The Homeward House Collaborative Program

Where recovery meets family.

Judgment-free, peer-based support for parents facing substance use disorders, poverty,
and the risk or reality of child welfare involvement.

Status note: Homeward House has paused services in Snohomish County while we seek new funding, and we are not able to accept referrals at this time. For help finding support, contact Washington 211.

Keeping families together: Over seven years, we built an alternative to separating babies and young children from their parents. In 2024–25, more than 80% of the families we served in Snohomish County, Washington, avoided separation or reunified. See our impact.

Free Toolkit for
Community Collaboratives


Everything we learned, distilled into practical tools your community can use — including the honest lessons about funding, partnerships, and sustainability that only come from doing the work.

At the heart of the model are Parent Ally Mentors: people with lived experience of substance use, poverty, and the child welfare system, who walk alongside families with understanding no professional training alone can provide.

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About Homeward House

Family separation causes lasting harm, and prevention costs less than foster care. Here’s how Homeward House put that into practice: peer mentors with lived experience, a homelike visitation and resource center, infant mental health services, and wrap-around community support.

Our Impact

Two numbers tell the story: 80% of families reached before CPS involvement never entered the system, and 80% of those with open dependency cases reunified. Plus the reports, the partner quotes, and the cost case.

Stories of Hope

Behind every number is a family. Parents who reunified with their children, mentors who walked beside them, and partners who saw what became possible — all in their own words.