
Recovery housing
provides individuals who have a substance use disorder with a greater chance of achieving long-term recovery and is associated with numerous positive outcomes, including:
• Decreased substance use
• Reduced probability of relapse/re-occurrence
• Lower rates of incarceration
• Higher income
• Increased employment
• Improved family functioning
Following up on the June 2, 2022 online program:
🏡 Recovery Lives Here
Finding a home where recovery can thrive.
Early recovery (up to two years) can be a hopeful and healing time, particularly when reinforced by safe, supportive housing. Where someone lives during this important period is crucial to reducing “triggers” and the return to use.
Recovery housing provides individuals who have a substance use disorder with a greater chance of achieving long-term recovery and is associated with numerous positive outcomes, including:
• Decreased substance use • Reduced probability of relapse/re-occurrence
• Lower rates of incarceration • Higher income
• Increased employment • Improved family functioning
Our panel helped us to navigate the various types of housing, from therapeutic to structured to flexible. We explored the best opportunities for recovery to thrive!
Meet Our Panelists!

Joi Honer
Engagement Coordinator
Retreat Behavioral Health

Fred Burke
Pennsylvania Department of
Drug & Alcohol Programs

Megan Cohen
Founder
The Grace Project

Senior Substance Abuse Counselor
Rutgers College Recovery Program

Person in Recovery & Experience with
a Collegiate Recovery Program
> Recovery Residence Levels of Support
National Association of Recovery Residencies (NARR)
> What Did We Learn from Our Study on Sober Living Houses and Where Do We Go from Here?
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
> Are You Looking at Sober-Living Houses? Here Are a Few Things You Should Know
Hazeldon Betty Ford
> Pennsylvania Recovery Homes & Halfway Houses
> Pennsylvania Sober Living Homes
PA 211
> CARF: Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
> Pennsylvania Act 59
Referenced by Fred Burke of the PA Department of Drug & Alcohol Programs
> Stop & Surrender (North Philadelphia residency that supports LGBTQIA+ populations)
> Pennsylvania Licensed Recovery Housing Locator
> Pennsylvania Act 59
Referenced by Fred Burke of the PA Department of Drug & Alcohol Programs
> Bucks County Recovery House Association
> Chester County Recovery Homes
Compass Mark
> Montgomery County Drug and Alcohol Recovery Support Services
> Learn about Collegiate Recovery Programs
Association of Recovery in Higher Education (ARHE)
> Local Collegiate Recovery Programs:
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Community College of Philadelphia
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Montgomery County Community College
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Rutgers University
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St. Joseph’s University