The House on Benefit Women's Sober House

About this Sober House

The House on Benefit is a women's recovery residence in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The home stands in Providence County, in the 02861 ZIP code covering the eastern side of the city.

Benefit Street in Pawtucket

The House on Benefit shares its name with Benefit Street, a Pawtucket street that runs inside the 02861 ZIP code the certifying body publishes for this residence. Rhode Island lists recovery housing at town level to protect the privacy of the people living there, so no house number is published for The House on Benefit or for any other certified residence in the state.

Certification of The House on Benefit

RICARES certifies The House on Benefit at NARR Level 2, with certification dating to October 2025. RICARES is both the Rhode Island affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences and the certifying body the state points operators toward. NARR Level 2 describes a monitored home with a house manager and written house rules.

Women's Housing in Pawtucket

The House on Benefit accepts women. Pawtucket sits directly north of Providence on the Blackstone River and is one of the largest cities in Providence County, which gives residents of The House on Benefit access to the meeting schedules, outpatient programs and peer recovery centers of the wider Providence area while living in a smaller city.

What to Ask The House on Benefit

Certification obliges an answer to most of the questions worth asking, and a certified house has to put those answers in writing before anyone signs. For The House on Benefit that means what the weekly charge covers, how rooms are assigned, what the written policy is after a relapse, whether prescribed medication for opioid use disorder is accepted, and how a resident raises a complaint that reaches RICARES if the house cannot settle it.