About this Recovery House
Sister Anne Mary Regan Residence is a women's recovery residence in Port Chester, New York, in Westchester County. Saint Joseph's Medical Center runs it as a short-term transitional residence for chemically dependent women moving into abstinent living, with staff on site twenty-four hours a day. The street address is not published, and placement runs through the operator.
A Women's Recovery Home With Round-the-Clock Staffing
Twenty-four hour care is the defining feature of this residence and the reason it exists as a separate level. A woman in the first weeks after treatment is at her most vulnerable at two in the morning, and a building where somebody is awake changes what happens next. The operator describes it as a structured, supervised environment, which sets expectations honestly: this is not an apartment with a support worker attached, and residents live to a schedule.
Transitional Housing as a Stage of Sober Living
Transitional is the operative word. The program is short-term by design, aimed at women with recovery potential who are making the move from treatment into abstinent living. The stay is a bridge, and the work done inside it is preparation for the next address: reestablishing a routine, holding a treatment plan, reconnecting with family and lining up the housing that follows. Understanding that before applying prevents the most common mismatch in recovery housing, where someone arrives expecting a year and the program is built for months.
Women Only, and What That Settles
The residence serves women. That single restriction resolves a great deal about daily life inside it. Bedrooms, bathrooms, groups and common space serve one population, and house expectations are written for one population. For women whose substance use is bound up with abuse or exploitation, and that is a large share of women entering treatment, a single-gender household is often the first condition of being able to sleep at all.
Port Chester and Westchester County Recovery Housing
Port Chester is a village in the Town of Rye, on Long Island Sound at the Connecticut border, in southeastern Westchester County. White Plains, the county seat, is about ten miles northwest with the county courthouse, county health department and social services offices. Metro-North's New Haven Line runs through the village, putting Grand Central inside an hour and Stamford minutes away. The village itself is dense and walkable, with a commercial main street, which matters for a resident rebuilding a week around appointments and work without a car.
Certification and New York Recovery Residences
Recovery residences in New York require no certification of any kind, which is why identifying the ones that hold a state credential is worth the effort. Programs certified by the state's addiction services agency operate under an approved scope of services with inspection and an external complaint route. A hospital-run residence adds an institution's own compliance structure on top of that. The differences between the state's certification tracks are set out in this explainer on New York sober house certification.
