NIMBY by Raimonda Abramaviciute
March 17, 2024
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NIMBYism, NIMBY, or Not In My Backyard, refers to community resistance towards having recovery housing in their neighborhood.
We are The Better Path Foundation
The Better Path Foundation serves the underserved and marginalized people in the Greater Madison, Wisconsin area; who are in recovery from Substance Use Disorder (SUD), by providing a live-in recovery program supporting adult-aged men, women, veterans, non-veterans, LGTBIQ+, dual diagnosis, justice-involved, all races, all religions, and all levels of education to further their recovery goals and objectives of attaining long-term abstinence.
We believe that those who made the decision to overcome Substance Use Disorder and seek treatment for it deserve the opportunity to put their lives together, and become productive and valuable members of society. This starts with having a safe place to lay their heads down at night after they complete treatment; a place where they can call, “Home.” The Better Path provides just that…a live-in sober living recovery program where someone can thrive and obtain the necessary guidance to learn the skills needed to sustain their long-term recovery goals and objectives; in a neighborhood that supports recovery. All of which is crucial for individuals to regain hope, and have the opportunity to flourish in life without the use of substances.
What We Do
We provide quality, safe, affordable shared housing to help eliminate housing insecurity as well as plan and support amazing projects with other nonprofit organizations, that help change the lives of our veterans and justice-involved individuals; who are in recovery from substance abuse, and who are simply disadvantaged adults from across the greater Madison, WI area.
We are seeking W.A.S.H. community certified level II Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) recovery homes status, which W.A.S.H. is an affiliate of the National Alliance of Recovery Residences.
*W.A.S.H. is the Wisconsin Association of Sober Housing.
We Educate
We run small-scale training programs for our residents that are necessary for every adult to acclimate to society and live without anxiety caused by not knowing how to live like an independent adult. This can include but is not limited to... how to open a bank account, balance a checkbook, cook, clean, garden, and more.
We Give Home
Our home-like environment provides a family-like setting with an internal community of unrelated adults all working toward clean and sober living, a desirable neighborhood, and community to help restore their souls and change their future like story. As they say, home is where the heart is... but a home is so much more than that.