About this Recovery Home
Brighter, Behavior, Choices, in Chicago, Illinois, is a recovery residence for women in Cook County, operated by a certified operator, Brighter, Behavior, Choices, Inc. NFP, as part of its Housing Initiative Program.
A Women's Recovery Residence on the Southwest Side
Brighter, Behavior, Choices Inc. describes itself as a not-for-profit, licensed intervention and recovery home provider agency for women, and this listing covers the residential side of that work. The address sits in the Chicago Lawn area of the city's Southwest Side, within Cook County. A women-only household settles the first question most applicants and referring workers raise, and it means the residence is organized around one population rather than divided inside a single building.
Operated by a Certified Operator
The Illinois Association of Extended Care, the state's NARR affiliate, lists Brighter, Behavior, Choices Inc., NFP among the certified providers on its Illinois register. That certification attaches to the provider organization rather than to a single street address. The distinction is worth holding onto when reading listings: what the register establishes here is that the organization running the house has been through a certification process, and the register itself is open for anyone to read.
The Housing Initiative Program
The operator publishes 6525 South Campbell Avenue as its Housing Initiative Program address, which is the address this listing covers. Naming the housing arm separately from the rest of the organization is what lets a prospective resident tell which of its addresses is the residential one before making a call.
A Separate Site for the Recovery Cafe
Brighter, Behavior, Choices Inc. also operates 6506 South Western Avenue under the name Phase II - The Recovery Cafe Chicago. The Recovery Cafe address is a program site, not a residence. Both addresses sit in the same stretch of the Southwest Side, so a woman using each of them is moving between two nearby locations run by one organization.
Twelve-Step Groups and Recovery Circles
Programming published by the organization includes a 12 Step Anonymous Group, a Recovery Circle and a School for Recovery Arts and Crafts, so a resident's week combines conventional step work with group and creative sessions run by the same organization. Programming delivered in house puts fixed points in the week that do not depend on finding an outside meeting first.
Recovery Housing in Chicago Lawn
For women searching for sober living in Chicago, Illinois, or recovery housing on the city's Southwest Side, Brighter, Behavior, Choices offers a women-only recovery residence in Cook County behind a certified provider organization. Chicago Lawn is a Southwest Side community area built around Marquette Park, one of the larger parks in the Chicago park system, and it sits well inside the city rather than on its edge.
ABOUT US
OUR VISION
​To expand our program to accommodate the needs of the community wide, including women, men and families by providing opportunities for psycho-social, holistic, realistic, and therapeutic care.
OUR GOAL
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To decrease the Incidence of homelessness and unemployment
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Reduce recidivism
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Enforce tools to support long term sobriety
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Educate individuals to be self sufficient
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Recreational development
