Pauline's House Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Pauline's House is a women's sober living home in Columbia, Missouri, in Boone County, operated by Fresh Start Sober Living Programs and accredited by the Missouri Coalition of Recovery Support Providers.

A Women's Sober House With a Name and a History

Houses named for people usually carry a story about who the program was trying to help. What a prospective resident can rely on is the same across every Fresh Start address: single-gender housing, peer accountability, written expectations and an operator that has run recovery housing in this city for about a decade.

Accreditation and the Written Record on a Recovery Residence

Missouri does not regulate recovery housing, so accreditation through MCRSP is the only external standard that reaches a sober house here. It requires a published code of ethics, fees and rules provided in writing before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and complaint review from outside the residence. A house that is not on the accredited roster has simply not applied, which says nothing either way.

Childcare, Custody and Women's Recovery Homes

Fresh Start houses single parents and expecting mothers and runs the First Start Childcare Center. For a woman whose recovery is entangled with a custody case, an operator that can house her and care for her child during working hours changes what is actually possible. The alternative is usually choosing between the two.

Boone County Services Inside One Bus Network

Columbia is the county seat, and the courthouse, the Children's Division, MU Health Care, Boone Health, three colleges and the city's largest employers are all inside the COMO Connect network. A resident can make a hearing in the morning, a treatment appointment in the afternoon and a shift that evening without a car.

Reaching This Columbia Women's Recovery Home

The address is not published and applications go through the operator. Ask what is available, what the weekly fee covers, whether the room is private or shared, whether children can live on site, and what the plan is at the end of a stay.