About the organization
Journey to Recovery Behavioral Health and Wellness Center
A Michigan nonprofit corporation formed to close the gap between institutional discharge and successful community reintegration for adult men.
Mission
Rebuilding a life takes more than a bed.
Journey to Recovery provides a safe, structured, person-centered, recovery-oriented environment in which adult men can rebuild their lives through behavioral health treatment, substance use recovery services, stable housing, vocational development, life-skills education, accountability, and meaningful connection to community resources.
Vision
To become a leading Michigan provider of integrated behavioral health, substance use treatment, recovery housing, and reentry support — recognized for clinical excellence, integrity, innovation, accountability, and measurable life transformation.
Why we exist
The handoff that never happens.
Men leave jail, prison, treatment, and shelters with the same list every time: nowhere to live, no way to get to work, nothing on the calendar, and thirty days to prove to a supervision officer that it is all handled.
The services exist. They sit in six different buildings, each with its own intake and its own waitlist. Every system does its part. None of them owns the outcome.
Journey to Recovery was built to own it — housing, treatment, recovery support, and reentry planning under one roof, with one team and one plan per resident, structured so a man moves from stabilization to recovery to independence without ever starting over.
Planned location
A site identified in Saginaw County.
Journey to Recovery has identified an existing institutional building in Saginaw as the intended home of the program, and is working toward its acquisition.
The property
3400 S. Washington Rd., Saginaw, MI 48601
The building is an existing institutional campus already configured for residential and program use, which means the project adapts a building rather than constructing one — a shorter path to occupancy and a materially lower capital requirement than new construction.
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Acquisition status
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Why Saginaw County
Saginaw County has the combination this program was designed for: a county jail and state facilities discharging men back into the community, an established behavioral health infrastructure through the Saginaw County Community Mental Health Authority, active Drug Court and community-supervision programs, and no comparable integrated residential continuum for adult men in reentry and recovery.
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The identified building, photographed from the street in daylight. Take this one first — it is the shot that makes the project concrete for a funder.
What we hold ourselves to
Our operating principles.
Leadership
Board of directors and leadership team.
Journey to Recovery is governed by a volunteer board of directors that sets policy, approves the budget, and holds leadership accountable for program outcomes.
- Board Chair
- [Full name, professional title, and one-sentence background]
- Vice Chair
- [Full name, professional title, and one-sentence background]
- Treasurer
- [Full name, professional title, and one-sentence background]
- Secretary
- [Full name, professional title, and one-sentence background]
- Executive Director
- [Full name and one-sentence background]
- Clinical Director
- [Full name, license type, and one-sentence background — or “Recruitment in progress”]
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Your board or founding team, together. People recognise people — this is the single highest-value photo on the site.
Transparency
Organizational facts.
Funders, referral partners, and donors should be able to verify who we are without asking. Everything a reviewer typically needs is on this page.
- Legal name
- Journey to Recovery Behavioral Health and Wellness Center
- Entity type
- Michigan nonprofit corporation
- State of incorporation
- Michigan, [incorporation date]
- EIN
- [00-0000000]
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3) application pending with the IRS. Contributions are not yet tax-deductible as charitable donations.
- Service area
- Saginaw County, Michigan
- Planned facility
- 3400 S. Washington Rd., Saginaw, MI 48601 — site identified, acquisition in progress
- Mailing address
- [Your current mailing address — use where mail reaches you today, not the facility you have not yet acquired.]
- Program licensure
- Substance use disorder program licensure will be sought from the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Community and Health Systems, prior to operating licensed residential treatment.
- Recovery residence certification
- Certification through the Michigan Association of Recovery Residences will be pursued for the recovery residence level of care.
- Fiscal year
- [e.g. January 1 – December 31]
- Governing documents
- Articles of incorporation, bylaws, and conflict-of-interest policy are available to funders on request.
Questions a funder needs answered?
We are glad to provide governing documents, the full program narrative, budget detail, or letters of support for an application in progress.