About this Recovery House
Hickman Avenue House is a women's sober living home in Columbia, Missouri, in Boone County. Fresh Start Sober Living Programs operates it, and it holds accreditation from the Missouri Coalition of Recovery Support Providers.
A Women's Recovery Home in Columbia
Women live here, and the household is written for them. That settles bathrooms, sleeping arrangements, house meetings and the tone of the shared space, and it removes a set of concerns that keep some women out of mixed housing entirely. For a woman leaving treatment or jail, a single-gender address is often the difference between accepting a bed and going back to the situation she left.
Sober Living Accreditation Through MCRSP
Accreditation is voluntary in Missouri and it is the only external standard that applies to a recovery residence in this state. The commitments behind it are concrete: published ethics, written disclosure of fees and rules before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and a complaint route that does not end with the house manager. A prospective resident can verify the house is on the accredited roster before she applies.
Family, Children and Women's Recovery Housing
Fresh Start's Columbia program is unusual in what it houses. Alongside single adults, the organization provides housing for single parents in recovery, for expecting mothers, and for families working toward reunification, and it operates the First Start Childcare Center. A woman whose recovery and whose custody case are the same problem is not choosing between them here.
Boone County Geography and a Woman's Daily Routine
Columbia is the seat of Boone County and the service center for mid-Missouri. The courthouse, the Children's Division offices, MU Health Care and Boone Health, three colleges and the city's largest employers all sit within the same bus network. Someone reassembling a routine can attend an appointment, work a shift and make a hearing without leaving the city, which is not true of most towns in this part of the state.
How to Apply to This Columbia Sober House
The house address is not published, and placement is handled by Fresh Start Sober Living Programs. Ask about the current opening, whether the room is private or shared, what the weekly fee covers, whether children can live on site, whether medication for opioid use disorder is accepted, and how a complaint gets past the house to the operator and then to the accrediting body.
