About this Recovery Home
Clark House is a men's sober house on Clark Street in Henrico, Virginia, in Henrico County, listed on the Virginia state register as certified at Level of Support 2. The mailing address falls in the Lakeside area immediately north of the Richmond city line.
A Men's Sober House on Clark Street
Clark Street sits inside the tightest cluster of certified recovery housing in the Richmond region: six of this operator's thirteen residences, plus its recovery community center, fall within roughly a mile of here. The register lists this house as serving men. For a resident, the density means a change of house is not a change of neighborhood, bus route, pharmacy or provider.
Certified Recovery Housing on the State Register
Virginia publishes every certified recovery residence by street address, with its accrediting body and a numeric level of support. This one appears through VARR at Level 2. Certification is mandatory in the state and operating without it is a criminal offense, so the register row is both a compliance record and a list of things the house has agreed to in writing: disclosed fees, disclosed rules, a relapse and discharge policy, a code of ethics, and a complaint process that reaches outside the house.
Level 2 Sober Living and Peer Accountability
Level 2 is Monitored housing in VARR's naming. There is an operator and a manager presence, and there is also a household of men in the same position who notice when someone skips a meeting or stops going to work. The operator describes staff oversight and structured living across its houses. Medical and therapeutic care comes from outpatient providers, so residents keep their own prescribers and appointments.
The Lakeside Cluster of Henrico County Recovery Homes
Henrico County's seat is the independent city of Richmond, which is not part of the county. That asymmetry shapes daily life here more than it sounds like it would: county social services, the Henrico courts on Parham Road and county schools are on one side, while the city's outpatient providers, VCU Health and the downtown courts are on the other, and the GRTC grid connects them. Lakeside itself carries the grocery, restaurant and warehouse employment most residents start with.
What This Men's Recovery Residence Expects
Structured, substance-free housing with a daytime commitment is the model. Someone needing clinical supervision on site is a poor fit. Applications run through the McShin Recovery Resource Foundation, which has worked the Richmond area since 2004, runs 134 beds across thirteen residences at Levels 2 and 3, and operates a recovery community center open every day of the year.
