Beacon of Hope Recovery and Wellness Community Center

What Beacon of Hope Recovery and Wellness Community Center does

Beacon of Hope Recovery and Wellness Community Center is a private, community-based non-profit organization founded in 2020 and headquartered at 46940 S Shangrai La Drive, Lexington Park, Maryland. It delivers free behavioral health, recovery, and wellness services in Southern Maryland, operating two distinct programs under one roof. The flagship Beacon of Hope program provides adult peer recovery coaching, continuing care check-ups (by phone, virtual, and in-person), face-to-face and virtual support groups, re-entry support, and resource navigation for individuals in recovery from substance use disorders. The Cove, the organization's youth-facing drug-free zone for ages 12-17, offers mentoring, academic support, recreational programming, job readiness, life-skills training, and volunteer opportunities to youth impacted by substance misuse, all at no cost to participants.

The organization's go-to-market is community-led rather than commercial: there is no fee-for-service revenue, no published pricing tiers, and no sales motion. Instead, the center is embedded inside the local justice and social services ecosystem, with staff placed on-site at the St. Mary's County Detention and Rehabilitation Center, the Community Corrections Center, the Charles County Family Recovery Court, and the St. Mary's County Department of Social Services. This embedded institutional model, combined with a largely lived-experience staff (including military veterans and individuals in long-term recovery), functions as the primary distribution and credibility mechanism.

Beacon of Hope is funded through grants and government contracts rather than client fees. It does not sell a technology product, does not maintain a mobile application, and has no disclosed API or AI capability. The organization does maintain social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and hosts hybrid community meetings (the Beacon-Cove Brainstorm) as its primary outreach cadence. In 2025 it was accepted as a partner organization in the American Red Cross Community Adaptation Program, broadening its footprint across 19 disaster-prone counties and providing disaster-readiness infrastructure resources.

Name

Beacon of Hope Recovery and Wellness Community Center

Legal name

Beacon of Hope Recovery and Wellness Community Center

Website

https://firstrecoverysomd.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Beacon of Hope Recovery and Wellness Community Center is a St. Mary's County, Maryland non-profit that delivers free adult peer recovery coaching, support groups, and youth programming through The Cove drug-free zone for ages 12-17, embedded within local justice and social services agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Substance Use Recovery and Behavioral Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (62142), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFACAN

Peer Support, Recovery Coaching & Sober Living Services

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Behavioral Health & Substance Use Treatment

SECONDARYBPAGACAE

Substance Use Disorder Prevention & Recovery Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

SECONDARYBPAGADAM

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Education & Youth Development Nonprofits

SECONDARYBPAGADAK

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Education & Youth Development Nonprofits

Keywords

• Substance use recovery
• Peer recovery coaching
• Youth mentoring services
• Behavioral health support
• Community wellness center

Headquarters

HQ city

Lexington Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Grant and government funding (inferred): As a nonprofit community center providing free services, the organization operates primarily on grant funding and government contracts (evidenced by its embedded partnerships with county departments of social services, detention centers, and recovery courts). Revenue is not derived from client fees for service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Beacon of Hope Recovery and Wellness Community Center provides free, community-based peer recovery coaching, continuing care check-ups, support groups, and re-entry support for adults recovering from substance use in St. Mary's and Charles Counties, Maryland. Through its affiliated youth program, The Cove Drug Free Zone, it also offers free mentoring, academic support, recreation, job readiness, and life skills programming for youth ages 12-17 impacted by substance misuse. All services are delivered at no cost to participants and are supported through grant funding and embedded partnerships with county social services, detention centers, and recovery courts.

Product overview

Beacon of Hope Recovery and Wellness Community Center operates two distinct programs: Beacon of Hope (the main adult recovery center offering peer recovery coaching, continuing care, support groups, and re-entry programs) and The Cove (a drug-free youth program for ages 12-17 providing mentoring, academic support, recreation, and job readiness services). The organization is a community-based nonprofit providing peer support and recovery services, not a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Beacon of Hope (Adult Recovery Program)
• The Cove Drug Free Zone

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• American Red Cross (Community Adaptation Program)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 May 2025The American Red Cross Community Adaptation Program (CAP) works to strengthen local partnerships across 19 disaster-prone counties, providing equipment, training, and resources to help vulnerable communities respond to climate events. Beacon of Hope was listed as a partner organization that received resources including freezers, generators, and infrastructure improvements to maintain critical services during disasters. The program expanded to include more than 50 partner organizations in Atlantic County alone.
• St. Mary's County Department of Social ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmbedded partnership providing community members with options in substance use treatment and recovery. The organization works to connect community members with resources through this partnership.
• St. Mary's County Detention and Rehabilitation Center & Community Corrections CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmbedded counseling, care coordination, and peer recovery support services delivered on-site at the detention and rehabilitation center. Staff members including a Lead Addiction Counselor, Recovery Coach, IOP Counselor, and Care Coordinators are embedded at this facility.
• Charles County Family Recovery CourtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmbedded partnership providing support to individuals participating in the family recovery court program. Staff member Carley Woodall is assigned to this program, connecting participants with substance use treatment and recovery resources.
• Career Opportunity Development Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a fellow partner organization in the American Red Cross Community Adaptation Program in Atlantic County, NJ. Received resources including freezers and generators alongside Beacon of Hope.
• St. James Bible DeliveranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a fellow partner organization in the American Red Cross Community Adaptation Program in Atlantic County, NJ. Received infrastructure improvements to maintain critical services during disasters.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA): A national nonprofit representing community-based substance use prevention coalitions. Comparable to the community-led, prevention-focused elements of Beacon of Hope's youth (Cove) programming and its role as a St. Mary's County coalition-style community asset.
• Faces & Voices of Recovery: A national recovery advocacy organization promoting peer recovery support services. Comparable as a thought-leadership and network partner in the peer recovery and recovery community organization (RCO) movement that Beacon of Hope embodies locally.
• Recovery Centers of America: A multi-site addiction treatment provider offering residential, outpatient, and continuing care. Comparable as a regional/mid-Atlantic recovery services ecosystem peer, though at a much larger scale and with a fee-for-service revenue model rather than grant-funded free services.
• Oxford House: A national network of sober living houses and recovery support. Comparable to Beacon of Hope's sober-living-adjacent peer recovery mission and continuum-of-care approach to long-term recovery.
• Pyramid Healthcare: A larger behavioral health provider in the Mid-Atlantic/Pennsylvania region offering residential, outpatient, and recovery services. Directly comparable because multiple Beacon of Hope staff previously worked at Pyramid, indicating overlapping talent pools and service models in the same regional recovery ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Maryland Recovery Organization Connecting Communities (M-ROCC): A statewide recovery community organization in Maryland representing the recovery community and providing peer-led recovery support. The most direct comparable peer in the same state, given overlap in mission, geographic catchment, and peer recovery coaching services.
• Young People in Recovery: A national nonprofit building recovery support networks for youth and young adults affected by substance use. Comparable to The Cove program given overlapping focus on youth ages 12-17/early adulthood and peer-led recovery support.
• Walden Sierra: A Southern Maryland-based nonprofit providing substance use and behavioral health treatment. Directly comparable as a regional peer recovery provider serving overlapping populations in St. Mary's County, with former Beacon of Hope staff having started their recovery journey as clients at Walden Sierra.
• SMART Recovery: A nonprofit providing peer-led support groups and self-empowering recovery tools. Comparable to Beacon of Hope's free, peer-facilitated support group model, with overlap in the mutual-help and recovery meeting space.

Regional players

• Princess Anne Police Department Community Outreach / Tri-County Youth Services: Local and county-level youth services operating in the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland. Comparable as a regional, public-sector adjacent peer in the same youth substance use prevention and family support space as The Cove.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/WaldenLexingtonPark
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wix-com

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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