St Monica's Home
About St Monica's Home
St. Monica's Home has been serving women in Lincoln since 1964, and its focus is clear: help women move toward recovery with support that is practical, personal, and grounded in evidence-based treatment. The work reaches women of all ages, including pregnant and parenting mothers and Native American women and their children, through residential care, outpatient services, peer support, and family-centered programming. If you want to support recovery that does not stop at treatment, this is the kind of place that keeps showing up for the full picture.
What stands out here is the range of care, from residential treatment to outpatient therapy to peer support, all in a home-like setting. The organization also offers a culturally specific residential option for Native American women and their children, plus on-site childcare in key programs, which makes the support feel especially real and usable day to day.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Short Term Residential
An 8-week intensive inpatient substance use treatment program with multidisciplinary care and 24-hour support.
Therapeutic Community
A secondary residential substance use recovery program for women who have completed primary treatment and have been sober for at least 30 days, with phases for orientation, employment and recovery, community reintegration, and relapse prevention and aftercare.
Project Mother and Child
A 4- to 6-month residential substance use treatment program for pregnant and parenting mothers, with family-centered support and on-site licensed childcare.
Women Are Sacred
A residential treatment program for Native American women and their children, offered with the Lincoln Indian Center and including culturally rooted family support.
Honoring Every Resident's Recovery (HERR House)
A transitional living home with a one-year commitment that supports women in sustaining recovery and building long-term independence.
Affirming Women's Empowerment (AWE)
A halfway house program that supports women as they transition from primary treatment to independent living.
Outpatient Therapy
Flexible, evidence-based counseling that supports recovery while women balance work, family, and daily responsibilities.
Substance Use Evaluations
Comprehensive evaluations that assess needs and help determine the appropriate level of care.
Community Support
Personalized support that includes resource coordination, advocacy, goal planning, and connections to housing, employment, healthcare, and other essentials.
Peer Support
One-on-one and group support led by specialists with lived experience.
Alumni Program
A supportive recovery network for graduates of St. Monica's residential treatment programs.
Circle of Security Parenting Program
An 8-week parenting program focused on strengthening parent-child relationships.
Community corrections
Community corrections services.
Project Strong Families
Intensive outpatient
Intensive outpatient substance use treatment.
Outpatient mental health
Outpatient mental health services.
Case management
Case management support.
Adolescent Girls Lincoln
Early Childhood Center
An on-site licensed early childhood center available during programming hours.
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About this work
In their own words — what they do, who it reaches, and what your dollars actually fund.
Mission
St. Monica's empowers women to achieve life-changing recovery through evidence-based treatment and support services.
Who they serve
Women of all ages experiencing substance use and mental health challenges, including pregnant and parenting mothers and Native American women and their children.
Their impact
- Serves over 275 women each year.
- Serves 232 women annually in outpatient services.
- Served 96 women in multiple programs.
- Reunited 21 children with 12 moms.
- Welcomed 3 healthy babies born.
- Raised $64,690 through the 55-year campaign, nearly $10,000 over the goal.
How your donation helps
- Evidence-based treatment and therapeutic tools
- Residential home upkeep and maintenance
- Gas for doctor visits, meetings, and therapy sessions
- Groceries for residential programs
- Utilities for treatment facilities
- Childcare for Project Mother and Child
- Renovations at current locations and expansion of the Victory Park campus
- Household supplies, appliances, furnishings, and technology
Our story
St. Monica's Home began in 1964, when Pat Wall, a parishioner of St. David's Episcopal Church, joined with Father Eric Asboe and Bishop Rauscher of the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska to support unwed, unhoused mothers. It started in a rented four-bedroom home, then moved into a larger seven-bedroom house the next year as the need grew. St. Monica's became a 501(c)(3) in 1976, later adopted the Therapeutic Community model, and launched Nebraska's first Mommy and Me program in the mid-1990s.
Need help?
How someone in need can access St Monica's Home’s services.
People seeking admission need a drug and alcohol evaluation within the last six months that recommends the level of treatment needed. After review, admissions schedules a phone interview. Admissions can be reached at 402-441-3768 or admissions@stmonicas.com.
Stories
The people behind the work.
In their words
I am incredibly grateful for St. Monica’s. It’s a place where I feel safe, supported, and never judged. Even on the hard days, I’m truly happy to be here.
St. Monica's staff said they would love me until I could love myself.
St. Monica's was home for me.
The road to recovery isn't linear; it's a bumpy path with twists, turns, setbacks, and progress that isn't always forward.
Events
Amazing Chase
annualA community fundraiser that uses volunteer teams and challenges to support life-changing recovery for women.
Tee Off for Recovery Golf Tournament
annualA golf tournament fundraiser that supports St. Monica's recovery services.
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles St Monica's Home has shared.
Current needs
- Gas support for doctor visits, meetings, and therapy sessions
- Groceries for residential programs
- Utilities for treatment facilities
- Childcare support and children's supplies for Project Mother and Child
- Renovations at current locations and support for the Victory Park campus expansion
- Household supplies, appliances, furnishings, and technology
Volunteer opportunities
- Painting
- Yard work
- Organizing donation drives
- Supporting special projects
- Event support
- Behind-the-scenes assistance
Partners & funders
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
What does St. Monica's require for admission?
Applicants need a drug and alcohol evaluation from within the last six months that recommends the right level of treatment.
How is the intake process handled?
Once the evaluation is reviewed, admissions sets up a phone interview.
Does St. Monica's offer support for mothers and children?
Yes. Project Mother and Child and Women Are Sacred are residential programs for pregnant and parenting mothers, and both include support for children.
Does St. Monica's provide outpatient services?
Yes. It offers outpatient therapy, substance use evaluations, community support, peer support, outpatient mental health, and intensive outpatient services.
What makes the treatment model distinctive?
It brings trauma-informed, person-centered care together with residential, outpatient, parenting, and peer-support services, including a culturally rooted program for Native American women and their children.
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