We surround individuals in recovery with stable housing, reliable transportation, peer mentorship, and genuine community — so they can focus completely on healing.
"When someone has a safe place to sleep, people who believe in them, and support for life's daily challenges — recovery becomes not just possible, but sustainable." — The Hope & Chance Mission
What We Provide
Recovery is a whole-life journey. We provide the wraparound support that makes treatment truly stick.
Safe, sober, structured living with 24/7 peer access and real community support.
Reliable rides to treatment, clinics, and meetings — seven days a week, no barriers.
Recovery Empowerment Specialists — people who've walked this road and made it through.
Compassionate, consistent accountability that builds the structure recovery requires.
Connecting clients to food, employment, healthcare, and crisis resources when needed.
Holistic support across the emotional, social, and practical dimensions of rebuilding.
Our Founder
As a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Dr. Mercy Wainaina witnessed a painful pattern — patients working hard in treatment, making real progress, only to relapse because they had nowhere stable to sleep, no way to get to appointments, and no one genuinely in their corner.
She saw that clinical excellence alone wasn't enough. Recovery demanded something more: a whole ecosystem of support that surrounded individuals with safety, structure, dignity, and authentic human community.
So she built it. Hope and Chance was created to be that ecosystem — the wraparound layer that transforms clinical treatment into lasting recovery.
Our Impact
Every person who finds stability ripples healing outward — into families, communities, and futures.
Stories of Hope
Real experiences from individuals whose lives transformed when they found stability, support, and community.
I didn't think I could do it — I'd tried before and failed. Having a safe home and someone who actually understood changed everything.
My Recovery Empowerment Specialist understood me in a way nobody else could. She'd been through it. She didn't judge me — she just showed up, every single day.
As a social worker, I've referred dozens of clients here. When people have stable housing and real support, they stay in treatment. The outcomes speak for themselves.
Our Clinical Partnership
Together with New Era Mental Health, we create a seamless system where clinical treatment and wraparound support reinforce each other at every step.
Licensed outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment — the clinical foundation of recovery.
Visit New Era →Safe housing, transportation, peer mentorship, and life stabilization — the support system that makes treatment stick.
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Every dollar directly supports safe housing, transportation, and peer mentorship for individuals rebuilding their lives.
501(c)(3) Nonprofit — all donations are tax-deductible.
You deserve stable housing, real support, and the chance to fully heal. Let us walk beside you.
Get Support TodaySocial workers, providers, courts — we make referrals simple, fast, and compassionate.
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