The Potter's House Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

The Potter's House is a men's sober living home on Potter House Road in Jefferson, Georgia, the seat of Jackson County. It holds Level IV Type C (Clinical) certification through the GARR Network and runs a year-long, Christian residential recovery program on 550 acres of farmland.

A Men's Recovery Home on 550 Acres

The Potter's House serves men only, and the property itself sets it apart from a typical sober living house: 550 acres of farmland in rural Jackson County give residents room for the daily work and outdoor routine the program builds its year around. Jefferson is a small county seat in northeast Georgia, close enough to Athens and metro Atlanta to draw referrals from both.

What GARR Clinical Certification Establishes

Level IV Type C certification is GARR's clinical tier, reserved for residences that combine housing with a structured clinical program. The Potter's House commits to a published code of ethics, discloses its program in writing, and accepts outside complaint review, the same as any certified residence, while its clinical level reflects a program that pairs counseling and life skills instruction directly into the year residents spend on site.

A Year-Long, Donor-Funded Program

Residents typically spend a full year at The Potter's House, moving through personalized counseling, life skills development and guidance from certified peer specialists with their own recovery experience. The program is fully funded by donors, which removes cost as a barrier to a resident who has somewhere to go but no way to pay for it.

Part of Atlanta Mission's Recovery Network

The Potter's House operates as a ministry of Atlanta Mission, an Atlanta nonprofit serving people experiencing homelessness and addiction since 1938. Men at Atlanta Mission's downtown campus, The Shepherd's Inn, are referred to The Potter's House when long-term residential recovery is the right next step, giving residents a pathway from crisis shelter in the city to a full year of structured recovery in the country.

Recovery Housing in Jackson County

Jackson County sits between Athens and metro Atlanta along the Interstate 85 corridor, and Jefferson, the county seat, anchors a rural stretch of northeast Georgia where certified clinical-level recovery housing is otherwise scarce.