Gibson Foundation - 3867 Frankford Avenue Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Gibson Foundation – 3867 Frankford Avenue is a sober house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gibson Foundation's women's sober living home at 3867 Frankford Avenue serves Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from the Frankford section of the city.

A Women's Recovery Home in Frankford

This is the only one of Gibson Foundation's three Philadelphia houses set aside for women, the other two being men's houses. A woman applying here is the only gender-restricted option among the organization's Philadelphia properties, so admissions run separately from either of the men's houses.

Act 59 Licensure in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs licenses the house as a recovery house under Act 59 of 2017. The Pennsylvania Alliance of Recovery Residences is the separate body that certifies recovery residences to NARR's national standard in this state, and it operates independently of DDAP licensure.

Frankford Avenue and Philadelphia's Northeast

Frankford Avenue carries the Market-Frankford Line's elevated tracks through this section of the city, connecting the neighborhood to Center City in one direction and the river wards in the other. The corridor holds a working mix of retail, clinics and rowhouse blocks that gives a resident somewhere to walk to for basic needs.

Part of a Nonprofit Housing Network

Gibson Foundation is a Philadelphia nonprofit, and this house is one piece of a small network it runs across the Frankford area. Nonprofit ownership means the organization answers to a board and to the licensing standards DDAP applies, on top of whatever it discloses about house operations directly to applicants.

Starting an Application

Gibson Foundation handles intake for the Frankford Avenue house itself. Applicants should ask what the house requires at move-in and how long a typical stay runs, since the organization's own materials do not spell that out publicly.