About this Recovery House
Alexander House is a men's recovery residence in Rochester, New York, in Monroe County, operated by Catholic Charities Family and Community Services. It holds 21 beds on North Clinton Avenue downtown and is certified by the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports under Part 820.
A Men's Sober Living Program in Downtown Rochester
Twenty-one men live here, and the single-gender restriction settles a lot before anyone asks a question about it. Sleeping quarters, bathrooms, house meetings and group work are all one population, and one set of expectations covers everyone in the program. The residence occupies a floor of a downtown building on North Clinton Avenue, which is an unusual footprint for recovery housing and a deliberate one: it puts residents inside the central business district instead of on its edge.
What a Downtown Address Does for Recovery Housing
North Clinton Avenue runs through the middle of Rochester's downtown core, a few blocks from the RTS Transit Center where every city bus route converges. For a man leaving inpatient treatment with no car and no license, that geography removes the single most common reason people miss appointments. Court at the Hall of Justice, the county social services offices, outpatient clinics, temp agencies and the public library are all inside a walk. The daily schedule a certified residential program expects becomes realistic when the travel time between obligations is measured in minutes.
Part 820 Certification Behind This Rochester Recovery Home
The program is certified by OASAS under Part 820, the regulation governing residential addiction services in New York. That credential carries staffing standards, resident rights protections, documented medication policy and external inspection. New York leaves recovery residence certification voluntary, and the difference between the credentials available in this state is set out in this explainer on New York recovery home certification. A man comparing options can treat the certification as one of the few facts about a residence that a third party has actually verified.
A Shared Building and Two Different Recovery Programs
Catholic Charities also bases its community supportive living program at the same North Clinton Avenue address. The two are separate programs with separate criteria: this one is a men's residential program with beds in the building, and the supportive living side places people in community apartments with visiting support. Anyone referred to the address should confirm which program the referral names, because the level of care and the eligibility rules differ.
Men's Recovery Homes in Monroe County
Rochester is the Monroe County seat and the service hub for the Finger Lakes region, and men come into its certified residences from across the surrounding counties. Catholic Charities Family and Community Services also runs Jones House, a men's community residence on Jones Avenue west of downtown, along with residences on Hobart Street, St. Paul Street and East Ridge Road and one in Newark, Wayne County. A man who needs a different setting after a stay here is asking people who already run several.
