About this Recovery House
Hansen Foundation – North Shore Road is a sober living home in Absecon, New Jersey, in Atlantic County, one of the women's residences the Hansen Foundation operates under a New Jersey Cooperative Sober Living Residence license.
A Women's Sober House on North Shore Road
North Shore Road runs along the edge of Absecon, a small city just inland from Atlantic City, and this address houses women working through early recovery. The Hansen Foundation places its women's houses in Absecon deliberately, close enough to the shore's job market and treatment providers to keep residents connected without putting them back in the middle of it.
Founded by Someone Who Has Lived Through Recovery
Jennifer Hansen, in recovery herself since 1996, founded the Hansen Foundation in 2001 after seeing a gap in affordable, long-term recovery housing in New Jersey. That history shapes the organization's approach: housing paired with access to treatment, community programs, and the practical tools residents need to rebuild a stable life, delivered through a foundation built by someone who went through the same process.
A Statewide Recovery Housing Network
The Hansen Foundation now operates more than 180 recovery beds across several South Jersey properties. Its women's houses include this Absecon location and a second Absecon property, Serenity House Meadows, along with Serenity Rose House in Northfield and Serenity Estates near Ventnor and Atlantic City. Its men's housing runs through the Randy Scarborough House in Somers Point. The foundation also runs Hope Farm and community education programs alongside its residential housing.
New Jersey's Cooperative Sober Living License
This house carries a Department of Community Affairs license as a Cooperative Sober Living Residence, the mandatory credential New Jersey requires under N.J.A.C. 5:27. New Jersey runs no certification program for recovery residences, so this license, tied to the state's Bureau of Rooming and Boarding House Standards, is the record that actually matters.
Absecon Near the Jersey Shore
Absecon sits a few miles inland from Atlantic City, in Atlantic County, whose seat is Mays Landing. The location gives residents access to the shore region's hospitality and service-sector jobs along with Atlantic County's outpatient treatment network, all without living inside the casino corridor itself.
A Wider Circle of Hansen Foundation Housing
Residents who need a different setting after time at this house have somewhere to go within the same organization: Serenity Rose House in nearby Northfield, Serenity Estates toward Ventnor, or the Randy Scarborough House for men in Somers Point. Staying inside one foundation's network means the same underlying philosophy and staff relationships carry over to a new address.
