The Retreat At White Birch Recovery House Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

The Retreat At White Birch Recovery House is a women's sober living home on Terrace Street in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County. It is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs as a recovery house under Act 59 and operated by The Retreat at White Birch Outpatient LLC.

Housing for Women, Pregnant Women and Women With Children

This address is licensed to serve adult women broadly, including pregnant women and women with children. That range matters in recovery housing, where a pregnancy or a young child usually rules out most sober living options. A licensed house built to accommodate that population removes one of the harder barriers a woman in that situation runs into.

Part of an Outpatient Treatment Provider's Housing

The Retreat at White Birch Outpatient LLC runs its recovery housing alongside outpatient treatment services, which puts clinical care and stable housing under one organization. A resident here is housed by an organization already built around treating substance use disorder.

Recovery Housing in Carbondale and Lackawanna County

Carbondale sits in the northern end of Lackawanna County, a smaller city than Scranton but still a service center for the surrounding rural towns. Women coming out of treatment in the area's smaller communities are likely to land in Carbondale first, since that is where the housing and outpatient options are concentrated.

What Act 59 Recovery House Licensure Requires

Licensure through the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs is voluntary. A licensed recovery house has an approved resident capacity, has passed a life-safety review, and remains subject to inspection.

A Second White Birch House in Carbondale

The Retreat at White Birch Outpatient LLC also licenses a second women's recovery house on North Main Street in the same city. A resident who needs a different setting has another address under the same organization to ask about.