About this Sober House
Scott's Home is a certified men's sober living home on Woodley Street East in Northfield, Minnesota, in Rice County. It is operated by A Way Out Sober Living, holds certification through the Minnesota Association of Sober Homes, and is licensed as Group Residential Housing.
A Men's Sober House on Woodley Street
This sober house in Northfield serves men in recovery across five bedrooms and ten beds, with two shared bathrooms. The house operates under Minnesota's Group Residential Housing program, which covers room and board costs for residents who qualify, lowering the practical barrier to entry for men without savings to draw on. Woodley Street East sits in a residential pocket of Northfield within walking distance of the downtown core along the Cannon River.
What MASH Certification and GRH Together Establish
Scott's Home holds a Certificate of Compliance from the Minnesota Association of Sober Homes against NARR's Quality Standards, on top of its Group Residential Housing licensure through the state. The two run on separate tracks: GRH is a funding mechanism administered by the county that pays for room and board, while MASH certification is a voluntary quality standard covering ethics, disclosure and a written relapse and discharge policy. A house carrying both has cleared a funding eligibility bar and chosen, on top of that, to be checked against NARR's standards.
Part of A Way Out Sober Living's Network
Scott's Home is one of more than a dozen A Way Out Sober Living houses in Minnesota, including men's houses in Eden Prairie, Delano and Shakopee. A resident referred here through a county GRH placement is entering an operator with houses in several parts of the state, which matters if a placement later needs to move closer to family, a job, or a treatment provider elsewhere in the operator's footprint.
Recovery Housing in Rice County
Northfield sits in Rice County, though the county seat is Faribault a few miles south. Northfield itself is a college town, home to both Carleton College and St. Olaf College, which means the local economy runs on more than agriculture and gives residents access to community resources, part-time work and public spaces built around two campuses instead of a single industry. Rice County's GRH program, which funds this house, is administered out of Faribault.
Applying to a GRH Sober House in Northfield
Applications and GRH eligibility questions for Scott's Home go through A Way Out Sober Living. Worth confirming before a placement: current GRH eligibility and documentation requirements, what the house's relapse and discharge policy covers, and how a transfer to one of the operator's other Minnesota houses would be handled if Northfield stops being the right location.
