Start a Profitable, Meaningful, and Certified Sober Living Home

Step-by-step training, strategy development, and community support to evaluate opportunities, build capacity, and map your clear path to launch.

VSL's Sober Living Launchpad Program™

The Launchpad Program is a guided pre-launch process for anyone considering opening a sober living home.

Instead of guessing (or learning through costly mistakes) you gain real clarity on whether a home will work in your market, how it can be funded, how beds will be filled, and what it will take to launch responsibly and sustainably.

What the Launchpad Prepares You For

  • 🛌🏻 Filling Beds

    Fill your new home in 45 days by using the best resources in the field, including AI referral research, demand and pricing analysis, and connections with community partners.

  • ☑️ Certification

    Unlock the roadmap to certification, what specific standards apply, and access a complete Certification Template Binder (included for your state at no cost).

  • 💲 Funding

    Confidently get your idea funded: including grants, donations, loans, and resident payments—and unlock six key tools for effective fundraising.

  • ⚖️ Zoning

    Leverage fair housing protections, reduce legal exposure, respond to community or municipal pressure, and protect your business with confidence.

Who the Launchpad Is Built For

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Enroll in VSL's Sober Living Launchpad Program and gain the clarity, structure, and support needed to confidently move forward with launching a certified, sustainable sober living home.

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Vanderburgh Sober Living

Vanderburgh Sober Living® brings real-world experience, not theory. For over a decade, our nonprofit has built and supported recovery homes focused on structure, transparency, and responsible growth.

Founded and led by experienced operators and industry professionals, the Launchpad Program gives you access to VSL’s proven frameworks, expert guidance, and trusted network—so you’re not building alone, and you’re not guessing your way forward.

What You Get With the Launchpad

Turn your idea into a clear, workable launch plan.

Launchpad begins with a private, one-on-one strategy session with a senior member of VSL’s development team. This is a working session focused on your specific situation, goals, and next steps.

Launchpad begins with a private, one-on-one strategy session with a senior member of VSL’s development team. This is a working session focused on your specific situation, goals, and next steps.

What you get from this session:
  • A clear launch plan: A step-by-step roadmap that shows exactly what needs to happen to open your sober living home.
  • Guidance on the right model: Help choosing the right sober living model, level, and structure for your goals and location.
  • Property clarity: Support evaluating a property you already have, or guidance on what to look for if you are still searching.
  • Early risk awareness: Clear insight into zoning, safety, certification, and fair housing issues before they become problems.
  • Confidence and direction: You leave knowing what to do next, what to avoid, and how to move forward without guessing.

Most mistakes in sober living happen before opening day. This session helps you avoid wrong turns, wasted time, and costly missteps by starting with a clear, informed plan.

Get the training and build your foundation.

Access the full collection of VSL's Sober Living Academy courses, a $2,000+ value if purchased separately.

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Weekly support to keep you moving and solving problems fast.

Launchpad includes weekly coaching calls designed to help you apply what you are learning, stay accountable, and keep moving forward.

Sessions focus on real progress: reviewing decisions, answering questions, troubleshooting obstacles, and helping you prioritize the next right step. You are not left alone to figure things out on your own.

Plug-and-play templates so you don’t start from scratch.

Launchpad includes weekly coaching calls designed to help you apply what you are learning, stay accountable, and keep moving forward.

Sessions focus on real progress: reviewing decisions, answering questions, troubleshooting obstacles, and helping you prioritize the next right step. You are not left alone to figure things out on your own.

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Access a private network of serious operators and mentors.

When you join Launchpad, you are not building alone. You become part of VSL's Leadership Community—a private online space for people actively working to open and operate sober living homes.

Recovery housing can feel isolating, especially early on. The Launchpad Community gives you perspective, reassurance, and practical insight so you can move forward with confidence and avoid common pitfalls.

Meet Your Development Team

The Launchpad Program is supported by a multidisciplinary team of experienced operators, clinicians, facilities experts, and strategists who have spent more than a decade building and supporting recovery housing across the United States.

You’re not just accessing content—you’re gaining insight from the people who design, certify, operate, and sustain sober living homes every day.

Program Creator & Executive Director

Dr. Hunter T. Foote

Dr. Foote is a leader, author, and entrepreneur whose work includes real estate, social enterprise, law, and education. As the founder of Vanderburgh Sober Living he pioneered a national network of recovery homes using a social franchising model that blends business discipline with compassionate care.

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Director of Operations

Kate Saad

Kate is an experienced leader in the recovery field and serves as VSL’s Director of Operations. With a background in clinical addiction treatment in residential settings, she brings deep expertise across the Continuum of Care. She also coaches emerging recovery home leaders, ensuring every home provides safe, structured, and compassionate support.

Community Development Lead

Jim Lamorge

Jim Lamorge, VSL’s Community Development Lead, brings decades of experience in property management and renovation. He leads major upgrades, strengthens building systems, and ensures every home is safe, compliant, and efficient. As a coach, he teaches the operational essentials of recovery housing with practical, sustainable guidance.

What You’ll Achieve

  • ✔️ Market Demand Study

    Understand local recovery housing needs, saturation, pricing, and referral dynamics.

  • ✔️ Property & Location Analysis

    Learn how to assess zoning, neighborhood fit, property layout, and operational viability.

  • ✔️ Financial Feasibility Check

    Identify realistic startup costs, revenue expectations, and risk factors early.

  • ✔️ Strategic Launch Plan

    Create a clear, step-by-step path from concept to execution.

  • ✔️ Risk Management Framework

    Avoid common (and expensive) errors that derail new sober living homes.

Ready to Move Forward?

Unlock the Sober Living Launchpad Program and take the first responsible step toward building a certified, sustainable sober living home.

Enroll now and start building today!

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