Jessica's House - New Beginning Sanctuary Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Jessica's House – New Beginning Sanctuary is a women's sober living home in Kansas City, Missouri, operated by New Beginning Sanctuary. It sits in Jackson County, whose seat is Independence, on the Missouri side of the metro.

A Women's Sober House in Kansas City

The household is women only and staffed at all hours. Residents work, pay weekly, keep the house and attend recovery meetings, and the program is designed for a stay of a year or more. New Beginning Sanctuary is a Springfield-based 501(c)(3) that has extended its model north into the Kansas City market.

What MCRSP Accreditation Establishes

Accreditation by the Missouri Coalition of Recovery Support Providers is voluntary in this state, and that is what makes it useful. The residence has committed to a written ethics code, to disclosing fees and house rules before an applicant signs, to a written relapse and discharge policy, and to a complaint process reviewed outside the house. In a metro with a large and uneven supply of sober housing, those commitments narrow the search fast.

Weekly Fees in This Kansas City Recovery Home

Kansas City carries its own schedule: an enrollment fee of $325 to $340, a first week of $140, and $140 a week after that. Fees are non-refundable and due before the weekly house meeting. The metro rate runs above the operator's southwest Missouri houses, which reflects what housing costs on this end of the state.

Jackson County Recovery Housing and Getting Around

RideKC buses cover the Missouri side of the metro, and University Health, the Jackson County courthouse downtown and a second courthouse in Independence are all inside the network. A woman without a car can hold a job, meet a probation officer and get to a clinic on the same route map. The street address is not published, and placement runs through the operator.