It takes a village to change one person at a time
Our Mission:
Reintroduce – the possibilities of change by becoming stabilized in a home-like environment
Reignite – positive behavioral conduct
Redirect – mindsets to employment, permanent housing, family reunification, and independence
Justice-Involved Licensed Residential Treatment
Providing structured residential care for justice-involved individuals, veterans in need, and those seeking Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment
Integrated Behavioral Health
Providing re-entry support to Help Our Men Excel (H.O.M.E.)
Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment - Back To Basics
Providing evidence-based recovery support services and structured care for individuals overcoming substance use disorders
Job Training
Support for career certification, increased income, and independence.
Giving a helping hand for our people!
Retraining the Village has a success rate of 86%
We prepare our clients with
The skills and tools they need to excel and thrive.
As a bridge between homelessness and permanent housing, the non-profit was started by Halley Crumb, who had worked as a Medical Technologist for the VA for over 10 years.
Retraining the Village opened in 2012
in a dramatically renovated home at
2399 Menalto Ave in East Palo Alto, California.
Trusted by the biggest brands
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Our Partners
Art Taylor
Chief Program Officer
"We are thrilled to be a part of this innovative opportunity to transform the lives of individuals returning from Bay Area prisons and county jails (AB 109). This letter demonstrates my full support of the RTV Reentry Program and commitment to continue supporting the achievement of the proposed outcomes."
Jacob Kemnec
Site Director, VRC - Menlo Park, CA
"I am truly inspired by the work you have done and your vision for the future of your program. I know that you will have a lasting impact on our community!"
Your contributions make an immediate impact on the families we serve!
Our Client Testimonials
"I was in San Quentin prison when I met Ms. Halley in the re-entry program. This is the first time I have ever been to any type of Residential program in my life. I expected to be ordered around, but her approach is, you create your own destiny. You can either come up or mess up. The Retraining the Village program actually retrains you. Right now I'm going to school to be a drug counselor and that's my long-term goal. I'm staying clean and sober, and I love it, I just love it!
I think Retraining The Village needs to be everywhere. Every city, every state. It's God's work."
Poem About Retraining The Village
by Quinn Cory Martin
Quinn Cory Martin
Client at Retraining the Village
"I got sick and tired of going to prison, and I started looking for programs. I didn't want to come home and do something down there because it would be too easy for me to have a bad day, get mad, say whatever, and fall back to whatever I was doing. Retraining the Village has given me a place to work on myself. It's given me a job. I work for them now as a house manager. It feels good to help other people get what I've gotten out of it."
Luciano Beltran
Previous Client, Now Employee
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