Sankofa Sober Living - Bird Street Coed Sober House

About this Sober House

Sankofa Sober Living - Bird Street is a certified coed sober house in Massachusetts, located on Bird Street in Boston's Dorchester section, in Suffolk County.

A Coed Sober House on Bird Street

This Dorchester sober house takes both men and women, including couples, and Sankofa describes itself as offering culturally competent care for people from any background who are working a recovery program. Bird Street sits in a residential stretch of Dorchester served by MBTA bus routes and the Fairmount Line, keeping the neighborhood's jobs, clinics and meetings within reach without a car.

Sankofa's House Expectations for Residents

Every resident is expected to be employed or have income, complete an assigned house task, attend a weekly house meeting and take part in drug screening. That combination gives a newly sober household a shared rhythm: everyone contributes to the house and answers to the same accountability structure.

Clinical Support Alongside Sober Housing

Sankofa connects residents to licensed professionals for individual counseling, relapse prevention and tobacco cessation. The house itself is peer housing, and its role is to keep residents stably housed while outside providers handle the clinical work.

What NARR Certification Through MASH Establishes

Sankofa Sober Living is certified by the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing, the state's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, at NARR's Level II standard. That means MASH has reviewed the house against a published code of ethics and confirmed it discloses fees and rules in writing before move-in, and it means the house is eligible for referrals from state agencies and from parole and probation officers, referrals an uncertified house cannot take.

Sankofa Sober Living's Other Boston Homes

Sankofa Sober Living also operates housing on Woolson Street elsewhere in Boston, giving residents a second address to consider if the Bird Street house is not the right fit.

All residents of FIRST Recovery Home are required to be employed or have a form of income, complete an indoor or outdoor task, attend a weekly house meeting, and participate in random drug screening.  The FIRST Recovery Home staff has many years of experience in the field of substance abuse and helps to provide access to the many varied collaborative social services in the surrounding areas.  At FIRST Recovery Home, recovery really matters.