Mission, Vision, Values, Approaches

Our Mission

Our mission is to deliver an unparalleled blend of lived experience and holistic, culturally relevant support, transforming the recovery journey.


Our vision is to create a world where recovery is guided by lived experience and cultural understanding.

Our Vision

Providers: Hiring and retaining long lasting professional connections

Sustainability: Building a model of peer-led, community-based mental health support while strengthening access to culturally responsive care

Community Partnership: Strengthening cross-sector collaboration to ensure culturally responsive, community-based mental health and substance use support across Wisconsin.


Dignity, Autonomy, Lived Experience, Cultural Humility, Collective Care, Equity, Hope, Community Accountability

Our Values


Our Approaches

    • Peer Support Principles

    • Self-Determination

    • Subversive Social Work Theory

    • Person-Centered Planning

    • Strengths-Based

    • Trauma-Informed Care

    • Harm Reduction

    • Multiple Pathways to Recovery

    • Doula Support

    • Parenting While Healing

    • Systemic Oppression & Racial Trauma

    • Intergenerational Trauma

    • Reentry & System Involvement

    • Grief, Loss & Family Estrangement

    • Generational trauma

    • Identity exploration and belonging

    • Stress and burnout

    • Peer-led, Non-Clinical Relationships

    • Multiple Pathways to Recovery

    • Honoring Lived experience

    • Storytelling as Healing

    • Culturally Responsive & Identity-Affirming

    • Stages of Change

    • Autonomy-Driven & Consent-Based

    • Rooted in Rest, Not Resilience