The Bridge Foundation supports the development and implementation of an evidence-based and practice-based Care Farm Model to offer an additional pathway to recovery for people impacted by substance use and mental health conditions.
Supporting individuals seeking long term recovery from addiction by providing access to safe, supportive recovery housing, peer support services and a healing community.
The Pennsylvania Recovery Care Farm Collaborative: The Recovery and Wellness Farm is a Collaborative pilot project that will be replicable and expanded, which will include one recovery house and a barn on 2 acres, serving women in recovery who are entering recovery housing following incarceration.
Bridge Programs: The Bridge Provides support individuals and Families in Recovery in four primary areas of focus:
- Direct Grants to individuals throughout Pennsylvania for Recovery Housing and connection to Peer-to-Peer Coaching and Recovery Support Services
- Family Education, Advocacy and Support
- The Bridge to Creativity Music and Arts Program
- Recovery Information, Resources and Support referrals in the Philadelphia area and statewide
The Bridge Solution: The Bridge Foundation is a non-profit organization which supports individuals and families in Recovery from drug and alcohol and other behavioral-related problems. The Bridge Foundation believes that there exists a need for a local, supportive, community-based and inclusive residential Peer environment for individuals as they are in the process of navigating challenging transitions that occur during the Recovery Process, and offers a new paradigm that will:
- Provide a physical environment and holistic community where people in recovery can come together in fellowship to work toward common healthy practices;
- Foster the quest for adults to find the right balance in their lives and relationships
- Enable opportunities for sustainable skill development and cultivation of a trade to foster financial independence while pursuing one’s own individual interests and passions
- Provide tools for survival, self-sufficiency, dignity and lifelong freedom from limitations
- Support sustainable, environmentally conscious, long-term housing security
- Engage in a 12 Step Program when appropriate in ways that are meaningful
- Create Bridges to Nature, Creativity, Music, the Arts, and Community
The Recovery and Wellness Farm is a Collaborative pilot project that will be replicable and expanded, which will include one recovery house and a barn on 2 acres, serving women in recovery who are entering recovery housing following incarceration.