The Van Epps Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

The Van Epps is a men's recovery residence in Delray Beach, Florida, in Palm Beach County. RECO Institute runs it as part of its transitional sober housing, and the house is named in memory of Cole Van Epps.

A Men's Sober House Named for Someone Lost

Memorial names are common in recovery housing and they are not decoration. A house carrying a person's name puts the stakes of the work in the doorway, every day, for everyone who lives there. Residents know who the house is named for. That is a different atmosphere from a numbered unit in a portfolio, and operators who name houses this way tend to be operators who lost someone.

Space and Light in This Delray Beach Recovery Home

The operator lists a backyard swimming pool, a newly remodeled chef-inspired kitchen and thirty-foot ceilings. Ceiling height is the unglamorous detail that changes how a shared house feels when eight people are home on a rainy Sunday. A pool in South Florida is a year-round common space, and it gives a household somewhere to be together that costs nothing, which matters when most residents are working entry-level hours and counting money.

A Men's Recovery Residence in a Quiet Residential Community

The house sits in a quiet residential part of Delray Beach. Its exact address is not published, and placement is handled by the operator. Delray Beach is on the Atlantic coast in southern Palm Beach County, with West Palm Beach, the county seat, roughly twenty miles north. Interstate 95, US Highway 1 and the Tri-Rail line run the length of the corridor, and Palm Tran covers local routes, so residents can reach Boca Raton, Boynton Beach or West Palm Beach for work or treatment without a car.

Certification and Florida Recovery Homes

Recovery residences in Florida are certified voluntarily through the Florida Association of Recovery Residences, which the Department of Children and Families approved as the state's credentialing entity for residences. Certification means fees and rules are disclosed in writing before move-in, a relapse and discharge policy exists on paper, and complaints go to a reviewer outside the house. Ask the operator about the current status of this specific residence.