Men of Dignity| King St Men's Sober House

About this Sober House

Men of Dignity - King St is a men's sober living home on King Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, in Worcester County. It is certified by the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing and operated by Men of Dignity, which runs two other men's houses in the city. The house holds 31 residents, the largest of the three.

A Men's Sober House on King Street

King Street houses men only, and its size sets it apart from the organization's other Worcester addresses: 31 residents live under one roof, split across shared bedrooms and common spaces that a single House Mentor oversees. That scale gives a new resident a wide bench of peers further along in their own recovery.

MASH Certification and Referral Eligibility

The house is certified by the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing, which requires a written code of ethics, disclosed fees and house rules before move-in, and an outside complaint process. Certification is also what allows Massachusetts state agencies, and officers setting release or parole conditions, to refer someone to this address rather than an uncertified one.

Running a Large House Through House Mentors

Men of Dignity staffs King Street with a House Mentor whose job is to keep a house this size running on one set of rules. Meeting attendance, overnight requests, payments and maintenance issues all move through the organization's online portal, the same system used at its other two Worcester houses.

Part of a Three-House Worcester Network

King Street is the largest of three sober homes Men of Dignity operates for men in Worcester, alongside houses on Wellington Street and Circuit Avenue East. A resident who wants a smaller house, or simply a different set of housemates, can ask the same organization rather than starting the search over.

Worcester County

Worcester is the seat of Worcester County and the largest city in Massachusetts outside Boston, with a mix of colleges, hospitals and employers that gives residents real options for work, treatment and school. The Worcester Regional Transit Authority connects this house to most of the city by bus.