Heart Mind Haven - Harrison Coed Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Heart Mind Haven – Harrison is a sober living home in Denver, Colorado, in Denver County, serving people of all genders in the LGBTQ+ community.

A Trans-Led Recovery Home for LGBTQ+ Colorado

Heart Mind Haven was founded by Maree McRae as a trans-led recovery housing organization, and the operator describes itself as one of a kind in Colorado. The Harrison location is one of two Denver-metro homes the organization runs, and it accepts adults eighteen and older across the gender spectrum, unlike most sober living homes that restrict the house to one gender.

Weekly, Short-Term and Long-Term Stays

Heart Mind Haven structures its housing around flexibility instead of a fixed program length, offering weekly, short-term and long-term stays depending on what a resident needs. That range matters for an LGBTQ+ population that often faces housing instability well beyond active addiction, and a resident is not forced into a single discharge timeline set by the house.

Medication-Assisted Recovery Supported On Site

The organization supports residents using medication for opioid use disorder, which matters for a population that reports higher rates of being turned away from sober living elsewhere over a prescribed medication. Keeping a resident's treatment plan and housing aligned is part of what distinguishes Heart Mind Haven from a more conventional single-gender program.

Colorado Certification and What It Means Here

Colorado requires certification through Ohio Recovery Housing – Colorado only for residences accepting state referrals or funding, and its absence from that list is not a mark against a house. Certification, where held, commits an operator to a published code of ethics and a complaint process outside the house.

Recovery Housing in Denver County

Denver concentrates LGBTQ+-specific health and social services more densely than almost anywhere else in the state, and a resident at the Harrison location has practical access to that network: outpatient providers, community organizations and public transit are all close at hand.

Two Locations Across the Denver Metro

Heart Mind Haven runs a second home, Heart Mind Haven – Sanctuary, in Lakewood, giving the organization a footprint on both sides of the metro area. A resident who needs a different setting can raise it with an organization that already knows their history.