About this Recovery House
Evans Home is a men's recovery residence in Aurora, Colorado, in Arapahoe County, operated by Transitions Sober Living. The operator has run certified recovery housing in the Denver metro area since 2019 and keeps six houses for men across the region. No street address is published for this house. Screening and placement go through the operator, which assigns applicants to whichever residence has an opening that fits.
A Men's Recovery Residence in Southeast Aurora
Men live here and nobody else does. Single gender housing is the norm in Colorado recovery housing for a practical reason: one household, one set of rules, one conversation about shared bathrooms and quiet hours. Aurora puts that household inside the largest job market on the eastern side of the metro area. The Havana Street and Colfax Avenue corridors carry entry level work in retail, food service and warehousing, the Anschutz Medical Campus sits within the city limits, and RTD bus routes and the H line light rail reach downtown Denver without a car. For a man rebuilding a routine in his first year, that combination decides more than the street name does.
Certified Recovery Housing Under Colorado's Approved Body
Colorado does not license recovery residences directly. The state approves certifying bodies, and those bodies certify houses. Transitions Sober Living has held certification since 2019 through Ohio Recovery Housing - Colorado, the approved certifying body and Colorado's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences. What certification buys a resident is documentation: a published code of ethics, fees and house rules handed over in writing before move in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and a complaint route that leads outside the house. State House Bill 19-1009 ties referrals and public funding to certification by an approved body, so a certified operator is the one a treatment center or a probation officer can refer into. Colorado publishes no level rating for individual residences, so there is no tier to compare here.
Who This Aurora Sober Living Home Is Built For
The operator publishes its admission terms. Residents must be eighteen or older, agree to drug and alcohol screening, and arrive willing to participate actively in a recovery program. Applicants with an arson conviction or a conviction of a sexual nature are not accepted. Typical stays run three to twelve months, with no maximum for a resident in full compliance. That suits a man coming out of detox, residential treatment or a jail sentence who has somewhere to be during the day. Anyone needing clinical supervision or nursing care on site is a poor match, because this is housing and the clinical work happens elsewhere.
All Pathways and MAT Friendly Sober Living
Medication assisted treatment is accepted, so a prescription for buprenorphine or methadone does not close the door. The houses are also all pathways, which means no particular recovery program is mandatory. Twelve step meetings, SMART Recovery, a faith community, therapy and medication all count as an active program here. Many sober houses still require Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous attendance and turn away residents on medication, and for a man who has already found something that works, that requirement decides whether he keeps a routine or rebuilds one.
Recovery Homes Across Aurora and the Denver Metro Area
Six residences carry the Transitions Sober Living name, spread across Aurora and Denver's Green Valley Ranch neighborhood. Aurora itself crosses three counties, and this house sits in the Arapahoe County portion, where Littleton is the county seat and the county's courts, probation and human services are administered. The spread has a practical use. A resident who lands a job on the north side of the metro area, or who needs distance from a particular neighborhood, can move between houses inside the same organization under the same expectations.
Questions to Ask Before Moving Into This Sober House
Because the address is unpublished, the first conversation with the operator is where the details get settled. Certification obliges an answer to most of them:
- What the weekly or monthly fee covers, and what a deposit holds.
- Whether a house manager lives on site, and who is reachable overnight.
- How bedrooms are assigned and how many men share the house.
- What happens after a relapse, and what the written discharge policy says.
- Which residence an applicant would actually be placed in, and where it sits in the metro area.
A certified operator has to put the fee schedule, the house rules and the discharge policy in writing before anyone signs.
Admission Requirements
*18 years of age or older
*Submit to an entry drug/alcohol screening
*Sign a Client Agreement and Contract
*Mentally and physically able to work, volunteer full-time, or attend school. We encourage these activities within two weeks of move-in.
*Willing and motivated to actively participate in a recovery program
*Willing and motivated to maintain sobriety
*Able to financially support housing and personal needs
*Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) friendly
Program fees:
*$150 non-refundable processing fee
*$845 program fee
All prices are subject to change.
What's included:
*All utilities (water, gas, electric, trash, premium cable, high speed Wi-Fi)
*Washer/dryer
*Multiple flat-screen smart TVs
*Fully equipped kitchen
*Comfortable memory foam beds, linens and towels
*Monthly professional cleaning service
What to bring:
*Clothing
*Toiletries, personal items
*Food
