Our Purpose
We exist to sustain recovery journeys.
Our Mission
Develop sustainable funding streams and robust organizational systems to secure our foundation and empower Be Free leadership and programs to thrive.
Our Vision
Kansas City is heralded as one of the nation’s best cities for living and thriving in recovery.
The Problem
In the Kansas City area, those in need of treatment services for substance use disorders (SUD) exceed 157,000, with only 8 percent able to access treatment services (SAMHSA 2020). More disturbing is that more than 65 percent of patients relapse following care according to national statistics.
The demand for more and different types of recovery services far exceeds our community’s ability to respond.
We seek to be the organization that helps each person on the road through recovery — beyond treatment and simple sobriety and into a renewed sense of freedom.
What We Do
Be Free is not seeking incremental change. We take great care to focus our attention on initiatives that promise to make a significant impact on individual recovery journeys. Our core programs are designed to do just that.
Recovery Housing. More than a bed; Be Free sober living homes are a safe place to heal.
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Recovery High School. New sobriety-focused secondary school open to students across the Kansas City metro.
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Community Connections. Caring advocates who clear the path to key sober-living support services BeFree residents really need.
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Supporting The Road To Recovery
We seek to be the organization in Kansas City that helps each person on the road through recovery–beyond treatment and simple sobriety and into a renewed sense of freedom.
When people continue on this journey, they come to recognize and honor their precious life, while making an impact on the world.
What Our Partners Say
UNC Horizons provides world class empowering and transformational interdisciplinary care to women and children affected by substance use disorders.
The Fletcher Group (FGI) is the nation’s foremost advisor for recovery housing. They are a national nonprofit funded by the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), a division of HHS. FGI is the home to the Rural Center of Excellence for Recovery Housing. FGI is providing support to Be Free’s effort to develop a scalable structured housing for two rural counties plus Wyandotte and Johnson counties in KS. FGI’s Be Free support is done through funding help from HRSA and the Opioid Response Network.
"Be Free’s work is to create lifelong opportunities and resources for those on their recovery Journey. "
Dr. Hendree’ Jones,
Executive Director, UNC Horizons
"Be Free’s work in Kansas City is vital for those with substance use disorders and their families to thrive."
Bethany Andell
CEO, Savage Brands
"I am so excited to find that Kansas City has somebody’s passion as Lou’s about building Be Free, about really understanding that we need a community to help sustain recovery journeys."
Ron Hill
Parent and Board Member
"The impact that we want to make with Be Free is to help support the students in Kansas City, those that are in college campuses so they cannot only get into recovery but can have a sustained recovery lifestyle where they can dream."
Sharon Weber
Founder, The Haven at College
"Be Free is laser-focused on ensuring individuals in or seeking recovery have every support possible to empower their success, and I am honored to be a part of Be Free."
Brandy Izquierdo
Former CEO, The SAFEProject
How You Can Help
Do you have a heart for service and a desire to help reduce substance-use disorder relapses? If so, BeFree needs you. From board positions to recovery-focused community projects, our team of paid staff and volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds, from real estate to sales and marketing to health and wellness. Simply put, we partner, combining our differences to achieve one goal: helping people from all walks of life sustain recovery journeys. Join us.
Connecting Your Loved Ones To Us
Are you looking for assistance or resources for an individual who is struggling on their road to recovery?
Making a commitment to recovery is saying, “Yes,” to a lifelong journey of discovery and growth. There are ups and downs, forks in the road, and difficult choices to be made. If you know someone who needs us, please fill out our contact form below and a representative will be in touch.