Grace House Men's Recovery Home

About this Recovery Home

Grace House sits in Chicago, Illinois, a men's recovery home on North Damen Avenue in the North Center community area, in Cook County. A Fresh Start Sober Living publishes Grace House as its North Damen men's facility.

A Men's Recovery Residence in North Center

A Fresh Start gives the boundaries of North Center as Addison, Montrose, the Chicago River and Ravenswood, and names North Damen Avenue as the street of Grace House. That places Grace House in a different part of Chicago from the Roscoe Village blocks where most of the operator's houses stand. North Center is one of Chicago's official community areas, and North Damen Avenue is a north to south arterial running the length of the North Side, which makes the address easy to locate from anywhere on that side of the city.

A Rehabbed Chicago Two-Flat

A Fresh Start describes Grace House as a beautifully rehabbed two-flat building. The two-flat is a classic Chicago residential building type, so Grace House reads as a home on its street rather than as an institution. Grace House has a backyard with a fire pit, outdoor space belonging to the house itself rather than borrowed from the neighborhood, and somewhere residents can sit together in the evening without leaving the property.

Between Inpatient Care and Returning Home

A Fresh Start describes its approach as occupying the space between inpatient care and returning home, and Grace House is one of the two men's residences where that approach is applied. The operator suggests a stay of ten to twelve months. A suggested stay of that length sets the expectation that a man leaves Grace House on a date he has planned for, with work and a routine already in place rather than still to be built.

Where Grace House Fits Among A Fresh Start's Homes

Grace House and Lincoln House are the operator's two men's residences. The A Fresh Start women's houses are Claremont House, Oakley House and Belmont House in Roscoe Village, and Addison House and Addison House 2 in Old Irving Park. A man looking at recovery housing in Cook County can therefore choose a North Center setting at Grace House or a Roscoe Village setting at Lincoln House inside one program.

Confirming a Place at Grace House

Contact A Fresh Start Sober Living for current openings at Grace House on North Damen Avenue.