Sharon's Home Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Sharon's Home is a women's recovery residence in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County, on North Main Avenue on the city's West Side.

A Women's Recovery Residence on North Main Avenue

Sharon's Home serves adult women on North Main Avenue, a commercial and residential corridor running through Scranton's West Side, a neighborhood with its own shops, a library branch and bus service into downtown.

Licensed Recovery Housing Under Act 59

Pennsylvania's Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs licenses recovery houses under Act 59 of 2017. Licensure is voluntary, and Sharon's Home carries that license.

Recovery Housing in Lackawanna County

Scranton is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest city in the state's northeast, concentrating outpatient behavioral health services, the courts and public transit within a relatively small footprint. That density is part of what makes Scranton a common landing point for women in recovery from smaller towns across the county.

What to Ask Before Applying to This Recovery House

Applications go directly to MDL Consulting LLC. Worth asking: what a stay costs, whether a house manager lives on site, and how the house documents its relapse and discharge policy.