Wellspring promotes the recovery of persons with mental illness through leadership in the development of quality housing and rehabilitation services.

Fifty percent of individuals with severe mental illness are dually diagnosed with a substance abuse disorder. As a result, they have increased symptoms of mental illness, more frequent relapses, less treatment follow-through, more homelessness and victimization, more involvement with the courts and jails, and revolving-door hospitalizations.

Wellspring opened Journey House in 1998 to address the needs of Louisville's dually diagnosed, homeless women who were falling through the cracks of a service system ill-prepared to simultaneously treat these illnesses. Most of these women are also victims of violence, and have experienced multiple failures in treatment and independent living prior to their Journey House stay. Journey House is the first residential program in Kentucky specifically designed to serve this population; it can accommodate eight residents. Staff is extensively trained in both mental illness and substance abuse treatment. The program provides intensive support to the women as they struggle with the issues of recovery from both illnesses. The average length of stay is 13.5 months for graduates.