Minneapolis, Minnesota, and surrounding areas
About · Core Values

Our Core Values

The commitments that shape how we care for every person who walks through our doors.

What we stand on

Our core values

Five commitments that shape every conversation, every plan of care, and every hard day we sit through with the people we serve.

Dignity

Every person is met with respect and without shame. Addiction does not define you, and it never lowers your worth in this place.

Honesty

Real change begins with the truth, spoken gently and received with grace. We will always tell you what we see, and we will listen the same way.

Grace

You are more than your worst moment. Recovery is a story of being carried through, not earning your way back. Relapse is met with help, not condemnation.

Excellence

Compassion is not a substitute for skill. We hold ourselves to sound, evidence based practice and keep learning so your care keeps improving.

Community

No one heals alone. We build connection into every level of care, and we help you rebuild it with the people who matter most to you.

Refuge

An ark is a shelter that carries you through the storm. We aim to be exactly that: a safe, steady place to do the hard and holy work of getting well.

How it shows up

Values you can feel in the room

Values are only real if you can feel them. Here that means a first call with no judgment, an honest assessment, a plan built around your actual life, and a door that stays open if you stumble.

It means faith is available for those who want it and never a price of admission for those who do not.

"I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant."Genesis 9:13
The through line

Agents of healing

For years, the people of Ark have described the work in three words: agents of healing. It is a good description of what we hope to be, ordinary people who show up with skill and grace so that healing has somewhere to happen.

Ready when you are

If these values sound like the kind of care you are looking for, we would be glad to talk.