Sanctuary House - 4th Avenue Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Sanctuary House – 4th Avenue is a sober house in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Sanctuary House on 4th Avenue is a men's sober living home in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in Blair County, run by 18th Street Community Church under a state recovery house license.

A Men's Recovery House on 4th Avenue

This house is the largest of the three Sanctuary House residences 18th Street Community Church operates in Altoona. Its state license permits up to thirteen residents, more than the church's other two houses, though actual occupancy at any time depends on staffing and current referrals.

How Act 59 Licensing Applies to This House

Pennsylvania's Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs licenses this house as a recovery residence under Act 59 of 2017. That license sets the maximum number of residents and subjects the house to state inspection, standards a congregation running the house on its own would not otherwise be bound to.

A Church-Run Network of Three Houses

18th Street Community Church runs two additional Sanctuary House addresses in Altoona, one for men and one for women, and manages all three under one program. A resident who needs a different setting, or simply different housemates, can raise that with a church that already runs the alternative.

4th Avenue and Blair County Services

Altoona is Blair County's largest city, and a 4th Avenue address places residents close to the downtown core, where county services, outpatient treatment providers and Altoona's public transit routes converge.

Contacting Sanctuary House

Men interested in the 4th Avenue house should apply through 18th Street Community Church, which can speak to current openings against the house's licensed capacity and the church's intake requirements.