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We're helping Bostonians lead healthier lives by promoting the everyday use of the bicycle for transportation. Among other things, we repair bikes, educate new riders, and organize neighborhood residents who would like to voice support for friendlier street designs, bike paths, and public spaces.

Rahab's Daughters specializes in rescue, rehabilitation & reintegration of survivors of trafficking. We offer survivors of human trafficking, shelter, clothing, education, vocational training, and the ability to create a dream Plan that empowers them to start making choices for their own lives and break free from being controlled by someone else.

Char Hope's mission is providing sober living opportunities, financial aid, supervised agricultural learning experiences, and community outreach to help educate the public about addiction awareness. The Char Hope Foundation helps adults move forward toward a full recovery, a healthier lifestyle and a life free from addiction.

We believe the toughest place for a college student in recovery might just be college. Today, alone in the crowd isn’t the only choice for young people getting well and continuing their education in Madison. Peer support in healthy homes at Aaron’s House for Men, and Grace House for Women are cornerstones to a growing community of college students in recovery. Continuing education, employment, healthy relationships, counseling, and 12 step meetings all contribute to building long term recovery. Where you call home can make or break all of the recovery work. A community of recovery focused peers is the bonding ingredient that can keep recovery working.Aaron’s House and Grace House are safe communities to come home to from the time you begin turning your sober days into sober months until

AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS EDUCATE TEENS AND THEIR FAMILIES ON THE DANGERS OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. MANY OF THESE EVENTS ARE ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE HEALTHY ACTIVITIES WHICH REPLACE AND DETOUR THEM AWAY FROM EXPERIMENTING WITH ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES. CHUCKY ALSO GIVES PRESENTATIONS AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS, TELLING HIS STORY ABOUT HIS FAMILYS FIGHT AGAINST TEEN SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

The Abbey Foundation has been a national leader in the battle against addiction since 2009 Our mission has three principal components: 1) Advocacy on behalf of families suffering from addiction and Prevention of Addiction through the education of our communities. 2) Advancing Research in the field of mental health & substance abuse Treatment & Recovery. 3) Assisting people in need of addiction treatment services by developing Affordable treatment solutions.

People's is one of the oldest, continuously running independent primary care clinics in the country. Established in 1970 by a group of volunteer doctors and nurses, People's has never wavered from its mission to improve the health of medically underserved and uninsured Central Texans by providing high quality, affordable health care with respect and dignity. Most People's patients are from working families not able to afford healthcare insurance premiums and whose employers do not offer healthcare insurance coverage. There are approximately 280,000 uninsured adults and children (1 in 4) in the Austin metropolitan area. People's serves as the medical home for over 11,000 patients in our community. Uninsured people have few health care options other than the emergency room. People's provides continuity of care that an Emergency Room simply is not designed to offer on a sliding scale basis according to patients' income.

Magdalene Omaha/Thistle Lights is a survivor-led program of healing, recovery, and economic empowerment for women who experienced sex trafficking/prostitution, violence, and addiction. Our two-year residential recovery program offers long-term housing, access to comprehensive trauma-informed care, legal support, and educational assistance for our residents. Residents also gain employment experience through Thistle Lights, our survivor-led small business which features hand-made products designed and crafted with love by a survivor.

The Recovery Foundation is committed to providing financial support to individuals seeking or engaged in outpatient treatment forlong-term recovery from substance abuse and mental health disorders. Through education and improving awareness, we work to remove the stigma related to substance abuse and mental health disorders that can stand as a barrier at every stage of recovery. The Recovery Foundation supports peer mentorship, as it's been proven that peer mentorship keeps individuals involved in active recovery longer, thus improving the individual’s rate of success while simultaneously assisting and engaging other individuals in early recovery.

Northeast Occupational Exchange, Inc. (NOE) exists to assist persons who are physically and mentally disabled and otherwise vocationally handicapped to maximize their independent living capability, eliminate abuse and dependence on substances and enhance employability and economic independence through the provision of integrated: Personal and Social Adjustment Training Programs, Advocacy, Vocational, Educational, and Psychological Assessment, Psychological Services, Residential Services, Community Placement Employment Programs, and Substance Abuse Services. Northeast Occupational Exchange accepts MaineCare, Medicare, private insurances and self pay. A sliding fee schedule is available upon request - please contact the billing office for more details.

We serve the recovering community of Austin, specifically for the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender community, their allies, and serving all 12-step based programs and related activities. The club is focused on providing a facility and operational support for the meeting spaces for such groups, as well as providing social, community education, and service opportunities to the group members served. The club will operate to further provide a place for the recovery community to have a safe, affordable, comfortable place to gather, whether for a meeting or for social purposes. Although focused on serving the GLBTQ Recovery Community, AGC welcomes all persons in recovery, or supporting those in recovery, without regard to race, color, creed, or sexual identity or orientation.

Everything that we do at Back Bay Mission stems from our mission: strengthening neighborhoods, seeking justice, transforming lives.We strengthen neighborhoods through nine initiatives: the Micah Center (Day Center for the Homeless), Home at Last, (Permanent Supportive Housing), Rental Assistance, Emergency Assistance (Includes Food Choice Food Pantry) Community Health Worker Project, Bridges Out of Poverty education, Housing Recovery and Home Port (Housing for Veterans) Our programs are seeking justice by providing a way forward for those caught in generational poverty, those experiencing the devastation of life traumas and those who are victims of poor life choices. These programs assist the people we serve become contributing citizens in their communities, An annual average of 800 volunteers take what they learn at Back Bay Mission home with them where they have the opportunity to strengthen their own neighborhoods efforts in justice seeking. Justice seeking means supporting the people we serve in becoming more involved in their communities, educating people about the realities of poverty, and advocating on behalf of marginalized people..All of our programs transform lives. Whether we're helping a homeowner keep their home, mentoring a single mother as she plans her path out of poverty, or working with an intern who is thinking about a career in social work, we're making the lives of the people we serve better. Our work in transforming leads BBM to be catalyst in transforming individual lives that can transform our communities and the country.