Magdalene House of Austin

Description

We welcomed the first women into their new home in Austin in 2020. Our community focuses on holistic healing that addresses recovery from trauma and addiction and provides tools to thrive in the future. As women learn to live in a healthy community and take care of one another, they build lifelong friendships that will carry them throughout their lives. While building community, they learn together how to create the lives they want for themselves by accessing therapy, completing and advancing their education, gaining professional development, and learning healthy relationship skills.

Our survivor-led model sees women as the drivers of their own recovery, with guidance from expertise as needed. We help facilitate what each woman wants for herself every day. Survivors work alongside the Community Director to develop an individualized recovery plan and connect to the needed services. In the first six months, women begin to heal from trauma and receive medical, dental, mental health, and substance abuse counseling. They receive intensive educational programming that includes life skills, financial literacy, and professional development as they progress through the program. We want to ensure every woman has time and access to the services she needs to heal and thrive.