The New Opportunity School for Women challenges Appalachian women to live their best lives.
The New Opportunity School for Women is a nonprofit that empowers women to overcome past traumas and heal. Our programs offer space for looking inward. They build confidence so steps toward education, employment and financial independence no longer seem unattainable.
Transforming pain into confidence
We support women along each step of their journey.
How to Help
There are many ways to connect and make a difference
Our History
NOSW founder Jane Stephenson calls it “a miracle program.” NOSW history is an amazing story!
For Over
33 Years
Impacting Over
768 Women
Through Over
72 Residential Sessions
News & Events
Find out about what NOSW is doing.
We’re back in person!
With many folks fully vaccinated, NOSW is thrilled to once again be offering in-person programming. On April 26, 28 and 30, we offered our first three-day in-person program since the pandemic for a small group of women at Safe Harbor, an emergency…
Women connect and grow through online workshops
When the pandemic struck last year, we looked at each other and wondered how we’d go forward. The NOSW approach is rooted in women connecting – in person. But we rolled up our sleeves and got creative, developing online programs so we could…
