Independence Village Coed Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Independence Village is a certified coed recovery residence in Jacksonville, Florida, in Duval County. It is operated by Gateway Community Services, a Jacksonville addiction treatment provider that runs a continuum of recovery housing beyond its clinical programs.

Permanent Supportive Housing on the Alumni House Campus

Independence Village sits on the same campus as Gateway's Alumni House, the transitional program most residents come through first, and it offers fifty-six apartments spread across seven two-story buildings. Where Alumni House is a structured, time-limited stay, Independence Village is built as permanent supportive housing, meant for people who have already stabilized and are ready for a more independent living arrangement.

A Coed Recovery Residence for Long-Term Stability

The residence houses men and women together, which fits its purpose: this is not a short peer-managed sober house but a longer-term apartment community for people continuing recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction after finishing more structured programming. Residents keep their own recovery routines, meetings and outside supports, and the apartment format gives them more privacy than a shared-bedroom sober house.

Part of Gateway Community Services' Housing Continuum

Gateway Community Services runs Independence Village as one stage in a housing pathway that starts at Alumni House, a transitional program for men and women, and continues through several other recovery housing locations the organization maintains around Jacksonville. Someone can move from a supervised transitional bed into an Independence Village apartment without leaving an organization that already knows their history.

Recovery Housing in Jacksonville and Duval County

Jacksonville's city and county governments are consolidated, so Independence Village's reach extends across the entire Duval County recovery community. The city's size gives residents access to a full range of outpatient providers, twelve-step meetings and entry-level employment, which matters most for people in Independence Village's later, more independent stage of recovery.