Havenhouse Respite Center
Kickstart Funding Campaign
Join us in reaching our short-term respite center kickstart funding goals!
Havenhouse desires to go beyond providing digital community support for underserved populations of PTSD. That is why we decided to launch the Respite Stay Kickstart Campaign.
Will you partner with us to make this dream a reality?
Donate.
Havenhouse will fund the peer-supported respite center using diversified funding streams, including the following:
Board pledged monthly contributions
Monthly partner contributions & one-time gifts
Peer-respite participant voluntary contributions
Public and foundation grants
Sign-up to give in one of the following ways:
One time gifts: A one-time donation of any size.
Monthly partner contributions
Other ways to donate: Information on other ways to give (stock, real estate, vehicles, etc.)
Volunteering: If you are interested in joining our team upon launch, please reach out via the Contact Us page for information on available positions.
What is a Peer-Supported Respite Crisis Stay?
The heart of Havenhouse is our desire to provide peer-support respite stays.
Peer support crisis respite is a voluntary, short-term (I.e. 5-days) home-like alternative to hospital-based behavioral health crisis care. It is staffed by trained, trauma-informed peer support specialists with lived experience of crisis or trauma. They provide empathetic, compassionate, non-clinical support.
All peer respite stays are voluntary, and participants preserve full autonomy, freedom of movement and can leave at any time.
These evidence-based programs operate with professional behavioral health oversight and have demonstrated benefits for individuals experiencing PTSD and other mental health challenges.
Designed to provide early intervention, peer respites help reduce reliance on emergency and inpatient services, and support both individuals in crisis and their families.
They are designed for individuals who need more than talk therapy but less than inpatient care.
What Makes Us Stand Out?
Currently, there are no known faith-based or in-person resources (worldwide) designed specifically for those who have unwillingly caused a fatal accident. However, according to The Hyacinth Fellowship, it is estimated that approximately 30,000 people cause an accidental death each year.
In addition, resources are highly limited for our other primary reach populations: family and close friends of someone who has caused an accidental death, parents grieving the loss of a child, first responders/caregivers and ministry workers dealing with secondary trauma, and other PTSD survivors seeking out short-term respite or faith-based care.
Further, our program will incorporate the following evidence-based therapies for our respite center guests. Many of these services are currently unavailable in other respite centers, nationwide:
Private Use of Facilities for one group of participants at a time. Participant groups may include individual trauma survivors and a select few of their close family and friends who may be coping with secondary trauma as well. One group has full private access to respite facilities and the on-site peer support staff at all times.
Highly Subsidized Guest Contributions via monthly partner donations will keep recommended costs low for program participants.
Grief Recovery Coursework
Equine Therapy via a local Horse Rescue, Equine Therapy, or Horse Ranch Partnership
Agritherapy (Garden Therapy) via an on-site Community Garden
Optional Weekly Chapels & Devotionals
Optional Professional Counseling sessions
Pro bono Resource Navigation for local behavioral health services
Optional lowkey Community Events such as art therapy sessions, pay-it-forward & mini community service projects, trail walks, firepit chats, and more.
