Roanoke nonprofits have joined forces to restart a residential addiction home for pregnant women and new mothers.
The Twelve Foundation, a new nonprofit, intends to provide services similar to those offered at Bethany Hall, a center for pregnant and parenting women that shuttered two years ago, according to city planning documents.
The halfway house is a partnership among the Twelve Foundation, Carilion Clinic, the Roanoke Valley Collective Response, Anderson Treatment, and Restoration Housing, records say.
Restoration Housing intends to rehabilitate and expand an old mansion at 1729 Patterson Avenue that Anderson Treatment left in 2022 for a new drug recovery home on Elm Avenue.
By the fall, nonprofit leaders expect renovations to be complete, after which they will serve no more than 16 women and their infants at a time.
The now-defunct nonprofit ARCH ran Bethany Hall as well as Trust House, which focused on veteran homelessness out of the Elm Avenue home that Anderson Treatment moved into.
Restoration Housing plans to own and manage the property as an affordable space, city records state. Property records show a business affiliated with Restoration Housing purchased the land in January for $400,000.
Roanoke’s planning commission on Monday approved a rezoning to allow the facility, and City Council will vote next week.
Published March 12, 2024 in the Roanoke Rambler
