Ernie Turner Center Coed Recovery House

About this Recovery House

The Ernie Turner Center is a coed recovery home on Eklutna Lake Road in Chugiak, Alaska, within the Municipality of Anchorage. It houses sixteen adults aged eighteen and over during a stay built around ninety days.

The building sits on a six-acre wooded tract near Eklutna Village, about half an hour north of downtown Anchorage. It replaced an older facility on busy Tudor Road, and the quiet was a deliberate choice rather than an accident of real estate.

What This Chugiak Recovery Residence Provides

Residents receive individual and group counseling, case management and peer recovery support across the stay. Staff work with each person on what happens after ninety days, which in Alaska often means coordinating a return to a community with no local services at all.

Alaska Native Culture At This Recovery Home

Services are steeped in Alaska Native values. The building includes a carving room, an arts and crafts area, a fitness center and a therapeutic sweat lodge. Residents eat traditional foods and take part in harvesting berries, salmon and hooligan. The center serves Alaska Native and American Indian people alongside residents from every other background.

A Sober House Built For The Outdoors

The setting supports hiking, horseback riding and gardening. For people whose recovery depends on having somewhere to put restless energy through a long winter, physical space is a practical asset rather than a nice view.

Who This Recovery Housing Serves

Admission is open to adults with substance use or mental health conditions recommended for inpatient care, including people experiencing chronic homelessness connected to substance use. The program is coed.

Municipality Of Anchorage Recovery Homes And Access

Chugiak sits on the road system inside the Municipality of Anchorage, close enough to the city for appointments and far enough out to feel genuinely separate. Residents keep access to Anchorage's outpatient network without living in the middle of it.