Who We Are
For more than four decades, Ridge House has helped people in Northern Nevada build lives beyond addiction and incarceration.
We believe recovery is about more than overcoming substance use. It’s about having a safe place to live, meaningful work, supportive relationships, practical skills, and a community that believes a new beginning is possible.
Since 1982, Ridge House has helped people build the stability and independence that make long-term recovery possible.
Our roots are in prison reentry, and that work remains an important part of who we are. Today, people come to Ridge House through the justice system, treatment providers, community partners, families and on their own.
However someone arrives, the goal is the same: to provide the support, practical tools and opportunities they need to build a healthy, independent life.
When one person finds greater stability, the impact reaches beyond that individual to families, workplaces and the broader community.
Recovery changes lives. Stability changes communities.
Our Story
Ridge House began in 1982, when the Kairos non-denominational prison ministry created a reentry program to help people successfully return to the community after incarceration.
What began as a small reentry effort has grown over more than four decades into an organization providing treatment, residential services, recovery support, workforce support and reentry services throughout Northern Nevada.
Our roots in reentry remain an important part of who we are, but today people come to Ridge House from many different paths. What connects our work is a belief that recovery requires more than treatment alone—it requires the stability, skills and opportunities to build an independent life.
Ridge House works with the whole person. Treatment is one part of recovery, but long-term stability can also depend on employment, housing, practical skills, supportive relationships and connection to community.
Our programs are designed to help people address those needs together, building the foundation for greater independence.