About this Recovery Home
New Directions Housing is a recovery residence in Clinton, Iowa, in Clinton County, on South 19th Street. It is a ten-unit apartment community operated by the Area Substance Abuse Council, and it is built for families continuing recovery after treatment, with each household holding its own apartment.
Apartment-Style Recovery Housing on South 19th Street
The form here is different from most sober living. Residents hold their own apartment inside a small complex of ten units, with their own kitchen, their own door and room for children. That answers a problem the standard shared-bedroom model cannot solve. A parent leaving treatment usually has to choose between recovery housing and living with their own kids, and this address removes the choice. The complex is equipped with resources that support recovery, and it is long-term housing, not a thirty-day landing spot.
Who Qualifies for This Clinton Recovery Home
Tenant criteria follow guidelines set by HUD and the Affordable Housing Network, and priority goes to people who have recently completed substance use disorder treatment. Applicants must meet the following:
- Household income below fifty percent of the regional median income.
- At least two months of verifiable employment.
- Every bedroom occupied by an adult or a child, with expected babies counting toward the total.
- No listing on the sex offender registry.
- Agreement to all apartment and complex rules.
Applications are made through an ASAC counselor or directly to the organization.
An Eastern Iowa Recovery Housing Provider Behind the Program
The Area Substance Abuse Council has operated in eastern Iowa for decades, running prevention, outpatient treatment, residential care and recovery services across seven counties from its Cedar Rapids base. Housing is the last piece of that chain. Because the same organization provides the counseling and the apartment, a resident's care navigator, peer recovery coach and landlord are reachable through one phone system, and a tenancy does not have to be rebuilt from scratch when a treatment episode ends.
Clinton County Recovery Housing on the Mississippi
Clinton is the county seat of Clinton County and one of the Mississippi River cities of eastern Iowa, with the Quad Cities forty minutes downriver and Cedar Rapids about ninety minutes west. ASAC keeps an office in the city and operates residential programs here as well, so a household in this complex sits inside a local network of services instead of commuting to one. For a family that wants to stay in Clinton County while a parent stabilizes, that proximity is the practical argument for this address.
How Iowa Certifies Recovery Housing
Iowa has no NARR affiliate and no published list of certified residences. Certification intake runs through the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services under its own recovery housing protocol and checklist, and it is voluntary for any provider not seeking state reimbursement or Recovery Housing Fund money. In a state structured that way, a household evaluating recovery housing is looking at the operator's licensure, its tenure and its written rules.
ABOUT US
ND Housing also provides a playground area for supervised children and their families, a community room for social gatherings and activities, a computer center, and on-site supportive services such as substance use disorder counseling, life skills classes, and support groups. There is also a tenant council that represents the community in providing program feedback.
