Shepherd House Women's Sober House

About this Sober House

Shepherd House is a women's sober living home on Windermere Road in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County, run by Victory Programs Inc.

A Women's Recovery Home in Dorchester

Shepherd House serves women in long-term addiction recovery, with priority placement for pregnant women and mothers with infants. Victory Programs Inc, which runs the house, is a large Boston-based nonprofit operating housing and recovery programs across the city, giving Shepherd House the backing of an organization with decades of experience in residential recovery.

A Ninety-Day Minimum With Room to Extend

Residents commit to a minimum ninety-day stay, extendable up to eight months, setting Shepherd House apart from shorter transitional programs. That window gives women, especially those balancing early recovery with pregnancy or a new infant, time to stabilize housing, income and childcare before facing a hard deadline to move out.

Counseling and Daily Living Support

Programming includes individual and group counseling, case management, and daily living supports such as congregate meals and structured activities. Victory Programs Inc blends that counseling with holistic modalities, including meditation, art therapy and recreational activities, aimed at addressing the multiple barriers to wellness that often accompany early recovery for mothers.

Dorchester and Suffolk County

Dorchester is Boston's largest neighborhood, and Shepherd House sits within reach of the city's hospitals, courts and outpatient providers without requiring a resident to leave the neighborhood for most appointments. For a new mother in recovery, that density of nearby services matters more than it would for someone without a young child depending on them.

Reaching Shepherd House

Applications go through Victory Programs Inc, which manages intake for Shepherd House alongside its other Boston housing and recovery programs. Because the program centers on pregnant women and mothers with infants, prospective residents should ask directly how the ninety-day minimum interacts with childcare, medical appointments and any current custody arrangements.