House of Rahab Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

House of Rahab is a women's sober house in Ellicott City, Maryland, in Howard County, operated by a certified operator.

A Women's Sober House Named House of Rahab

House of Rahab is the primary residence run by Project Encompass, an organization built around long-term transitional housing for women leaving incarceration, addiction, or homelessness. Residents can stay in the program up to eighteen months, considerably longer than a typical shelter stay.

What MCORR Certification Establishes

The operator behind House of Rahab is certified under MCORR, Maryland's Certification of Recovery Residence program under COMAR 10.63.08. Certification requires a published code of ethics, written fees and rules disclosed before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and acceptance of outside complaint review. No certification level is published for this or any Maryland residence.

A Faith-Based Program in Central Maryland

The house follows a twelve-step, Christian-based recovery model paired with mentoring, vocational development, job readiness training, and life skills instruction. Child reunification support matters here, since most residents in the program have children they do not currently have custody of.

Living in Howard County

Ellicott City, the Howard County seat, sits between Baltimore and Washington in Central Maryland, and the specific street address for House of Rahab is not published. Applications go through Project Encompass directly, which also runs a second residence, House of Deborah, in the same county.