A young organization that can’t answer hard questions isn’t ready for your investment. We intend to be ready. Ask us anything.
Restoring Hearts Supporting Hands
501(c)(3) public charity · EIN 93-4976456
Incorporated December 2023 · Florissant, Colorado
Serving El Paso, Teller & Pueblo Counties
Candid Gold Seal of Transparency. IRS determination letter, current financials, and Form 990 available on request. We answer questions directly, quickly, and in plain language.
Request documents →Our outcomes framework tracks what clinical measures miss: pyramid tier progression (are people moving toward peer leadership?), community anchor establishment at 90 days, recovery stability, and purpose engagement. Clinical oversight is provided quarterly by our Clinical Director, Marco Reséndiz, PsyD.
We are a non-clinical program. No diagnosis, no treatment, no case management. We operate as a flank to clinical treatment — creating the conditions that make treatment possible for people who can’t yet access it. When clinical care is needed, we refer warmly and we stay.
We pay participants in cash to attend Tier 1 events. No strings. This is a core design feature, not an incentive program. The people we serve have been conditioned by their circumstances to respond to immediate resources — and we meet them there. We maintain a full participation log. The research on immediate compensation in recovery engagement is clear: it works because it meets people where the psychology of addiction actually is.
An independent board: military leadership, financial oversight, and a licensed psychologist at the Department of Public Health. Staff and board roles are distinct. Program data reviewed quarterly at the board level.
Meet the board →We report what didn’t work alongside what did. We treat outcomes data as a learning tool, not a scorecard. And we don’t take pictures of the people we serve — not because we can’t, but because they are not projects. Their autonomy and dignity matter more than our proof of impact.
We don't take pictures. You're not a project.
amanda@restoringheartscolorado.org →We report what didn’t work alongside what did. A true small story beats a polished big one.
The people we serve are not our proof of impact. They are the point.
Program officers: we welcome the hard questions. That’s how you know we’re ready.