About this Recovery House
Phoenix House is a women's sober living home on North Mitchell Street in Boise, Idaho, in Ada County. Phoenix House of Idaho runs it, and the organization has provided recovery housing in the Treasure Valley since 2015.
A Women's Sober House in West Boise
Mitchell Street runs north off the Fairview Avenue corridor in west Boise, in an established residential neighborhood of single-family homes. The location does specific work for a resident. Fairview is one of the city's principal arterials, served end to end by Valley Regional Transit and lined with retail, restaurant and clinic employers that hire without a long resume. A woman here can hold a job, an outpatient appointment and a meeting without owning a vehicle, and west Boise rents are what make the arrangement affordable in the first place.
A Locally Founded Boise Recovery Home
Ryan and April York started Phoenix House of Idaho in 2015, buying one sober living house. He is a physical therapist and she is a middle-school teacher. Chris Mecham joined the organization in 2016. The founders live and work in the same city as the housing, which is the practical case for a locally owned operator: admissions, fee and discharge decisions are made by people a resident can reach, and the organization's standing rests on one set of neighbors and one local referral network.
Parent and Child Recovery Housing
Phoenix House of Idaho describes parent and child recovery housing as part of what it does. For a woman in early recovery, whether children can live in the house is frequently the question that decides everything else, and very few Idaho houses answer it in the affirmative. Anyone applying should ask directly whether this address takes children, what ages, and what the arrangement requires. The answer belongs in writing before a move-in date is set.
Idaho Recovery Residences and the Missing State Registry
Idaho has no certifying body for recovery residences. There is no registry, no published levels, and no state affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences. Nothing about a women's sober house in Boise is reviewed or listed by a state agency, and absence from a list carries no meaning here because no list exists. What replaces it is diligence: a walkthrough, a written agreement, and a conversation with the outpatient providers and recovery centers who send women to these houses.
Boise Recovery Housing for Women in Ada County
Boise is the seat of Ada County and holds most of Idaho's women's recovery housing. That depth is worth something concrete. Outpatient providers, both hospital systems, the Ada County drug and mental health courts, the College of Western Idaho and a large entry-level job market are inside a single metro connected by one bus system. A woman managing a court obligation, a treatment schedule, a job and childcare in the same week has a realistic chance of doing it from a Boise address and very little chance of doing it from a rural one.
What to Ask This Boise Women's Sober House
Ask what the fee is and what it covers. Ask whether a house manager lives on site. Ask how many women share a bedroom. Ask whether children are permitted and under what conditions. Ask what ends a stay, how much notice comes with it, and how a deposit is returned. Ask whether medication for opioid use disorder is accepted. Idaho requires none of these disclosures, so getting them in writing is the resident's own safeguard. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare maintains program information for Idaho's regional behavioral health boards.
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While at Phoenix House, you will begin to function as a transformed person, free of drugs and alcohol. Our shared strength and respect for each other, recovering under common circumstances, make this transition a reality. People need a supportive environment to live, sort out priorities, change attitudes, and prepare for a new and productive life. At Phoenix House, we believe that everyone can be successful and we will work with you, your family and your recovery providers to help you maintain your sobriety.
