Chester Transition House Coed Recovery Home

About this Recovery Home

The Chester Transition House is a certified six-bed recovery residence in Chester, Vermont, in Windsor County, run by the Turning Point Recovery Center of Springfield. It is a substance-free step-down home in the downtown village with an onsite house manager, designed for residents ready to take on greater independence.

A Six-Bed Step-Down Sober House

Six beds is small on purpose. This house is not the first stop after treatment; it is the one after that, for someone who has already held a routine somewhere more structured and is preparing to hold a lease. A household of six with a manager on site keeps the accountability without the intensity, which is precisely the level Vermont has the least of. The address is not published, and applications run through the operator's recovery center.

Recovery Housing in Downtown Chester

Being in the village matters more here than it would in a city. Chester is a small Windsor County town on Route 103, and downtown puts a resident within walking distance of shops, services and the town's daily life instead of stranded on a rural road. The MOOver provides fare-free public transit across Windham and southern Windsor counties, so Springfield, Bellows Falls and the region's employers stay reachable without a car.

What Vermont Sober Living Certification Obliges

The residence is certified by the Vermont Alliance for Recovery Residences, which requires documented policies, an annual onsite inspection, a written relapse and discharge policy, disclosure of fees and rules before move-in, and a grievance route outside the house. Vermont does not license recovery residences, so this certification carries the whole weight of external oversight.

A Recovery Home Connected to a Recovery Center

The operator runs a peer-based recovery center in Springfield with recovery coaching, facilitated groups and a referral network, and it certified as a Recovery Services Organization at the start of 2026. A resident of this house is inside that network, and the operator's larger Springfield residence gives someone the option of moving between levels of structure without changing organizations.