About Us
Building New Beginnings. Supporting individuals – families – communities – and systems.
Our mission is to create thriving, just communities where healing occurs and new beginnings are possible.
Our Vision
We envision a community built upon a shared commitment to well-being and equity, where individuals and families are free from injustice and anchored by generational resilience.
Our Values
Compassion
- Demonstrate Empathy and Care: Engage every person with deep empathy, understanding, and kindness, recognizing and honoring their humanity by providing care that transcends the basics.
Innovation
- Foster Creativity and Progress: Champion creativity and innovation, pushing relentlessly forward. Embrace change to enhance our programs and make a meaningful impact.
Community
- Nurture Belonging and Support: Foster a supportive community where everyone feels they belong. Build empowering connections that uplift and fortify our foundation of healing, growth, and resilience.
Hope
- Build Optimism and Change: Inspire a hopeful and positive perspective that illuminates the possibilities of new beginnings and supports each person’s journey towards a brighter future.
Respect and Inclusion
- Embrace Diversity and Honor Dignity: Ensure everyone is treated with dignity and respect, creating an inclusive atmosphere where diversity is celebrated and every voice is acknowledged, strengthening our community’s unity.
Accountability and Integrity
- Uphold Ethics and Transparency: Adhere to the highest ethical standards and accept accountability for our actions, ensuring trust and transparency in every community interaction.
Safety
- Maintain Security and Support: Prioritize the safety and wellbeing of our staff, participants, and community. Establish environments that are not only secure but also deeply supportive, addressing both the physical and emotional needs of everyone to provide comprehensive safety.
How We Work Towards This Vision
- Our comprehensive and integrated continuum of services focuses on the whole person, whole family, and whole community, as we offer unique and individualized supports.
- We strive toward 'yes' - embracing even the most complex challenges, and working toward solutions. Our goal is to turn no person away and to always be a safe landing spot for those in need.
- Through partnership and collaboration between staff, participants, and community, we help build new beginnings.
How We Help
Treatment
Housing
Reentry
Our Approach
Open to All
All people deserve a second chance. Our low-barrier services exist to support ALL members of our community.
Compassionate Guides
Our staff of clinicians, professionals, and peers, work in partnership with every client to uncover each person’s strengths and potential for change.
Community Integration
Each community site is embedded within a neighborhood, a critical part of our larger community framework. Each of us are part of these larger communities, helping it to thrive.
Since 1971, we’ve been working to meet the needs of our most vulnerable community members. This continues today.
RS EDEN delivers effective, comprehensive services across the Twin Cities metro. From early achievements in substance use disorder treatment and residential programs for individuals exiting incarceration, to the development of affordable, low-barrier housing, to the delivery or services to residents in permanent, supportive housing, RS EDEN has evolved into a multi-faceted human service organization that provides services to individuals and families of all ages. Our innovative service models and housing programs promote dignity, recovery, employment, mental health, wellness, and the capacity to give back to the community. Using a person-centered, trauma-informed, and gender-affirming approaches, RS EDEN helps individuals and families build new beginnings.
How We Help
1,737
Unique Individuals Served in 2023
nearly 112,000
Meals Served and Provided in 2023