Four pillars. One commitment.
Housing is the floor. Recovery, work, health, and community are the walls and roof. We provide all four — directly or through trusted partners — and we don't hand veterans off until they're ready.
Safe housing
Single-occupancy and shared homes in stable North Carolina neighborhoods. Most placements are transitional, with a path to permanent housing for residents who reach that stage of recovery.
Placements are documented and dignified. Each resident signs a written residency agreement, receives a key, and has a reasonable expectation of privacy. The agreement establishes house rules and the resident's permission to occupy the home; it is not a lease, and it does not create a landlord-tenant relationship. Where appropriate, we coordinate with HUD-VASH and other voucher programs so residents are supported by the systems built for them.
Job training and placement
Skills assessment, credentialing, and placement with employers who understand what hiring a veteran in recovery requires. We work with construction trades, logistics, food service, and skilled labor employers across the Triangle and western North Carolina.
For employers, hiring through Fresh Roots may qualify for the federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit. See our Hire a Veteran page for details.
Community & recovery events
Shared meals, recovery meetings, mentorship gatherings, holiday observances, and the small unscheduled hospitality that breaks the back of isolation. Loneliness kills veterans. Community is medicine.
Our community programming is supported by a sister fellowship initiative we are launching this year — an online and in-person gathering for veterans, people in recovery, and anyone else experiencing isolation. More details to follow.
Health services coordination
We do not provide direct medical or behavioral health care. We do something equally important: we make sure our residents are connected to the care they qualify for through the VA, Medicaid, and our community partners.
That includes warm handoffs to the VA Medical Center, behavioral health navigators, substance use treatment providers, and primary care. For most of our residents, the barrier was never eligibility — it was someone to walk them through the door.
Who we serve.
Fresh Roots serves U.S. veterans of all eras, branches, and discharge statuses who are experiencing homelessness or are at imminent risk. We do not require religious affiliation or sobriety as a precondition for housing.
We do ask that residents engage with the program in good faith. Most of our residents choose to participate in recovery community programming. That choice is theirs to make.
How to reach us.
Call (980) 222-1418 or email info@freshroots.org. If you are in immediate crisis, dial 988 and press 1 for the Veterans Crisis Line.
If you are referred by the VA Medical Center, a Continuum of Care agency, or a recovery community partner, please let us know — it speeds the process.