Our Mission
About Heart of Newton
Recovery is personal. Community makes it possible.
We are a peer-led home for connection, choice, healing, and hope.
What is an RCO?
A recovery community organization is built by the recovery community, for the recovery community.
An RCO is an independent, nonprofit organization led and governed by people with lived and living experience of recovery, along with families and allies. It is not a treatment provider. It is a community anchor that helps people build the relationships, resources, purpose, and practical support that sustain recovery over time.
At Heart of Newton, peer support is mutual, voluntary, strengths-based, and grounded in respect. People define recovery for themselves. We welcome people using mutual aid, medication, faith, harm reduction, clinical care, wellness practices, cultural traditions, or any combination that helps them move toward the life they want.
Our Vision
A community where recovery flows freely and every person has the chance to heal and thrive.
Why the heart?
The name was chosen with purpose.
Just as the heart pumps life-giving blood to every part of the body, recovery and connection move hope, healing, and strength through individuals, families, and communities.
Recovery cannot exist in isolation. It needs encouragement, community, and pathways that stay open. Heart of Newton exists to be that vital connection point, bringing people, resources, and hope together so recovery stays alive and strong.
What guides us
Our recovery values
Choice
Every person has the right to define their own goals and pathway.
Belonging
People heal in relationships where they are seen, heard, and valued.
Lived experience
Recovery wisdom belongs in leadership, services, and community decisions.
Dignity
We respond to people, including setbacks and substance use, without shame or judgment.
Equity
Recovery support should be accessible, culturally responsive, and welcoming to all.
Hope
Change is possible, and no one is ever beyond connection.