Wayside House is a Minnesota non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with over 55 years of experience in assisting women struggling at the nexus of chemical dependency, mental illness, poverty, and parenting difficulties.  Through its caring, gender-responsive treatment and supportive housing programs, Wayside helps more than 330 women each year (and about 80 children) recover sobriety, home, and family.  Stability and self-sufficiency are major goals.  By building relationships and community, providing structured and stable environments, and giving women tools to handle their many challenges, Wayside House partners with women in recovery to create something new:  a sober, stable, positive, and happy life.

Wayside House Mission and Vision

The mission of Wayside House is empower women to recover sobriety, identity, home, family and community by providing treatment, housing and supportive services. Our vision is that Wayside creates healing communities in which women with substance abuse and mental illness recover to achieve successful and satisfying lives.