Fresh Start offers a safe, structured, alcohol and drug-free environment for women invested in attaining self-sufficiency. Fresh Start is here to provide the home, hope and security these women need to recover and re-establish themselves into the community. Fresh Start provides for basic needs such as food, clothing and housing while offering case management and supportive services. Women create an Individualized Goal Plan (IGP) that identifies the goals they have and the steps to become independent. The plan acts as a road map to self-sufficiency and is designed to use the woman’s strengths to overcome the barriers she identifies as contributing to her homelessness. Staff is onsite 24/7 to provide the supportive services necessary to implement and support this plan. Fresh Start strives to not duplicate services; instead we work with the women to connect them to existing services in the community. This both avoids duplication and strengthens the long term support network the women have outside of Fresh Start.