Joy of Living - Dyre Street Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Joy of Living – Dyre Street is a sober house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Joy of Living operates a women's sober living home on Dyre Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the city's Lower Northeast.

A Women's Recovery Home on Dyre Street

This sober house serves women in recovery in the Lower Northeast section of Philadelphia, a residential part of the city served by SEPTA bus routes running toward Frankford and the rest of Northeast Philadelphia.

Joy of Living's Roots in Philadelphia Recovery Housing

Joy of Living Recovery Program was founded in 2005, starting with a single six-resident house before growing into a network of residences across Philadelphia. The Dyre Street house continues that model: full-time staffing, daily twelve-step meetings and a person-first approach to life skills and community reintegration.

Licensure Under Pennsylvania's Act 59

The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs licenses recovery houses under Act 59 of 2017, and this residence carries that license, meaning it has passed a state inspection and meets staffing and safety standards an unlicensed house is never required to meet. The Pennsylvania Alliance of Recovery Residences offers a separate, voluntary certification track in this state, distinct from the DDAP license this house already carries.

Recovery Housing in Northeast Philadelphia

Northeast Philadelphia is one of the city's larger residential sections, and its size means outpatient behavioral health providers and public transit run through neighborhoods like Dyre Street's without requiring a trip into Center City. Joy of Living also runs a men's residence on Leiper Street in the same part of the city, keeping both houses inside one recognizable service area.