OWGER's five-phase strategy begins in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties with a licensed, fundable, evidence-based model — and builds from there to every major city in America.
Right Now
Filing the OWGER legal entity with the California Secretary of State. Formalizing fiscal sponsorship with Transitions to Organics (Ojai, CA) to enable tax-deductible donations today.
Launching owger.org with Oniracom and District 216 (Santa Barbara). The website serves as an "extended business card" for county officials, banking partners, and potential donors.
Building relationships with Ventura County Behavioral Health and Santa Barbara BWell. Participating in CoC (Continuum of Care) governance — prerequisite for county grant eligibility.
Formalizing wholesale relationships with TrueHope and Quinton distributors. Strategic discussions ongoing with the leading brain-pattern optimization platform regarding a long-term partnership.
The Five Phases
Each phase builds on the previous: proven model, expanded geography, growing data set, increasing funding eligibility.
Establish OWGER's first two California-licensed Crisis Stabilization Units, one in each county. Deploy TBI screening at homeless-services intake sites. Build the outcome data set. Establish relationships with county behavioral health agencies and attend CoC governance.
What success looks like: 200+ clients screened, 50+ clients through the three-pillar protocol, measurable improvement in housing-stability outcomes vs. control population, first county contract or grant awarded.
Key funding: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Weingart Foundation, Montecito Bank & Trust, County MHSA Innovation grants, Banking Founding Pillar sponsorships.
Purpose-equipped mobile health vehicles extend the OWGER protocol to people who cannot or will not come to a facility. Mobile units bring TBI screening, micronutrient counseling, Quinton protocols, and care coordination directly to encampments, shelters, and transitional housing sites throughout both counties.
Why mobile: The most neurologically compromised individuals — those most in need of OWGER's intervention — are often the least able to access facility-based services. Mobile delivery eliminates the access barrier while building the referral pipeline to fixed CSU sites.
Key funding: SAMHSA Grants for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals (up to $400k/year for 5 years), HUD CoC Bonus grants, VA Grant and Per Diem program, county contracts.
Three to five additional CSU locations across Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego Counties. Full county contract relationships, Medi-Cal reimbursement, and university training-site partnerships for licensed clinical staff at lower cost. Advocacy for TBI screening as a statewide standard of care at California homeless-services intake.
The data play: By this phase, OWGER holds two to three years of outcome data demonstrating neurological recovery's impact on housing stability. That data set is the most powerful tool for county contracts, federal grants, and foundation support.
Key funding: Medi-Cal reimbursement, BHCIP county partnership capital, California Endowment, James Irvine Foundation, BEACON Act VA TBI Innovation grants (up to $5M).
Replicate the OWGER model in every major U.S. metropolitan area through a standardized franchise or licensing model. Local nonprofit operators are trained and certified by OWGER. A national data platform tracks TBI screening outcomes, intervention effectiveness, and housing-stability rates across all sites.
Federal policy advocacy aligned with the current Treatment-First homelessness doctrine and the BEACON Act's VA TBI grant program positions OWGER as the organization that proved the model — and built the network to deliver it nationally.
Capital: Healthcare-focused private equity, strategic corporate investment, and a potential acquisition of the leading brain-pattern optimization franchise to secure the modality across all OWGER network sites.
Supplemental Mental Health Insurance: A product that covers OWGER's three-pillar intervention protocol for individuals not adequately served by standard behavioral health benefits — bringing neurological recovery within financial reach of every American who needs it. Staged rollout requiring state insurance department licensure and actuarial infrastructure built on OWGER's national clinical data set.
Full Healthcare Provider Network: OWGER-branded primary care and behavioral health integration, leveraging the national CSU infrastructure and data platform to deliver whole-person care to formerly homeless and high-risk populations at scale. Federally Qualified Health Center qualification.
Partner With Us
OWGER is in the pre-formation stage. This is the moment when the right partners shape the organization. We are actively recruiting an equity co-founder (CEO/CFO profile), a clinical director, and anchor donors for Phase 1. If you are interested in building something that matters, we want to talk.