Steelbridge Ministries

About Steelbridge Ministries

Steelbridge Ministries is a sober living operator in Albuquerque, New Mexico, providing free recovery housing in Bernalillo County. It is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit running twelve-month residential programs for men and for women.

A Recovery Housing Provider That Charges Nothing

Meals, housing, education, spiritual guidance, counseling, job skills and job placement are all provided free of charge. That is uncommon and it changes the organization's shape. Revenue comes from donors, so the operator answers to a board and a donor base for whether the work is any good, and a resident's stay does not end because he lost a shift. For someone leaving jail in Albuquerque with no money and no identification, a free twelve-month program is often the only door that opens.

Three Populations in One Albuquerque Sober Living Operation

The men's and women's recovery programs are the core, aimed at addiction, homelessness, depression, domestic abuse and trauma together. A second twelve-month program houses young adults ages 18 to 24 leaving foster care, a group whose risk of homelessness in the first two years out of the system is high enough that the organization built a separate track for it. A third strand places survivors of human trafficking, working with organizations across the country to get people into safe housing. The needs overlap more than they differ.

Faith at the Center of This Recovery Housing Provider

Steelbridge is a Christian ministry and organizes its entire program around that. Biblical teaching and spiritual guidance are integrated with counseling, behavioral health services, life skills, job skills and financial planning. Anyone considering it should understand that the faith component is structural. For residents who want it, the consistency is the appeal. For residents who do not, a secular program will be a better use of a year.

A Sober Living Operator Wired Into Albuquerque's Safety Net

The organization lists dozens of New Mexico partners it has served alongside, including shelters, food pantries, recovery programs, faith ministries, senior centers and community services from Barelas to Zuni. A resident who needs something the program does not provide is generally one referral away from it. Intake runs on weekday mornings and the administrative offices are on Coal Avenue SW, near the downtown courts and the transit center.

Checking a New Mexico Recovery Housing Provider

New Mexico neither licenses nor certifies recovery residences and has no affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, so the public record here is the nonprofit record. Federal and state recognition of 501(c)(3) status, published program terms, a visible board and a public donor base are all checkable. Ask how long the program has run, what the completion expectations are, what happens after a relapse, and what support exists for a resident at the end of twelve months.