Hope Street

Hope Street is a clean and sober living home in walla walla, Washington for women struggling with substance use disorder. We were the first Washington alliance for quality recovery residences (waqrr) accredited level ii home in the eastern half of the state. Our full suite of services includes: shelter and food - we serve nine women at a time in a 3500-square-foot home that includes bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, and gathering space. Women can stay for up to 24 months and each pays 500 per month. We provide food basics and assist our residents with accessing resources for food assistance. Recovery services - our services include the creation of an individualized recovery plan, advocacy, recovery coaching, peer support, connection with a broader recovery community, and accountability. Case management - our full-time recovery advocate provides wrap-around case management including intake assessments, goal setting, referrals to partner agencies, and assessment and prioritization of needs and barriers such as physical and mental health care, and criminal justice involvement. Our impact in 2022: provided over 1300 safe sober days with our residents. Provided over 750 hours of case management services. As part of a holistic approach to recovery, we provided over 100 referrals to other supportive resources. Assisted local women with accessing detox, residential treatment, and connection to the local recovery community. Eash resident spent 5 hours/week giving back to the community with volunteer service. Also during 2022: Hope Street partnered with other recovery-related organizations to host the first overdose awareness event in our community. We developed a graduation and recognition proicess for residents moving on from Hope Street into the community. We've been very successful raising awareness about Hope Street with women in our region and beyond. Our board has strengthened its governance and established essential developmental processes. We created an exciting enrichment program for our residents. These experiences are designed to give our residents practical tools for success where they learn about goal setting, kitchen and cooking basics, money basics, mindfulness, stress management, self-defence, and more. We hosted the blue zones project for a purpose workshop and completed a pottery session and the refinery. We've done self defense training and minfulness workshops.