Turning Point Springfield Transitional Housing Recovery Home

About this Recovery Home

Turning Point Springfield Transitional Housing is a certified recovery residence in Springfield, Vermont, in Windsor County, operated by the Turning Point Recovery Center of Springfield. It is a substance-free home with a live-in house manager, and residents typically stay between three and sixteen months.

A Springfield Sober House With a Live-In Manager

A manager who sleeps in the building is the single structural difference between this and a rooming house. Someone is present at two in the morning, which is when accountability actually gets tested. Recovery center staff, volunteers and community partners supply support and referrals to residents on top of that, so a person here is plugged into a coaching and referral network from the first week. The address is not published, and applications go through the recovery center.

A Three to Sixteen Month Recovery Home

The stay is unusually long at the top end. Sixteen months is enough time for a resident to finish a course, hold a job through a full year, resolve a court matter and save toward a deposit, and the operator reports a positive success rate moving people from this house back into the community. A long runway is the thing rural recovery housing can offer that urban markets rarely can.

What Certification Establishes for a Vermont Recovery Residence

The residence is certified by the Vermont Alliance for Recovery Residences. Certification commits the house to a code of ethics, to disclosing fees and rules in writing before move-in, to a written relapse and discharge policy, to an annual onsite inspection, and to grievances reviewed from outside the household. Vermont has no state license for recovery housing, so this certification is the only formal standing a house here can hold.

Recovery Housing in Springfield and Southern Windsor County

Springfield sits on the Black River near the Connecticut, with Interstate 91 and Route 11 meeting nearby, and it holds Springfield Hospital and the region's employers. Woodstock is the shire town of Windsor County, and Springfield is where southern Windsor County's services concentrate. The MOOver runs fare-free buses across the region, so a resident can reach work, an appointment or the recovery center without a car.

Stepping Down From This Springfield Recovery Home

The operator runs a second, smaller house in nearby Chester built for residents ready for greater independence. A move between the two keeps a resident inside the same organization, the same transit network and the same set of relationships, which is the practical advantage of applying to an operator that runs more than one address.