About this Recovery House
Foster Living is a certified men's recovery residence on Youngstown Road SE in Warren, Ohio, in Trumbull County. Ohio Recovery Housing certifies it at the Managed level and records nine beds at this address. It is owned and operated by John Dailey, who lived in a recovery house himself for twelve months before opening one.
A Certified Men's Sober House in Warren
Managed is the middle tier of Ohio's three certification levels, describing staffed oversight and defined structure, above Peer-Run housing and below a Supervised residence. The certified register also records this house as supporting medication-assisted treatment, so residents on buprenorphine, methadone or naltrexone are accepted. Nine beds makes for a small household, and small households are where peer accountability actually works, because nobody in one is anonymous.
Living at This Trumbull County Recovery Home
Rent is $500 a month and covers everything: all utilities, cable and streaming, WiFi, on-site laundry and parking for one vehicle. Every bed is a single bed, with no bunks, in what the operator describes as private residential homes with the amenities of an ordinary family home. There is a family-size kitchen and dining room, and an outdoor grill. None of that is luxury. It is the difference between a house someone wants to come home to and a place to sleep.
The Twelve Step Model Behind This Sober Living Home
The recovery model here is twelve-step based. Residents are encouraged to attend meetings, work with a sponsor and follow through on any treatment requirements they carry. Peer support is provided on site, and the operator makes referrals to outpatient mental health and substance use providers in the area. Employment and volunteering are pushed hard. Dailey names unity, service, acceptance, humility and gratitude as the values the houses run on, which is twelve-step vocabulary applied to how a household is managed.
Recovery Housing in Warren and the Mahoning Valley
Warren is the seat of Trumbull County and, with Youngstown to the south, one of the two anchors of the Mahoning Valley. The county courthouse, the common pleas drug court, county job and family services and most of the area's outpatient providers sit in or near downtown Warren. The valley took heavy losses in the opioid epidemic and has built out a corresponding recovery infrastructure, so someone in Trumbull County recovery housing is never far from a meeting, a provider or a peer support center.
Foster Living Sober Homes Across Warren
Ohio's certified register lists several Foster Living residences in Warren, spread across the 44483, 44484 and 44485 ZIP codes, all of them men's and all certified at the Managed level. A man applying is applying to the operator, and where he lands depends on what is open. That carries a practical benefit: a move between houses does not mean a new city, a new set of rules or a new sponsor.
We encourage Foster Living sober house residents to actively seek employment and also volunteer. We strive to help our residents develop beliefs, values, and attitudes that are consistent with the recovery themes of unity, service, acceptance, humility, and gratitude.
