About this Recovery House
Nikki's House is a certified women's recovery home on Summerberry Lane in Niles, Ohio, in Trumbull County. Ohio Recovery Housing certifies it at the Managed level with ten beds, and it accepts women and women with children. It is a nonprofit, it holds no religious affiliation, and it welcomes residents of any spiritual background.
A Women's Sober Living Home in Niles
The house serves women only, and the certified register records women with children among the populations it accepts. That detail is rare enough in Ohio recovery housing to be the deciding factor for many applicants. A mother forced to choose between her housing and her children usually chooses her children and ends up with neither a bed nor a program. Ten beds keeps the household small enough that a newcomer is known by name in a week.
Managed Level Certification and What It Establishes
Ohio Recovery Housing certifies recovery residences at three levels: Peer-Run, Managed and Supervised. Managed is the middle tier, meaning staffed oversight and a defined structure. Certification also commits a residence to a written code of ethics, disclosure of fees and house rules before move-in, a documented relapse and discharge policy, and a complaint process outside the house. Since January 2026 Ohio's public recovery housing registry and the Ohio Recovery Housing certified list have been the same record, so a residence appearing on the state's search is a certified residence.
Veterans, Dual Diagnosis and Medication Supported Recovery Housing
The certified register lists three specialized populations for this residence: veterans, women carrying both a mental health and a substance use diagnosis, and residents on medication-assisted treatment. Each of those is a common reason a woman gets turned away elsewhere. A residence that names all three has decided in advance not to make an applicant argue her case at the door.
Life at This Trumbull County Recovery Residence
The organization's stated position is that people with addiction are people in need of healing, and it frames its work as helping residents build life skills alongside sobriety. Structure and long-term recovery are the two things it says it exists for. Residents come from Niles, Warren and the wider Mahoning Valley, and the house functions as part of a county-level network of providers, courts and peer supports.
Recovery Housing in Niles and the Mahoning Valley
Niles sits between Warren and Youngstown on Route 422, in the middle of Trumbull County. The county seat, its courthouse and its drug court are in Warren to the north, and Youngstown's larger treatment system lies to the south. Niles carries its own grocery, retail and healthcare employment along the Route 46 corridor. For a woman rebuilding a routine, the valley's compactness means a job, a meeting, a provider and a court date can all be reached in the same day.
Applying to This Niles Sober House
Applications go directly to Nikki's House. The questions worth asking are the ones certification obliges an answer to: what rent is and what it covers, what the policy is on children living in the house and at what ages, how long residents typically stay, what happens after a relapse, and how the house coordinates with outpatient providers and probation. A certified residence has to put its fees and rules in writing before anyone signs.
We work with women recovering from addiction by assisting them in learning to live lives of long-term recovery, enhancing life skills, and in becoming productive members of society. We are a spiritual organization but are not aligned with any sect, denomination, or religion.
