About this Recovery House
Mid-Michigan Recovery Services - Safe Harbor is a coed sober living home in Lansing, Michigan, in Ingham County, whose seat is Mason. It holds Level 3 certification from the Michigan Association of Recovery Residences, serves men and women, and is funded through Medicaid with self-pay available at $500 per month.
A Coed Sober House in Michigan's Capital City
Safe Harbor is a transitional house that prepares residents for the stretch of the journey that follows it. The operator is explicit about who it is aimed at: people who have experienced homelessness or been cut off from any supportive community. The household is a single-family home shared by men and women. Its street address is not published, and placement is arranged through Mid-Michigan Recovery Services.
Recovery Housing for People Leaving Homelessness
The stated goal is permanent housing, and the house is designed as the step that makes permanent housing achievable. Living alongside other people in recovery is how the operator expects accountability and friendship to get built, and it treats the other barriers a resident carries, income, documents, transportation, court obligations, as work to be done during the stay. Someone who has been unhoused knows that sobriety and an address rise and fall together, and this program is organized around that fact.
MARR Level 3 Certification at This Recovery Residence
Level 3 describes supervised recovery housing under the standards of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences: paid staff, administrative oversight and a written program a resident follows. Michigan does not license, register or certify recovery residences through any state agency, which makes this voluntary certification the only external accountability in the state. It obliges the residence to publish a code of ethics, hand over fees and house rules in writing before move-in, keep a written relapse and discharge policy, and accept complaints reviewed outside the house.
Medicaid and Self-Pay at This Lansing Sober Living Home
The program is Medicaid funded, and a resident who is not covered can self-pay at $500 per month. For someone leaving a shelter, Medicaid coverage of recovery housing is the whole difference between a plan and a waiting list, so the first call should establish eligibility and what the funding authorization covers.
Medication and Records at This Coed Recovery Home
Residents on medication for opioid use disorder are accepted, and applicants with felony records are accepted. Both policies are stated on the public certification record, so neither has to be discovered at the end of an application.
Recovery Housing in Lansing and Ingham County
Lansing is the state capital and the largest city in Ingham County, though the county seat is Mason, to the southeast. The city holds the state offices, the region's hospitals, Lansing Community College, the Community Mental Health authority for the tri-county area and the bulk of the region's outpatient treatment, with Michigan State University next door in East Lansing. CATA runs the corridors between them. A resident rebuilding a routine in the capital can reach a caseworker, a class and a job interview by bus, which is why Ingham County recovery housing clusters here.
