The Program
A women-only, MAT-inclusive Level II recovery home in Jacksonville — designed for whole-person healing, not just a safe place to sleep.
What sets Aya apart
Each of these exists somewhere in the region. Almost nowhere do they exist together — which is exactly the gap Roots & Wings is built to fill.
A residence designed around women's recovery, safety, and community — not a co-ed model adapted after the fact.
Women on medication are welcomed and supported, opening the door to those most residences quietly turn away.
Movement, nourishment, purpose, and belonging are built into the program — not optional extras.
A spiritually rich, ceremony-marked journey that never prescribes a single belief system.
Graduates return as mentors, so belonging doesn't end at discharge — it deepens into legacy.
We track recovery capital across eight domains, so progress is visible to residents and partners alike.
Whole-person wellness
Sobriety is the beginning, not the whole of it. These pillars run through daily life at Roots & Wings.
Our wellness model pairs trauma-informed yoga with gentle movement, helping women reconnect with bodies that stress and substances taught them to leave — building breath, strength, and stillness they can keep for life.
Yoga · Restorative movementThe program is built around two farm-to-table meals a month — one just for residents, a private table of their own, and one Community Table that welcomes a small, reserved number of neighbors so the wider community can share in the meal without overwhelming the home. Paired with a culinary-arts track, the shared table becomes both a ritual of belonging and a path to real vocational skills.
Farm-to-table · Culinary trackEvery stage of the journey is designed to be marked with meaning — small rituals, tokens, and a graduation ceremony led by a fellow graduate. Milestones are witnessed, so growth is felt, not just recorded.
Ritual · BelongingJob-readiness support, financial literacy, and education pathways — from GED to college to certifications — help each woman build a life worth staying for, on her own terms.
Employment · EducationThe Aya Journey
Like a fern uncurling frond by frond, recovery here is a sequence a woman grows through — not a checklist she completes. Each level carries its own meaning, ceremony, and marker.
Measured growth
Recovery capital — the internal and external resources that sustain a life in recovery — will be measured across eight domains as each woman moves through the journey. Progress becomes visible to her, and reportable to the partners who place her.
For clinical & community partners
We're connecting now with discharge planners, case managers, drug-court staff, and treatment providers across Duval and St. Johns. If you place women who need MAT-inclusive, women-only Level II housing, we'd like to be on your list.
