ROANOKE, VA – Restoration Housing is excited to share this year’s theme, #StabilityStartsAtHome, for its annual Preserve Campaign – Preserving History, Serving Community – underscoring that safe, stable, and affordable housing is foundational for strong families, maternal well-being, and healthy childhood development.
Earlier this year, Restoration Housing completed construction on The Grove on Patterson, a residential treatment facility for pregnant and postpartum women and their newborn infants. In its fifth month of operation, this project represents the best of community collaboration: Anderson Treatment providing treatment within the facility, Carilion Clinic offering medical services, and the Twelve Foundation managing day-to-day operations.
To showcase the importance of treatment housing as a form of critical housing, Restoration Housing welcomed Dr. Stephen Loyd as keynote speaker at the Preserve Luncheon on September 11. Dr. Loyd, an addiction medicine specialist and the real-life inspiration behind Michael Keaton’s character in Hulu’s Dopesick, spoke powerfully about the need for compassion, effective treatment facilities, and the critical role housing plays in recovery.
“I first heard Dr. Loyd speak at a conference earlier this summer and was blown away by his compassion, his vulnerability, and his science,” said Isabel Thornton, Executive Director of Restoration Housing.
Dr Loyd emphasized that without a safe place to live with their children, mothers are all too often left without a pathway forward. As one of our partners from Anderson Treatment, Ali Hamed-Moore, said, “The biggest issue that mothers have when seeking treatment is where their children will live. That is the number one barrier. And that is why men outnumber women in treatment 2 to 1.”
By restoring a historic property into treatment housing for mothers and infants, The Grove on Patterson is helping break cycles of trauma before they take hold of the next generation. This project was made possible through new funding resources from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority, supported by settlement funds from opioid manufacturers, and Aetna Better Health of Virginia.
Home is a place where health, hope, and resilience can take root for generations to come. What our powerful video featuring researchers, care providers, and mothers sharing how safe, stable housing supports recovery. See the difference a home can make in just 6 minutes – because #StabilityStartsAtHome!
Video created in partnership with Firefli Media
