Restoring Lives, One Step at a Time

Hope for the Hurting 501c3 started in Downtown Los Angeles in 2013 when the charity purchased a beautiful Victorian home located on Beacon Street. At the time, the building was occupied by a local gang, and was used as a drug den. Now "Beacon of Hope" is a thriving recovery residence that regularly houses between 60 and 80 men, providing food, shelter, and community for those in early recovery.

In addition, through its Strike Out Against Drugs program, the charity speaks to children in school settings throughout the Los Angeles area. The goal is to persuade children to avoid a pathway which leads to the experimentation and use of alcohol and drugs. "SOAD" has touched the lives of tens of thousands of children and adults in the Los Angeles area and has received numerous awards for the work it has accomplished. Over the years, Beacon of Hope has developed a reputation as being one of the best run facilities of its type in the Los Angeles area.

The Genesis in Los Angeles

The Indiana Expansion

In 2020, the charity expanded to Indiana with the founding of Wabash Recovery. Wabash Recovery opened in Spring 2021 as a 36 bed sober living home for men, and has since blossomed into an Intensive Outpatient Treatment center. The facility expects to expand to a full-fledged Drug Treatment center in Fall 2023.

In April 2022, Hope for the Hurting opened Elevate Recovery, a 15 bed sober living home for women, located just a few blocks away from Wabash Recovery. Since opening, this program has housed more than 50 individuals, and sponsored several residents to become "peer recovery coaches," so that they may find gainful employment by helping other women coming in to the program. Furthermore, Hope for the Hurting is in the final stages of a major remodel of the home next door to Elevate Recovery in order to open Monarch Recovery. Monarch Recovery will host 24 beds for women, bringing the total number between the two womens facilities to nearly 40.

In Winter 2022/2023, the charity purchased and retrofitted another location which has since been named "Still Water on the Wildcat," a beautiful property located on Wildcat Creek in Kokomo. This facility will be able to hold another 30 men, as Wabash Recovery transitions to a drug treatment center. With the combination of these two programs, the charity is better able to meet the needs of individuals who are newly sober through intensive drug treatment, and then help them transition to normal life again by offering stable halfway housing at Stillwater on the Wildcat.

Due to the success of these programs in Indiana, the charity was donated an 18,000 sq. ft. home in Tipton, Indiana, and is currently in the process of obtaining zoning to operate a detox center at this location. Stay tuned for more updates!