries, and community spaces for belonging
Who the Home Serves
Proposed Eligibility Criteria
Recovery housing supports stable, substance-free living — it is not detox, inpatient treatment, hospitalization, or custodial care. Criteria below are proposed and will be finalized before the home opens.
A good fit for the home is…
- Adult women (18+) seeking a stable, substance-free recovery living environment
- People medically stable enough for recovery housing — not currently needing detox, inpatient treatment, hospitalization, or 24-hour medical or custodial care
- Individuals able to manage their own medications safely with peer support and referral (staff do not administer or store most medications)
- Those motivated to engage with an individualized recovery plan, peer support, and a shared house community
- People willing to honor a written house agreement covering sobriety, respect, participation, and safety
Considered with dignity
- Criminal history alone is not a disqualifier; each person is considered individually and with dignity
- Affordability is a planning priority. The proposed first-month contribution is $400; later charges, hardship options, and funding eligibility must be finalized before admission, and assistance is not guaranteed
- Active danger to self or others, or a need for secure/custodial care, would require a higher level of support than this home provides
- Faith background or church involvement is never a condition of eligibility or continued residency
Submission of an interest form or meeting proposed criteria does not guarantee a bed, housing, financial assistance, or acceptance. Each resident pathway will be developed individually and with care.
A Typical Day
Daily Life & Expectations
A proposed rhythm that protects sleep, safety, sobriety, relationships, and personal agency — within a Christ-centered, resident-honoring community.
Substance-free environment
No alcohol or illicit substances on the premises. Prescription and over-the-counter medications follow a clearly communicated safety protocol.
Medication safety
Residents manage their own medications with peer support and referral. A simple check-in protocol supports safety without removing personal responsibility.
Weekly house meeting
A regular community meeting builds shared responsibility, surfaces needs early, and gives every resident a voice in the life of the home.
Daily rhythms & quiet hours
Consistent wake, meal, and rest rhythms support recovery. Overnight quiet hours protect sleep — a core recovery capital.
Shared responsibilities
Chores, cooking, and light house care rotate among residents. Shared work builds dignity, agency, and belonging rather than obligation.
Recovery plan check-ins
Each resident has individualized goals reviewed with peer or staff support — employment, education, health, relationships, faith, and transition planning.
Voluntary faith participation
Prayer, Scripture, chapel, and spiritual conversation are always available and never required. A resident may observe, question, or decline at any time.
Accountability & screens
Good-faith accountability, including possible substance screens, supports a trustworthy environment for everyone living in the home.
Clinical care stays clinical
Clinical, medical, and psychiatric care remain with licensed professionals outside the home, with informed consent and separate records where required.
Length of stay & transition
The proposed core journey is 120 days, with individualized continuation and transition rather than automatic departure on day 120. Extension criteria, fees, and lawful occupancy terms must be finalized in the resident agreement; no extended stay is guaranteed. Housing search, employment, savings, chosen care, and optional alumni connection begin during the core journey.
Support with clear boundaries
Different kinds of care. Your choices remain your own.
Peer and practical support
Trained peers would offer connection, encouragement, resource navigation, and help practicing daily skills. They do not diagnose, provide psychotherapy, or direct medication.
Biblical counseling and chaplaincy
Residents could choose prayer, Scripture, pastoral conversation, or appropriately supervised student ministry care, with clear consent and an explanation of the provider’s role.
Clinical and medical care
Assessment and treatment belong with appropriately authorized professionals. Care would depend on individual suitability, provider availability, consent, and funding—not simply on being a resident.
The plan calls for separate housing, care, school, employment, and donor records, with only appropriately authorized information shared for a specific purpose. A church sponsor, donor, employer, or teacher would not receive counseling notes simply because they support the program.
Belonging beyond the residence
Transition planning would connect housing, work or education, benefits, transportation, chosen care, and safe relationships. Optional alumni follow-up is proposed at 30 and 90 days, then 6, 12, 18, and 24 months after exit. Residents could decline or withdraw, choose safe contact methods, and receive support without giving a public testimony.
Follow-up is not emergency monitoring. Future evaluation would consider dignity, choice, housing stability, learning, employment, and helpfulness of support, including missing responses and unplanned exits. Hope120 does not yet have operating outcomes to report.
Practical questions before opening
What would it cost?
The September 22, 2026 plan proposes a $400 first-month contribution. Months 2–4, what charges cover, hardship or deferral options, refunds, and later-stay terms still need approval. This is not a final fee schedule or a promise of financial assistance.
What does the proposed $5 care option mean?
It is a proposed participant contribution for eligible supervised student biblical-counseling or chaplaincy sessions—not licensed psychotherapy or the full cost of care. Student readiness, supervision, consent, and funding must be in place. It is optional and is not the price of every RHM service.
Must I attend worship or every group?
No. The proposed framework invites prayer, Scripture, worship, and spiritual care without making religious performance a condition of housing or belonging. Each resident would have an individualized schedule, not an obligation to attend every offering.
Can I continue prescribed medication or outside care?
The planning model accepts lawfully prescribed medication and supports appropriate outside providers. The final medication-storage and self-administration process requires review. Peers and students cannot change prescriptions or make clinical decisions.
How would concerns be handled?
The proposed resident-rights approach includes accessible complaints and accommodation requests, an independent reviewer when there is a conflict, and protection against retaliation. Testing, return-to-use, discharge, and reentry rules are still under review; draft rules are not final admission terms.
Is there a guaranteed opening date or bed count?
No. The September 2026 plan identifies Fall 2027 through January 2028 as a conditional planning window. A final site, permitted capacity, approvals, insurance, paid staffing and relief, resident safeguards, funding, and board authorization must be confirmed first.
Want to understand the next steps?
Request opening and referral updates, ask about the proposed program, or explore a way to help. These are interest inquiries—not resident admission applications.
Based on the RHM Ministry Business Plan, leadership review edition, September 22, 2026, chapters 6–8, 15–18, and 20. This public summary describes proposed programming, not adopted policies, an approved budget, or authorization to open.
Faith & Resident-Rights Statement
Christ-Centered and Resident-Honoring
Restoring Hope Ministries believes every person is made in the image of God and possesses inherent dignity. Residents will never be reduced to a diagnosis, relapse, criminal history, financial condition, family circumstance, or level of church involvement.
Residents may engage, observe, question, or decline spiritual activities. No person should be pressured through housing, money, Scripture, donor relationships, or organizational authority.
The ministry’s shared faith commitments include:
The central message and work of Jesus Christ
Humility in spiritual care
Respect for conscience and resident choice
Cooperation among churches
No denominational competition
No partisan political instruction
No promises of guaranteed healing or transformation
No use of faith as punishment, leverage, or a measure of resident worth
Concept visualization of proposed future use. The home is not currently operating, and people pictured are illustrative figures.
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