Women Walking in Victory

About Women Walking in Victory

Women Walking in Victory is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania nonprofit recovery housing provider serving Philadelphia County.

A Philadelphia Recovery Housing Nonprofit

Women Walking in Victory works from North Philadelphia, one of the city's highest-need areas for both housing insecurity and substance use recovery. The organization's stated purpose is to use affordable housing as the lever that moves someone out of homelessness, which sets its housing work inside a broader anti-poverty mission rather than treating a residence as a stand-alone program. It is organized as a 501(c)(3) charity, tax-exempt since 2020.

Two Philadelphia Locations

• 2441 North 29th Street, Philadelphia, for women.
• 62 West Harvey Street, Philadelphia.

The North 29th Street address serves as the organization's headquarters and women's housing, and the West Harvey Street address operates as a service center supporting the same North Philadelphia mission.

A Registered 501(c)(3) Nonprofit

The organization files an annual Form 990 with the IRS under its federal tax-exempt status, a public record that discloses its finances and operations every year. For a family vetting a housing provider from out of state, that filing is a real document to check rather than a claim to take on faith.

What Pennsylvania Recovery Housing Certification Establishes

Recovery residences in Pennsylvania can separately pursue certification through the Pennsylvania Alliance of Recovery Residences, the state's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences. Certification requires a published code of ethics, written fees and rules, a documented relapse and discharge policy, and an outside complaint process. This guide to certifying a Pennsylvania recovery residence explains the standard.

Where This Recovery Housing Provider Works

The organization's work is centered in North Philadelphia, a part of the city with a dense concentration of treatment providers, courts and community services that a housing nonprofit can plug new residents into quickly.

Reaching Women Walking in Victory in Philadelphia

Referrals and applications go through the organization directly. Worth asking: what the intake process looks like at either address, what documentation supports a resident's stay, and what happens once someone is ready to move on from the housing.