MVP Recovery 421 East 19th Street Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

MVP Recovery 421 East 19th Street is a men's sober house in Chester, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County. MVP Recovery, which has operated recovery housing across Delaware and Chester counties since 2014, licenses the house through the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs as a recovery house under Act 59.

Inside the 421 East 19th Street Sober House

Chester's riverfront location puts Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Widener University, and SEPTA rail service within reach of most of the city's neighborhoods. That civic geography matters for a men's sober house, because getting to work, meetings, and appointments without a car depends on what a city actually has within reach.

What Pennsylvania Recovery House Licensure Establishes

The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs licenses recovery houses under Act 59 of 2017, and licensure is voluntary in this state, so a licensed house has chosen to operate inside a set of published standards. MVP Recovery is licensed as a recovery house operator, and this residence is one of the homes covered by that license. Licensure does not replace certification by the state's National Alliance for Recovery Residences affiliate, a separate, house-by-house process, but a DDAP license is a real, checkable record that a prospective resident or referring case manager can look up before placing someone.

Recovery Housing in Delaware County

Chester sits on the Delaware River and is home to Widener University and Crozer-Chester Medical Center, and SEPTA's Wilmington/Newark Line stops at the Chester Transportation Center. MVP Recovery has concentrated its licensed housing in Delaware County and neighboring Chester and Delaware counties, and that regional footprint is part of what a referring provider or a family checks before placing someone here.

MVP Recovery's Sober Homes Across Delaware and Chester Counties

MVP Recovery operates a network of licensed recovery houses for men and women across Delaware and Chester counties, run separately by gender at different addresses. This Chester location is one house within that larger network, which the operator has built out since 2014.

Joint Commission Accreditation and What It Means

MVP Recovery is accredited by The Joint Commission, the same body that accredits hospitals and behavioral health providers nationally. Accreditation requires an outside review of an organization's policies and performance, which is a higher bar than licensure alone sets.