How Can We Help?

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Welvida is the organization behind SoberHomes, a structured sober living and recovery housing program serving Reno and Sparks, Nevada.

Welvida was created from a simple observation: people often leave treatment, court, crisis services, hospitals, shelters, or family interventions with a plan — but without enough daily structure, accountability, and support to follow through.

SoberHomes addresses that gap by providing sober housing, written expectations, peer accountability, recovery routines, and independent-living practice in a real-world home environment.

Welvida’s broader work builds on decades of healthcare innovation experience focused on patient engagement, patient-centered care, behavioral health, and treatment adherence.

Welvida was created by people who have spent much of their lives working on large, practical problems in health, education, recovery, housing, and technology.

David Parpart, DC and Gopi Mamidipudi have both worked on projects aimed at changing systems, not just creating small programs. Their shared interest is simple: how do people, families, organizations, and communities move from good intentions to consistent follow-through?

Parpart’s work has included recovery housing, healthcare leadership, patient engagement, patient-centered care, and health-technology innovation. Mamidipudi’s work has included technology, scalable social-impact systems, education, and community-based solutions. Gopi earned a master’s degree in technology at age 19 and has continued to focus on technology that can support education, health and meaningful social change.

Their healthcare technology innovation work, ImpactMeds, focused on improving medication adherence and patient engagement. The work earned awards and finalist recognition in national healthcare innovation programs associated with Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Sanofi, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Boehringer Ingelheim / Health 2.0, Keiretsu Forum, and Health Information Technology Labs.

Mamidipudi and his siblings carry forward a long family legacy in education and social impact through the Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Foundation, also known as MVF India and MVF US. Founded in memory of Prof. M. Venkatarangaiya, MVF India has focused on social transformation, education, child rights, and community-based change. Over 30 years, MVF’s bridge schools and community-based education model helped more than 5 million children leave labor, enter the classroom, and earn high school diplomas.

In 2023, California’s behavioral-health infrastructure planning highlighted a major unmet need for recovery housing and related supports. The reports pointed to gaps at the intersection of behavioral health, substance use disorder, homelessness, housing instability, residential treatment capacity, and recovery support. Reading that work helped Parpart and Mamidipudi focus Welvida on a public-health problem that was both urgent and practical:

How can people receive more structure, support, accountability, and follow-through after treatment, crisis, housing instability, or a return to substance use?

That question led to two connected initiatives.

SoberHomes by Welvida provides structured sober living and recovery housing designed to help residents practice sobriety, accountability, peer support, house participation, and independent-living routines in daily life.

SoberPals by Welvida is Welvida’s mobile-first recovery participation and follow-through platform, currently being prepared for beta partner use. The beta is supported by MVF US, reflecting a shared commitment to scalable tools that can improve recovery participation, support, and community-based follow-through.