A Place to Call Home: How a WithAll Grant Helped Rozena Continue Her Recovery
Published October 29, 2026 | Last Updated October 29, 2026
Rozena was in intensive treatment for an eating disorder when she lost her home. Already facing the challenges of recovery, she now had to worry about finding somewhere to live. A grant from WithAll’s Recovery Support Program helped her secure another home, easing the financial pressure so she could focus more fully on healing.
A Home Lost During Treatment
When Rozena entered treatment for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), she was trying to give her health the attention it needed. But while she worked toward recovery, the responsibilities of everyday life did not stop.
Finding a place to live became an urgent concern at a time when she was already facing the difficult demands of eating disorder treatment.
“While in treatment I lost my house. The WithAll grant helped me make ends meet and helped me secure another place that I could call my home.”
The grant did not erase every challenge Rozena faced. It helped meet one immediate need: a more stable place to live while she continued working toward recovery.
No one should have to choose between housing and recovery.
WithAll helps people in intensive eating disorder treatment cover basic needs like housing and groceries. Your gift can help someone else focus on getting well.
The Financial Challenges Behind Recovery
Outside of treatment, Rozena is self-employed and works with infants and toddlers with special needs. Helping others is an important part of her life, but attending treatment has made it difficult to keep her business going.
As she explains, “I am self employed and every time I go into treatment, my business suffers.”
Intensive treatment can demand hours that would otherwise be spent working. At the same time, rent, groceries, and other everyday expenses continue. Rozena describes how difficult it can be to put recovery first when the rest of life cannot simply be put on hold:
“Saying, “Yes!” to treatment means everything in our lives freeze. In treatment we are asked and often required to leave our lives and only focus on recovery. That’s easier said than done. I could honestly say that WithAll made that requirement that much easier to do. It allowed me to take a little stress off and participate in my recovery and healing. I’m so very grateful.”
Her words show why financial support can matter so much. A person can be committed to recovery and still need help keeping up with the costs of daily life.
How WithAll’s Recovery Support Program Helps
WithAll’s Recovery Support Program provides direct grants to people in intensive eating disorder treatment. Rather than paying treatment bills, the grants help cover living expenses that can make staying in care more difficult.
What a recovery support grant can do
Grants typically range from $500 to $1,000 and can be used for essentials such as rent, mortgage payments, lodging, and groceries.
The grants are funded entirely by donations and paid directly to recipients. They are gifts, not loans, with nothing to repay.
Rozena was grateful for both the assistance and the way the program worked. “I think it is a very generous and supportive thing WithAll is doing to support people who often struggle in silence.”
Rebuilding a Life Beyond Treatment
Rozena is gradually returning to work and trying to rebuild her life. She enjoys traveling, craft projects, and helping people. She says her friends would describe her as someone with integrity who makes others feel safe.
Those details are a reminder that recovery is about more than an illness. It is also about having the chance to return to work, relationships, interests, and the everyday things that make life meaningful.
Her path forward is still unfolding. But when asked how the grant helped her pursue recovery, Rozena offered a clear answer:
“Recovery would not have been possible had I not been given the grant.”
For Rozena, help with housing was not a small detail on the sidelines of treatment. It was part of what made continuing recovery possible.
More People Deserve That Chance
WithAll has awarded more than 1,200 Recovery Support Program grants across 36 states. But the need is greater than the funding available. Each month, some people seeking support cannot receive a grant.
Rozena has seen others struggle to manage the demands of recovery alongside financial pressures. She wants them to know support is possible: “I spread the word everywhere I go in the ED treatment world. I know it’s very much needed.”
A donation of $18 can help provide a day of groceries for someone in treatment, while $36 can help cover a day of housing. Contributions of any size help make more grants possible.
Help Someone Else Find Stability
Rozena received help when she needed somewhere to live and space to focus on recovery. Your support can help another person in intensive treatment meet essential expenses and keep moving forward.
When everyday costs threaten someone’s ability to stay in care, a recovery support grant can make a meaningful difference.
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