Florence Crittenton Recovery Home Women's Sober House

About this Sober House

Florence Crittenton Recovery Home is a recovery residence for women and their children in Helena, Montana, the capital and seat of Lewis and Clark County in west-central Montana. The residential program serves women ages 18 to 35 recovering from substance use alongside their children, run by Florence Crittenton on Cooney Drive.

A Recovery Home for Mothers and Children

Florence Crittenton's Recovery Home keeps mothers and their children together during treatment instead of requiring separation, a structural choice that shapes who the program serves and how it runs. Women up to age 35 live on site with children up to age five while working through a residential substance use recovery program, and the residential side of the organization operates every day of the year instead of on office hours.

A Century-Old Helena Organization

Florence Crittenton has worked with young families in Helena since 1900, and the organization now runs three connected program areas: the Recovery Home and a separate youth maternity home for pregnant and parenting teens under Residential Services, the Family Healing Center for community-based therapeutic support, and the Child Enrichment Center for early childhood care. That range means a woman in the Recovery Home can access the same organization's family and child services without being referred elsewhere.

Montana's Recovery Residence Registry

Montana requires every recovery residence in the state to register with the Department of Public Health and Human Services under state law passed in 2023. Florence Crittenton's Recovery Home appears on the state's Montana Recovery Residence Registry, which is separate from the voluntary certification that Montana's NARR affiliate and the National Sober Living Association each offer.

Recovery Housing in Helena

Helena's status as both the state capital and the Lewis and Clark County seat means the city carries a concentration of state agencies, courts and healthcare providers that smaller Montana towns cannot match. For a mother trying to keep her children with her while she gets treatment, a Helena address puts nearly everything she needs within a short drive of Cooney Drive.