The Cedar House Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

The Cedar House is a women's sober living home in Abilene, Kansas, the seat of Dickinson County, operated by the Cedar House Foundation.

A Women's Sober House in Abilene

This sober house in Abilene serves women only, which keeps the household's meetings, mentorship and shared space built around one population. Abilene is a small central Kansas city, and a house here puts residents close to the same downtown corridor that carries most of the town's services and employers.

The Cedar House Foundation's Recovery Model

The Cedar House Foundation was founded by Patti O'Malley to give women coming out of Kansas's drug court system, and any woman seeking long-term sobriety, a community built around peer mentorship. The model pairs newer residents with women who already hold established long-term sobriety, blending structured accountability with the kind of relationship that keeps someone accountable past the length of a program.

Funding Behind a Kansas Nonprofit Recovery Home

The foundation's housing work draws on state opioid remediation funding and support from the Sunflower Foundation, both public and philanthropic dollars committed specifically to Kansas's response to substance use. That backing lets the organization keep its recovery housing open to women broadly, not only those referred through the courts.

No State Certification, a Local Nonprofit Instead

Kansas has no NARR affiliate and no state registry for recovery residences, so nothing certifies a house like this one at the state level. What stands in its place here is a named nonprofit foundation, a public funding trail, and a founder whose model is a matter of local record.

Recovery Housing in Dickinson County

Abilene is the seat of Dickinson County, and a women's recovery home in the county seat keeps residents within reach of the county's court system, social services and the handful of employers that a small central Kansas town can offer. That proximity matters more here than it would in a larger city with more addresses to choose from.