Enabling Life Since 2015

About MoNetwork

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MoNetwork is a recovery community center rooted in care, connection, and compassion. We exist to walk alongside individuals and families navigating substance use, recovery, and complex life circumstances, offering support which honors dignity, choice, and humanity.

Our work is relationship-centered and grounded in trust. We believe people are more than their circumstances and deserve to be met as they are, without judgment or condition. At MoNetwork, care begins with presence — listening first, responding with respect, and honoring each person’s living reality.

We serve as both a place and a practice: a welcoming space where people can access care and a community committed to showing up consistently, thoughtfully, and with integrity. Everything we offer is free, low-barrier, and guided by the belief connection is foundational to well-being.

Our Mission

Our mission is to support individuals, families, and communities through compassionate, community-based care rooted in dignity, choice, and relationship.

We are committed to reducing barriers to care, expanding access to resources, and creating spaces where people feel safe, respected, and supported in defining their own paths forward. Our work centers autonomy, trust, and the understanding meaningful change happens when people are met with compassion rather than judgment.

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What We Do

MoNetwork provides supportive care, peer support, and community-based services designed to meet people where they are.

We offer access to essential resources, health support, peer-led connection, and a low-barrier drop-in space where individuals can rest, connect, and take care of basic needs. Through outreach and street-based support, we bring care directly into the community for those unable to access traditional services.

Our work also includes recovery-oriented support grounded in individual-defined recovery, family support, community engagement, and partnerships which expand access to care across St. Louis and throughout Missouri.

Everything we do is guided by compassion, consistency, and respect — with a focus on supporting real people in real life.

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Dedication. Expertise. Passion.

Board of Directors

Every member of our board of directors is a thought leader who has made significant contributions to our society. Each one brings a unique set of skills and expertise to our organization.

Ned Presnall
Ned Presnall

President

Pastor Ken McKoy
Pastor Ken McKoy

Vice President

Harriet Blickenstaff
Harriet Blickenstaff

Secretary

Vance Miller
Vance Miller

Treasurer

Our Team

Our team brings care to life through relationship-centered support, grounded in trust, presence, and a deep commitment to meeting people as they are and where they are.

Michelle Charbonnier
Michelle Charbonnier

Executive Director

Lesley Weinstein
Lesley Weinstein

Program Director – NEXT Distro

Pam Shaw
Pam Shaw

Director of RCC Programming

Corey Crawford
Corey Crawford

Street Outreach Coordinator

Toni Jordan
Toni Jordan

Peer Support

Taylor Kasner
Taylor Kasner

Data Coordinator

Kathi Arbini
Kathi Arbini

Family Support Coordinator

Emily Roy
Emily Roy

Community Based Navigator

Cleo Burnett
Cleo Burnett

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Amanda Gabel
Amanda Gabel

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Sarah Lee
Sarah Lee

Street Outreach Team

James Hassard
James Hassard

Peer Support

Sarah Ferguson
Sarah Ferguson

Peer Support

_Emma Crawford
Emma Crawford

Peer Support

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In Loving Memory of

Dr. Sarah Sottile

Director of Research