About
Our History
Grace House of Memphis was founded in 1976 by Pat Stokes, who had a vision of a establishing a safe home for alcoholic women to get sober with the support of other women suffering from the same disease. Few such places existed, especially if a woman lacked financial resources. For more than 45 years, Grace House has never turned a woman away because of her ability to pay for treatment.
Today, Grace House provides a full continuum of gender-specific, long-term residential and outpatient treatment services. We serve all women whose lives have been negatively impacted by alcohol and/or illicit drug use and who may have a co‐occurring mental or behavioral health disorder.
Approximately 99% of the women that we treated this past year were indigent, with over 65% reported being homeless or not having a safe place to return following treatment. Most women come to us broken and hopeless, as well as materially, physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually bankrupt. Removing any financial obligation offering allows our clients to fully focus on healing and beginning their journey of recovery.
Currently, over 6,000 women have been served at Grace House. We are licensed by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and have maintained continuous CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) accreditation since 2003.
Employees
Dr. Rachel Farmer, Medical Director
Camille Reed, Clinical Director
Leslie Brown, Nurse
Veronica Brown, Operations Director
Laura Terry, Asst. Operations Director
Charlotte Hoppers, Interim Executive Director
Shajuanna Ransom, Assistant Clinical Director
Katelyn McGrath, Counselor
Mary Wayne, Counselor
Sharma Edwards, House Coordinator
Dawn White, House Coordinator
Jazmyn Batts, Client Care Specialist to Recovery Services Coordinator
Ora Roderick, Program Assistant
Shamika Connor, Overnight Manager
Gail Neely, Client Care Specialist
Velma Jones, Client Care Specialist
Sarah Vgbesea, Client Care Specialist
Barbara Hampton, Client Care Specialist to Kitchen Manager
Jasmine Robertson, Client Care Specialist
Jessica Hayes, Client Care Specialist
Gloria Hicks, Client Care Specialist
Mary Turner, Client care specialist
Stacey Abraham, Transitional Living Program Director
Board
Board Members
- Melisa Burgess, Chair
- Samantha Wallace, Vice Chair
- John Salajka, Treasurer
- Sasha Ennis, Secretary
- Angie Quadrani
- Sherry Sproles
- Melinda Morrow