Belonging
Happy Heart Homes
Housing and support designed to help young people feel safe, valued and ready to grow.
People · Potential · Purpose
Every young person deserves a path forward.
A place to belong. Space to discover their strengths. Real opportunities to build a future of their own.
Strong Roots. Limitless Growth.
Why we exist
Potential is everywhere.
Opportunity isn't.
Root & Rise Inc. exists to help young people discover who they are, develop real-world skills, build meaningful careers, and create stable futures. Our work brings stability, exploration and practical support together.
Belonging
A foundation of dignity, connection and stability.
Discovery
Creative experiences that reveal strengths, curiosity and capability.
Opportunity
Practical pathways to meaningful work and independence.
One root · Connected pathways
Support the person.
Build the future.
Four connected efforts support young people from finding stability to exploring their abilities and moving toward work.
Discovery
Pandora’s Box Training Company
Divergent play, self-regulation, movement and hands-on skill discovery.
Opportunity
Chosen Path Staffing
Helping connect developing strengths with career pathways and meaningful work.
Together
Community Collaboration
Working with families, mentors, organizations and community partners to widen opportunity.
Happy Heart Homes · Our planned approach
A place to belong. A place to become.
Our vision for residential and respite settings combines consistent, supportive relationships with individualized learning, meaningful daily activities, and opportunities to discover strengths. Every young person deserves a home that feels like a home—not an institution.
Supportive daily living
Predictable routines, healthy relationships, emotional safety, and individualized support shaped by each young person's needs and voice.
Education that fits
Coordination with schools, placing agencies, families and authorized decision-makers to support attendance, tutoring, and suitable individualized or alternative learning arrangements. Home-based education is an option to explore only where legally and educationally appropriate.
Purposeful daily programming
Movement, chess, creative projects, hands-on skills, self-regulation practices, recreation, and real-life learning—balanced with rest, play, and personal choice.
Athletics & community connections
We aim to collaborate with B Elite Athletics for football programming and other like-minded educators, coaches, mentors and community organizations. Partnerships are proposed and subject to agreement, screening and safeguarding.
Development-stage model: These are planned services, not a statement of current bed availability, licensing, confirmed partnerships, or approved education programs. Services will be offered only after applicable authorizations, staffing, and safety requirements are in place.
For agencies & community partners
Let's build the right supports together.
We welcome introductory conversations with children's aid societies, Indigenous child and family well-being agencies, education partners, ministry representatives, and youth-serving organizations about future services, referrals, and collaboration.
Agency partnerships
Discuss community needs, service design, referral expectations and future capacity planning.
Education & programming
Explore school coordination, individualized learning support, athletics, mentoring and daily enrichment.
Safeguarding & readiness
Learn how our developing model will address licensing, qualified staffing, supervision, training, privacy and accountability before accepting placements.
Agency & Placement Inquiries
Our secure inquiry form is in development. Until it is ready, please do not submit a child's name, case details, diagnoses or other confidential information through this website. No bed availability or placement acceptance is being advertised.
Secure agency inquiry form · Coming soonWhat we believe
We don't create potential.
We help unlock it.
Meet the founders
Different voices.
One shared purpose.
Meet the three founders behind the mission. Their individual stories will be shared when ready.
Ty Lyons
Co-founder
Founder profile coming soon.
Kadeem
Co-founder
Founder profile coming soon.
Jayson
Co-founder
Founder profile coming soon.
Founder profiles and photographs will be published once approved.
Grow with us
Great things grow
when we grow together.
Our programs and partnerships are taking shape. Connect with us as the work develops.
Company email is being activated. Verified contact information will be posted here soon.