About this Recovery Home
Yana House in Chicago, Illinois is a certified sober living home for men in Cook County, on South Normal Avenue on the city's South Side.
Certified by the Illinois Association of Extended Care
The Illinois Association of Extended Care lists Yana House, operated by YANA House Recovery, as certified on its recovery residence registry. That listing is published by the certifying body itself, so a family can check the status independently of anything the operator says. Certification of that kind means the house has agreed to be measured against a published standard, and that the body applying it will say publicly whether the house still meets it. The registry of IAEC-certified recovery residences covers homes across the state.
Licensed Under Illinois DHS and DASA Rules
YANA House is a licensed facility and adheres to all DHS and DASA administrative rules and requirements. Licensing and certification are separate standards applied by different bodies, and Yana House carries both. One comes from a state agency and one from the state's recovery residence association, so a resident lives under two sets of expectations written by two different authorities.
Men Recovering From Alcohol and Drug Addiction
Yana House works with men recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. A single-gender household on the South Side means every resident is working the same broad problem in the same setting, and a man weighing sober living in Chicago knows the makeup of the house before he applies.
Linkage to Treatment and Twelve Step Fellowships
The program provides linkages to addiction treatment services as well as substance abuse self-help services such as AA, NA and other twelve step programs. Treatment and meetings therefore happen through connected services, with Yana House as the place a man lives while he does that work. Being handed a route into those services counts for most at the start, when someone new to the neighborhood has no idea which door to knock on first.
Hours Every Day of the Week
Yana House publishes hours of Monday through Sunday, 24 hours a day. A house that keeps the same hours across the whole week gives residents one fewer variable to plan around, and a man working a night shift or a weekend rotation is not fitting his housing around an office schedule.
A Founder's Philosophy on Chicago's South Side
YANA House founder Charlie P. put the approach in one line: change the way you think and your thinking will change your actions. That idea is what the house publishes as the basis of its work, and it sits alongside IAEC certification and state licensing at a Cook County address. South Normal Avenue runs through the South Side street grid, and Chicago is the seat of Cook County. Confirm current availability with Yana House directly.
ABOUT US
Encouraging Change services are targeted at supporting an individual with their recovery from substance abuse. Â The program provides linkages to addiction treatment services as well as substance abuse self-help services such as AA, NA and other 12 step programs.
These are part of the individuals personal recovery plan. Â YANA House is a licensed facility, and adheres to all DHS/DASA administrative rules and requirements.
