Empower Recovery Housing Men's Sober House

About this Sober House

Empower Recovery Housing operates in Providence, Rhode Island, as a certified sober living home for men. The residence stands at 136 Chester Avenue in Providence County, in the 02907 ZIP code on the city's south side.

Certification of Empower Recovery Housing

RICARES, the Rhode Island affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences and the state's designated certifying body, lists Empower Recovery Housing as a certified residence at NARR Level 2, with certification issued in July 2026. A Level 2 residence is a monitored home with a house manager, written house rules and shared resident responsibility for daily life in the house.

Who Lives at Empower Recovery Housing

Empower Recovery Housing accepts men. The operator presents the house as safe, structured and peer-supported, which is the model NARR Level 2 describes and the standard RICARES measured it against.

Chester Avenue in South Providence

Chester Avenue is a residential street in the 02907 postal district, on the south side of Providence off the Elmwood corridor. That places Empower Recovery Housing in an ordinary residential neighborhood inside the city, within the part of Providence County that holds the largest concentration of recovery housing in Rhode Island.

Empower Recovery Housing at a Glance

• Address: 136 Chester Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island 02907
• County: Providence County
• Residents served: men
• Certification: RICARES certified at NARR Level 2
• Certified since: July 2026
• Operator: Empower Recovery