Hazelbrook Sober Living - Jewel House Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Hazelbrook Sober Living - Jewel House is a certified sober living home in Lakewood, Colorado, in Jefferson County, operated by Hazelbrook Sober Living Homes.

Recovery Housing in Lakewood, Jefferson County

Lakewood is the largest city in Jefferson County and sits directly west of Denver along the Colfax corridor. Golden holds the county seat and the county courts, a short drive northwest. The W Line light rail runs from the Federal Center through Lakewood into downtown Denver, putting jobs and outpatient appointments on both sides of the county line within reach of a transit pass.

What Colorado Sober Living Certification Establishes

Recovery residences in Colorado are certified by an organization the state Behavioral Health Administration has approved for the job. Ohio Recovery Housing - Colorado carries that approval and publishes the statewide directory this residence appears in. What certification buys a resident is specific: a written code of ethics, fees and house rules disclosed before move in, a written policy for what happens after a relapse, and complaints reviewed by someone outside the household. State referrals and state dollars have followed that certificate since House Bill 19-1009.

Nonreligious Recovery Housing in Lakewood

This residence is listed in the state directory as not faith based. No religious practice, belief system or attendance record is required of anyone living there, and no part of the program is organized around one. Colorado has faith based recovery housing, and it suits the people who choose it. Someone who does not want that model, or has already left a house that required it, can treat the question as settled.

Paying for a Sober House in Lakewood

Rent subsidy is recorded as available through this operator, and the company accepts Medicaid. For someone leaving detox with no savings and no paycheck yet, those two facts are often the difference between a bed this week and a bed in a month. The exact weekly figure and the deposit should be requested in writing, along with what each covers. Utilities and high speed internet are included in what the operator provides, so the number quoted lands closer to what a resident actually pays than a private rental would.

What to Ask Before Moving Into This Sober House

The certificate obliges the operator to commit these answers to writing before anyone signs a lease, so raise them at the first call:

• What the fee includes and whether utilities and internet are part of it.
• Who is on site overnight.
• How the house handles a resident who relapses.
• Whether medication is stored centrally or kept by the resident.
• How a complaint gets past the house to the operator and the certifying body.