Blake's Home Men's Sober House

About this Sober House

Blake's Home is a certified men's sober living home on Century Avenue South in Maplewood, Minnesota, in Ramsey County. It is operated by A Way Out Sober Living and holds certification through the Minnesota Association of Sober Homes.

A Men's Sober House on Century Avenue

This sober house in Maplewood houses men in recovery across three main bedrooms with additional basement beds, for a total of eleven beds in the house. The tiered layout gives the operator room to price beds differently: a basement bed runs less than a bed in the main house, which lets a man choose based on what he can afford at move-in instead of being priced out entirely. Century Avenue runs along Maplewood's eastern edge, close to Interstate 494 and within reach of both St. Paul and the eastern Twin Cities suburbs.

What MASH Certification Establishes

Blake's Home holds a Certificate of Compliance from the Minnesota Association of Sober Homes against NARR's Quality Standards. Certification in Minnesota is voluntary, and it commits a house to a published code of ethics, written fees and rules disclosed before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and outside complaint review. For a house with a tiered pricing structure like this one, that written disclosure requirement matters more than usual, since a resident needs to know exactly what each price tier includes before signing on.

Part of A Way Out Sober Living's Network

Blake's Home is one of more than a dozen A Way Out Sober Living houses across Minnesota, including other men's houses in Eden Prairie, Delano, Northfield and Shakopee. A resident who starts here has a statewide operator behind him if a transfer to a different city or a different price point becomes necessary later.

Recovery Housing in Ramsey County

Maplewood is a suburb of Saint Paul, the seat of Ramsey County, and sits close enough to draw on the county's outpatient providers and human services offices without the density of the city itself. Interstate 494 and Metro Transit bus routes connect Maplewood into both Saint Paul and Minneapolis, which keeps a resident's job search from being limited to one side of the metro.

Applying to Blake's Home in Maplewood

Applications go through A Way Out Sober Living. A $250 application fee applies, with the basement, double and single room rates set at different monthly costs. Worth asking directly: which bed and price tier is currently open, the house's relapse and discharge policy, and how a transfer to one of the operator's other Minnesota houses would work if needed later.