Helping Hands & Gateway House Overcoming Addiction

Helping Hands & Gateway House Overcoming Addiction Helping Hands & Gateway House: Overcoming Addiction provides faith-based re-entry housing and support for women recovering from Substance use disorder.

In the summer of 2020 we completed renovation of and opened the Helping Hands Gateway House. The Gateway House provides free and safe housing for up to four women at a time as we assist them in the process of obtaining admission to a long-term life recovery program. We do not provide detox, but we transport those needing it to a detox facility. We assist clients in obtaining needed ID cards, socia

l security cards, birth certificates, or whatever is needed that they no longer have in their possession. When admission is obtained and a bed is available, we transport our clients to their long-term life recovery program and keep in touch with them as they continue their journey, attending their graduation if at all possible. In January 2022, the Gateway House began offering a 90 day re-entry program for women who have completed a recovery program designed to assist with a safe and inexpensive place to stay as they secure a job and work toward becoming independent while maintaining sobriety. We offer services to both men and women who are seeking treatment for substance abuse disorder. Sometimes that means finding transitional housing for someone being released on probation or parole. Sometimes that means we work with the District Attorney, client's attorney, and the judge so that our client is able to have sentencing furloughed to a year long treatment program. We receive many calls from concerned family members or friends asking if we can help their loved ones. We don't turn anyone away if they want our help. Although we are located in a small county in Tennessee, we may secure the best program for our client in another state. Our county jail houses state prisoners, so we serve clients through the jail from across Tennessee and often from neighboring Alabama. We work with outpatient support groups such as NA, AA, Celebrate Recovery, Adult and Teen Challenge and SMART Recovery. Helping Hands offers our services free of charge. We are funded by donations from individuals, businesses, other charitable organizations, and churches in our area. The administrative assistant and house monitor are the only paid positions. The Executive Director and board members all serve as volunteers. Working with the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, we have a network of affiliated organizations, PEER Recovery Specialists, and recovery friends and neighbors ready to help our clients overcome addiction.

Golfers, Mark your calendars! The annual Helping Hands Golf Scramble is coming up on June 20th! We are planning for our...
04/25/2026

Golfers, Mark your calendars! The annual Helping Hands Golf Scramble is coming up on June 20th! We are planning for our biggest event yet! All proceeds help fund the Gateway House for Women.

04/02/2026

Sign Up for Kroger Community Rewards - This is free money for the Helping Hands Gateway House!
This program allows shoppers to link their Plus Card to a local nonprofit organization. A portion of your purchases are then donated to the selected charity at no extra cost to the customer. If you would like to choose us as the organization you support, we are still listed as Wayne County Helping Hands on the Kroger site.
https://kroger.com/communityrewards/

03/15/2026

Small easily achievable goals are the keys to successful change.

03/10/2026

Day of Hope!

03/10/2026

Celebrating the Day of Hope March 10, 2026

Our residents were blessed to have our dear friend and colleague, Sandra Pitts, visit Wednesday morning, share a Bible s...
03/05/2026

Our residents were blessed to have our dear friend and colleague, Sandra Pitts, visit Wednesday morning, share a Bible study, and bring some personal care items as well as a big blanket that was promptly put to use!!

Our residents were able to visit at 48 Creek Freewill Baptist Church Sunday and hear Kyle Haggard give his testimony for...
03/05/2026

Our residents were able to visit at 48 Creek Freewill Baptist Church Sunday and hear Kyle Haggard give his testimony for Jesus! What a blessing!

03/05/2026

One week away!

We’re so grateful to Governor Lee for proclaiming Tennessee’s Day of Hope on March 10th. This is the seventh annual commemoration for this event centered on the restorative power of hope. Join us in marking this day by attending an event in your area. Find one near you on our event calendar at the link in our comments.

02/18/2026
Wayne County members of Alpha Rho Chapter of DKG International Society of Key Women Educators recently donated paper pro...
02/16/2026

Wayne County members of Alpha Rho Chapter of DKG International Society of Key Women Educators recently donated paper products to the Helping Hands Gateway House. Pictured are Shelley Warren, Program Supervisor, and three of the residents. The Waynesboro Church of God also donated toilet paper, paper towels, and bottled water after the ice storm! What a blessing!!

A little late posting this emergency, but the Thursday night before the ice storm, the Gateway House water heater starte...
02/16/2026

A little late posting this emergency, but the Thursday night before the ice storm, the Gateway House water heater started spraying water. It flooded the utility room and flowed into the bathroom so that every towel in the house was used to prevent the water from flowing into the living room. The water shut off valve was behind the washer, so it had to be moved out to shut the water off, but finally, the flow stopped! The next morning, Eric Warren was at Ace Hardware, purchasing a new water heater, that he managed to install by the end of the day. Shelley Warren and the residents at the Gateway House all helped in the cleanup. Thankfully it was resolved before the ice storm hit. A special thanks to Ken and Betty Burress for the loan of a wet vacuum to help with the final stages of clean-up!

01/12/2026

The Gateway House is in need of a chest of drawers for our 5th resident.

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1075 Highway 99
Waynesboro, TN
38485

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+19317226888

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Wayne County Helping Hands officially began working to help individuals overcome addictions in 2010, and on April 1, 2019, we will have been offering free services for nine years. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization made up of caring Wayne County volunteers. If you or anyone you know is battling addiction, we are here to help. We acquired a house in September, 2018, to be renovated in 2019, and used as a gateway house for women waiting for acceptance into a long-term rehab program.