About this Recovery House
Gypsy House is a women's sober living home in Youngstown, Ohio, in Mahoning County. It is certified through Ohio Recovery Housing at the Managed level and holds 12 beds, which makes it the largest of the four women's residences Broadway Recovery Services operates.
A Women's Sober House Certified at the Managed Level
Ohio publishes a certification level for every certified recovery residence, using its own three words: Peer-Run, Managed and Supervised. Gypsy House is certified at the Managed level, which sits above a purely peer-governed house. It means staffing and oversight beyond the residents themselves, with day-to-day accountability still carried by the household. For a woman comparing certified recovery homes in the Mahoning Valley, that single word is the most useful thing on the listing, because it describes how much structure she is walking into.
What Ohio Recovery Housing Certification Establishes
Certification through Ohio Recovery Housing, the state's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, commits a residence to things an applicant can check. The house agrees in writing to a code of ethics. It discloses fees and rules before move-in. It keeps a written relapse and discharge policy, and it accepts inspection and outside complaint review. Ohio's certified residences are published in the state's recovery housing search, so a family helping someone choose from out of state can verify a house without taking the operator's word for it.
Twelve Beds in a Single-Gender Recovery Home
The house is certified for 12 beds and serves women. Twelve is large enough that a resident is not isolated on a bad night and small enough that the household knows who is struggling. Single-gender housing settles bathrooms, meetings and shared space in one decision, and it lets house norms be written for one population. Ohio's registry also records Broadway Recovery Services residences as MAT supported and open to co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
Support Services Behind This Women's Recovery Housing
Broadway Recovery Services attaches peer recovery support, case management, mental health counseling, substance use disorder counseling and community psychiatric supportive treatment to its housing, all delivered by credentialed staff. Women arrive from detox, treatment, court and homelessness, and the assessment done at admission determines which of those supports get used. Average length of stay across the program is about 130 days.
Women's Recovery Housing in Youngstown and Mahoning County
Youngstown is the county seat, and women's recovery housing in Mahoning County is thin enough that a certified 12-bed house carries weight in any local search. Northside Medical Center, Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, the county courts and the Mahoning County Mental Health and Recovery Board are all inside the city, and Western Reserve Transit Authority buses reach them. Broadway Recovery Services also runs three satellite houses for women in the city for residents ready for more independence.
