About this Recovery Home
Bonaventure House in Chicago, Illinois is a recovery residence in Cook County, in the Lakeview neighborhood on the city's North Side, operated by Ascension Illinois Housing and Health Alliance.
Who Bonaventure House Houses
Bonaventure House serves individuals experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness with qualifying medical conditions. The program is built around that combination of housing need and medical need. Those two problems are usually handled by separate systems, and a person carrying both is the one most often passed between them, so a residence organized around the pair is designed for exactly that person.
Who Is Admitted
Admission at Bonaventure House is open regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, physical challenges or disability, or income. For anyone weighing recovery housing in Chicago, that policy answers the eligibility question at the outset. Publishing it also gives an applicant something concrete to point to, which is worth more than an assurance offered over the phone.
A Lakeview Address Close to Care and Transit
Bonaventure House's Lakeview location puts residents within comfortable distance of medical care, recovery services, employment opportunities and public transit. For a resident managing a medical condition alongside recovery, that proximity is what keeps appointments reachable week after week. Lakeview is one of Chicago's North Side community areas, running inland from the lakefront, and Wellington Avenue is one of the residential streets crossing it, with CTA rail service reaching the street itself.
Aftercare Check-Ins Every Three Months
The program includes aftercare with check-ins every three months. A resident's connection to Bonaventure House therefore runs on a published schedule rather than ending on the day of departure. A quarterly rhythm is long enough to let someone get on with an ordinary life and short enough that a difficult stretch does not go unnoticed for a year.
A State-Licensed Recovery Home in Cook County
The Ascension Illinois Housing and Health Alliance's recovery homes are licensed by the state of Illinois, and Bonaventure House is one of them. State licensing puts an outside standard behind a Cook County recovery housing address where residents live on site, and it means the operator answers to a public agency for how the home is run.
The Alliance's Other Illinois Home
Ascension Illinois Housing and Health Alliance also runs The Harbor in Waukegan, in Lake County. Someone looking at sober living in Chicago and someone looking north of the city are dealing with one organization at two addresses. Confirm current openings and admission requirements with Ascension Illinois Housing and Health Alliance directly.
ABOUT US
The facility comprises 35 fully furnished private rooms, complete food service, a conference room, a TV room, a chapel, a learning center, 24/7 staffing, and administrative offices.
These resources joined with a supportive, family atmosphere, and a strong sense of community, serve the spiritual and practical needs of the residents. Bonaventure House's location in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood offers residents a variety of opportunities for medical and recovery services.
