About this Recovery House
The Shepherd's House is a sober living home for veterans in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in Allen County, at 519 Tennessee Ave.
A Veteran-Focused Recovery Residence
The Shepherd's House restricts its program to veterans, a narrower focus than most Indiana recovery housing. Founders Lonnie and Barb Cox built the program specifically around military service and the reintegration challenges that come after deployment, and the organization's board and support network include several current and former elected officials and judges from the Fort Wayne area, a sign of how embedded the program is in the local veteran services network.
Clinical Treatment Alongside Housing
Unlike a peer-run sober house, the Shepherd's House runs a clinical program on site, with a licensed social worker, case management, dialectical behavioral therapy and a dedicated trauma recovery meeting alongside standard 12-step and AA meetings. That combination is built for veterans carrying co-occurring mental health diagnoses alongside substance use, where housing alone is not enough.
Indiana's Recovery Residence Framework
Indiana only requires a house to appear on the state's DMHA Recovery Residence list if it takes Recovery Works funding or markets itself using the words "recovery residence," so a clinically focused veterans' program can operate outside that framework without it reflecting on the program itself. Anyone evaluating the Shepherd's House should still ask directly about its standing with the Indiana Affiliation of Recovery Residences alongside its clinical licensing.
Recovery Housing in Fort Wayne and Allen County
Fort Wayne is the seat of Allen County and the largest city in Northeast Indiana, home to a Veterans Affairs clinic and a concentration of the courts, employers and social services a veteran rebuilding a life after service typically needs. The Shepherd's House works within that same infrastructure, drawing referrals from a network that includes local judges and elected officials.
ABOUT US
Shepherd's House believes that the bondage of addiction, whether alcoholism, chemical dependence, gambling or other dependence, can and will be broken by the POWER of Jesus Christ.
Experience has shown us that, of those who successfully complete the program, bond with the twelve step communities, develop a strong spiritual foundation, and stay clean and sober for the first year, three out of four will have lasting sobriety.
The mission of Shepherd's House is to rebuild the lives of those who society views as hopeless into sober and productive assets to the community.
Our vision is to return Veterans self-sufficient, employed, and empowered with a sober vision of hope for the future.
