Fresh Start Housing, LLC.
Where Education Changes Lives

Our Mission is to provide financial literacy education within an authentic living environment that delivers real-world experience. Through mentorship, employment opportunities, structured savings programs, and skill-building courses, we help residents build personal and social responsibility — the foundation of our evidence-based curriculum, A Fresh Start Method. Most residents complete the 15-month program with $5,000–$13,000 in savings, a solid foundation for their fresh start.

Whatever led you here — incarceration, recovery, a hospital stay, eviction, divorce, or a hard turn you didn't see coming — our program has the expertise to help you get back on your feet.

WEEKLY FINANCIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Every resident attends structured weekly classes that turn real budgeting, saving, and prioritization into lasting habits.

A FRESH START METHOD

Providing residents with an education in an authentic environment for real-world experiences.

EFFECTIVE SAVINGS METHODS

An opportunity to save between $5,000 to $13,000 is provided to each participant to stabilize their Fresh Start.

CERTIFICATION

Upon successful completion, receive a certificate showing your achievement in completing our rigorous courses.

Why Choose Us

Immersive Learning

The idea is to provide residents with direct experience in a real-world setting in an authentic environment.

Personal Mentor Support

Practice sessions to enhance skill building with measurable and concrete problem-solving skills.

Bridge Service Support

Residents are encouraged to maintain current care providers to ensure a stabilized transition to independence.

Job Placement Support

We use direct connections with manufacturers in the local area that cater to our resident’s needs.

Resource Library

October 23, 2026

Do Referrals Get Better With a Framework?

Anchored to: the validation-study question of whether competency frameworks improve referral decisions, tied back to the 73% referral mismatch statistic […]

Foundations: Financial Literacy 0 55 sec read

October 21, 2026

Ask the People Who Lived It

Anchored to: the proposed Delphi study involving practitioners, researchers, and people with lived experience of housing instability Most competency frameworks […]

Foundations: Financial Literacy 0 49 sec read

October 19, 2026

The Study That Hasn’t Been Done Yet

Anchored to: the call for comparative effectiveness research between crisis-informed and generic financial literacy Here’s a study that, as far […]

Foundations: Financial Literacy 0 54 sec read

Information About Us

We are a Long-Term Transitional Housing Program dedicated to Adult and Community Education.

Location

212 N. 7th St.,
Richmond, IN 47374

LandLine

765-598-5147

Email

inquire@freshstarthousing.com

Fresh Start Housing, LLC.Where Education Changes Lives