Breaktrhu House, Inc.
Breakthru House helps women overcome addiction, offering support for lasting recovery and growth.
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Helping Mothers Heal While Keeping Families Together
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Transforming Lives Through Compassionate Care
Breakthru House transforms the lives of women and their children struggling with drug and alcohol addiction by providing a long-term residential program to achieve physical, emotional, and spiritual healing through recovery.
Licensed as a Drug Abuse Treatment Program by the Georgia Department of Community Health, Breakthru House is approved as an Intensive Recovery Residence by the Board of Pardons and Paroles and is a founding member of the Georgia Association of Recovery Residences.
The Breakthru House campus is located in south DeKalb County. The campus consists of an administrative building (treatment and staff office space), four residential homes, an art studio and a 19-plot garden.
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Breakthru House offers a supportive housing environment along with a comprehensive clinical program. Our structured approach combines intensive therapy with practical resources, creating a nurturing space for personal growth and lasting recovery. Through this integrated support, we guide individuals on their transformative journey to a healthier, more fulfilling life.
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Sandy Jap is the Sarah Beth Brown Professor of Marketing at Emory University. She has also served as a faculty member at the Sloan School of Management at MIT and at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. She has published widely on the development of organizational relationships, go-to-market strategies, and e-procurement. She is the author of Partnering with the Frenemy, a book on the dark side of business relationships and A Field Guide to Channel Strategy, a how-to book on going to market strategy. 
Joseph (Joe) E. Brown, Jr., has been a Board member since the 1980’s. His father was an original founder/supporter of Breakthru House Inc., when it was founded at St. Mark UMC in 1969. Joe has worked at Courts & Co., a regional brokerage firm from 1961-1972, Atlanta Federal Savings & Loan, that became Georgia Federal Bank from 1972-1987, and finally with his wife’s State Farm Insurance agency for 20 years until retirement. 
Following a 20-year career in the real estate legal field, with a real estate law firm in Atlanta, Sylvia served as real estate coordinator for Racetrac Petroleum, owned a mortgage brokerage, and has been a realtor for 35 years.
T. Gordon Barber is a retired ATT Executive with 41 years of experience in Network Operations. He is owner and manager of Barber Properties. He grew up in Hendersonville, NC, graduated from The Citadel and earned a Master’s Degree from the University of Maryland. He was an Army officer and served in Okinawa. Currently he volunteers at North Fulton Community Charity, Habitat for Humanity, and is a member of the Disaster Recovery Team at Alpharetta Methodist Church. He and his wife, Karen, live in Milton and have 3 grown sons and 2 grandchildren.
Nancy Young retired from serving as Vice President of Development for the Georgia United Methodist Foundation (GUMF) in 2022. She brings over 40 years of nonprofit experience in the areas of fundraising, major donor development, training, special events, planned giving, and facilities management.