About this Recovery House
Riverside Residential is a women's recovery residence at 428 West Main Street in Catskill, New York, the seat of Greene County. Twelve beds, operated by Twin County Recovery Services, and open to women and to women with their children. The operator describes it as the only OASAS-licensed reintegration residence for that population in Greene County.
A Women's Recovery Home That Keeps Children With Their Mothers
Most residential programs ask a mother to place her children somewhere else for the length of her stay. This one does not. Women can bring children with them, and the whole design of the household follows from that: bedrooms, daily schedules and house rules all assume a parent is parenting while she is in the program. For a woman deciding between treatment and custody, that removes the choice she was dreading. West Main Street runs through Catskill village toward the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, a walkable stretch with a school, a grocery and the village's commercial block along it.
Admission Priorities at This Catskill Sober Living Program
Twin County states who is admitted first. Pregnant women who use drugs intravenously come first, then pregnant women, then people who use intravenously, then parents who have lost custody or are at risk of losing it. That ordering describes the program more clearly than any brochure could. Residents are encouraged into the operator's outpatient services alongside the residence, where case management, employment and education support, and sober social activities carry on after a woman moves out.
What State Certification Means for Recovery Housing in New York
Certification of recovery residences is voluntary in New York, and the state's two paths are easy to confuse. This program is certified as a residential service under the addiction services regulations, which is a treatment certification tied to the specific address. It brings state inspection, an approved operating certificate, and standards covering resident rights, staffing and discharge planning. Anyone comparing New York recovery homes will find some certified this way, some certified through the state's recovery residence alliance, and many carrying neither. A guide to sober house certification in New York explains what each one covers.
Recovery Housing in Catskill and Greene County
Catskill is the county seat, and it holds the county's courthouse, its department of social services and its family court, which is exactly the cluster a mother working a reunification plan has to reach on a schedule. Greene County is rural in every direction from the village, with the Catskill Mountains to the west and the Hudson River to the east, and public transportation outside the village is limited. Living in Catskill puts the appointments that decide a case within walking distance instead of an hour's drive.
Twin County Recovery Services Recovery Homes in the Twin Counties
Twin County Recovery Services runs residential programs on both banks of the river. Red Door Residential on Columbia Street in Hudson serves men in Columbia County. This one serves women and women with children in Greene County. The organization also runs outpatient and prevention services across both counties, so a referral into either residence usually comes with the rest of the continuum attached.
