Imagine a place where sunlight floods into the darkest corners of our states homeless crisis. Where addiction treatment is a pathway to lasting healing, not a revolving door. Where boards include those with lived recovery experience, their knowledge guiding the way to better outcomes. That's the California we're creating.
Meet Our Founder
Susan Wagenaar is the founder of Colusa County Recovery, Glenn County Recovery, and Clean and Sober Nation. She has cultivated two thriving online recovery communities with a combined membership exceeding 30,000 and a growth rate of over 250 new members each month. Beyond the digital sphere, Susan is a dedicated writer and advocate who has spoken at a dozen rehabs, facilitated over 100 group meetings in Colusa County for justice-involved individuals at the Department of Probation, and authored two e-books generously offered to the public for free. Driven by her mission to make recovery accessible anytime and anywhere, she is developing an ecosystem of interlinking recovery websites across Northern California and will soon be hosting recovery resilience workshops at Thryve Day Center in Willows and Colusa.
Our Mission
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At Glenn County Recovery, we are dedicated to empowering individuals to reclaim their lives from addiction, fostering a culture of mutual empowerment and well-being where every person is valued, every journey is honored, and every step towards recovery is celebrated.
We provide accessible pathways to recovery, both online and within our local community, through a strength-based, person-centered, holistic model that connects individuals to vital resources, trauma-informed peer support specialists, facilitated support groups, evidence-based solutions, and transformative technology that supports AI.
We break down barriers, challenge stigma, and champion change to create a more equitable recovery landscape, bridging geographical gaps and ensuring access to support for all through community partnerships, online collaborations, advocacy, and innovation.
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THE ISSUE WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT
"ENDING HOMELESSNESS"
NO FUNDING AVAILABLE SCANDAL
We've teamed up with Glenn County Recovery to blow the roof off poorly managed homeless assistance services and programs happening in Colusa and Glenn Counties.
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We track homeless funding from its source, then follow the money to the grant recipient's doorstep. We're dedicated to exposing systemic bias happening on local Continuum of Care boards, action committees, and the lack of meaningful inclusion for individuals with lived experience of homelessness in the planning and decision-making process, as HUD mandates. Unhoused people are being turned away in disturbing numbers, with men representing the highest denial rates for assistance.
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Advocate. Expose. Mobilize.
530-588-5697​ ​
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