About this Recovery House
Bird House is a men's sober living home in Branson, Missouri, in Taney County. It is one of two residences run by Communities of Recovery, INC, known as CORE, and it is certified by the Missouri Coalition of Recovery Support Providers.
A Men's Sober House Run by CORE
Bird House houses men working through CORE's one-year residential recovery program. The program keeps the sexes strictly separated: men live at Bird House and women live at CORE's Outdoor House, and neither property allows a visit from the opposite sex. That separation runs the entire length of the program, not just the first weeks, which gives men at Bird House a stable, single-gender household to return to every day.
MCRSP Certification for This Sober Living Home
Bird House is certified through the Missouri Coalition of Recovery Support Providers, the state's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences. Certification binds a residence to a published code of ethics, written disclosure of fees and rules before move-in, and a complaint process that runs outside the house itself. Missouri does not require certification of standalone recovery housing, so a certified house has chosen a level of accountability its neighbors are not obligated to carry.
Structure Inside CORE's Recovery Housing
CORE requires residents to resolve outstanding legal matters, actively look for work, and submit to random and on-request drug testing. A positive test or drug use on the property means immediate discharge, and anyone who leaves after a relapse waits at least thirty days before reapplying. Residents without a high school diploma complete GED instruction as part of the program, and CORE provides transportation to jobs, classes and medical appointments, which matters in a tourist town built around driving distances.
Recovery Housing in Taney County
Branson sits at the center of Taney County, whose seat is Forsyth, and the city's hospitality and entertainment economy supplies the entry-level jobs CORE residents are expected to pursue. That job base, combined with year-round tourism traffic, gives Bird House residents steady options for the employment the program requires without needing a car of their own on day one.
CORE's Sober Living Homes in the Branson Area
Bird House is the men's half of a two-house program that CORE runs across Branson and Springfield. Outdoor House, its counterpart for women, follows the same rules on drug testing, employment and legal compliance. A man who completes the program at Bird House leaves having met the same standard the organization has held since it opened its first residential house in 1998.
