Mary Hall Freedom House, Inc.

Founded in 1996, Mary Hall Freedom House is a nonprofit organization and a national leader in gender-specific treatment, recovery, housing and support services to help women and women with children break the cycle of addiction, poverty and homelessness.

Founder and CEO Lucy Hall-Gainer is a recognized community health leader who has experienced addiction and conquered it firsthand. Mary Hall Freedom House, named after Hall-Gainer’s mother who succumbed to alcoholism, helps women become successful, productive and self-sufficient.

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)-accredited and State of Georgia-licensed, Mary Hall Freedom House provides services to help women and children:

• Fight and recover from addiction and mental health problems through outpatient, day and residential treatment, including veteran-specific services;
• Find support and a safe place to call home through transitional and permanent housing for addiction recovery and homelessness with basic necessities provided;
• Succeed and be self-sufficient through confidence-building employment readiness programs, including GED classes, vocational training and transportation assistance as well as life skills guidance, such as shopping, banking and housekeeping;
• Reunify and restore families through counseling, parenting classes, childcare and after school programs; and
• Heal and learn with medical treatment, such as examinations, screenings, immunizations, dental and vision care and medical, nutrition and fitness education from certified doctors, nurses and counselors.

Thousands of stories of women and children have been rewritten at Mary Hall Freedom House by empowering them to create substance abuse-free generations to come.