Hope Becomes Home
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.
Restoring Hope Community Homes is a proposed faith-based recovery housing ministry where women can find stability, belonging, excellent support, and room to build a hopeful life.
Residents will be met where they are. Faith will be available and encouraged without being forced. Peer support, professional oversight, practical education, physical wellness, vocational development, and community relationships will work together to support lasting recovery.
Hope120 • Proposed resident programming
What could life at Hope120 look like?
Explore the first week, the 120-day journey, a sample day and week, Living Free and REBOOT planning, practical learning, care choices, and support after leaving. Updated from the September 22, 2026 ministry plan.
Recovery is about more than avoiding substances. It involves rebuilding safety, health, relationships, purpose, confidence, employment, community, and hope.
Restoring Hope Community Homes is being designed as a high-care, community-backed recovery residence. The first home is planned for women, with the possibility of developing a men’s home in a later phase after the first model is stable, evaluated, and sustainable.
The home will be peer-informed and community-oriented, with oversight from qualified recovery-housing, clinical, biblical-counseling, pastoral, health, safety, and nonprofit professionals.
What Makes the Home Different
Faith is invited, never weaponized
The ministry is centered on the message and person of Jesus Christ. Residents may pray, participate, listen, question, or decline. Housing, care, privileges, and belonging will not be conditioned on religious performance. Church partners unite around the core message of Christ rather than secondary doctrinal disputes.
Peer leadership with professional boundaries
People with lived recovery experience help shape the home’s culture, programming, resident leadership, and alumni community. Peers are respected as trained professionals — never expected to diagnose, provide psychotherapy, act as security staff, or work beyond their credentials and assigned roles.
The body matters
Sleep, nutrition, movement, medication access, physical health, and a calm living environment are part of recovery capital. The design includes dignified bedrooms, sleep-support practices, accessible movement, cooking and food-safety education, a community garden, and appropriate medical referrals. YMCA access is being explored and depends on actual eligibility, rates, funding, and transportation.
Community is part of the model
Residents should not be isolated from the community while preparing to return to it. Churches, employers, educators, recovery professionals, health providers, neighbors, nonprofits, parks, libraries, arts organizations, and community groups help create pathways toward belonging and meaningful participation.
Meaningful careers — not disposable jobs
Restoring Hope Ministries intends to develop meaningful careers with fair compensation, supervision, training, benefits, healthy boundaries, and opportunities to grow. Interns, volunteers, residents, and ministry leaders will not be used to cover positions that should be filled by trained, compensated employees.
Ways to Participate
More than a building — a community of people willing to serve responsibly, give sustainably, share expertise, and protect resident dignity.
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.
Read the full faith & resident-rights statementWhat the Home Is Being Designed to Provide
A proposed physical environment intentionally shaped to support whole-life recovery capital. Full details — including eligibility criteria and daily-life expectations — are on the Resident Experience page.
Small recovery residence
A quiet Green Bay-area home for a small number of women residents, keeping relationships and oversight personal.
Dignified bedrooms
Private and semi-private rooms with supportive bedding, personal storage, and calm sleep-supportive practices.
Community table & kitchen
A shared kitchen and dining area for cooking, budgeting, food-safety practice, and communal hospitality without food shame.
Common & quiet rooms
A living area for connection and a quiet room for prayer, Scripture, telehealth, and private reflection — always voluntary.
Garden & outdoor space
A community garden and outdoor area for stewardship, fresh air, movement, and sober recreation.
Safety features
Secure entry, detectors, fire-safety planning, Naloxone availability, and clear emergency protocols.
Accessibility & dignity
Accessibility-informed design wherever feasible, with accommodations honored in good faith.
Near recovery capital
Located near YMCA, employers, transit, clinics, parks, and community spaces for belonging.
Help Hope Become Home
Restoring Hope Community Homes will require a community of people willing to serve responsibly, give sustainably, share expertise, and protect the dignity of residents.
