About this Recovery Home
Smith House is a women's sober living home on Smith Avenue in Henrico, Virginia, in Henrico County. Its state register row lists pregnant women among the populations it accepts, which is the fact most likely to matter to the person reading this listing.
A Women's Sober House That Accepts Pregnant Residents
Pregnancy narrows a housing search fast. A great many recovery residences decline pregnant applicants outright, and a woman who loses her housing at that point often loses her prenatal care and her medication with it. The Virginia register lists this residence as serving women, and names pregnant women, LGBTQIA+ residents, veterans and people with co-occurring disorders among its accepted populations. That row is published by the state, so it is a commitment on the record instead of a promise on a phone call.
What Level 2 Certification Means for This Recovery Residence
The house is certified through VARR at Level of Support 2, which the affiliate names Monitored: an operator, a manager presence, written house rules and fees handed over before move-in, a documented relapse and discharge policy, and a complaint route that leads outside the house. Virginia makes certification mandatory and recognizes only two credentialing bodies, so a certified address in this state has cleared a legal bar as well as an accreditation one.
The Weekly Rhythm in a Monitored Sober House
Monitored housing assumes residents have days to fill and holds them to filling them. House meetings, curfew, chores and a fee due on a schedule are the visible frame, and the operator describes staff oversight and structured living across all of its residences. Clinical care comes from outpatient providers elsewhere in the county, so a resident keeps her own prescriber, therapist and obstetrician and brings them with her.
Henrico County Recovery Housing in the Lakeside Area
Smith Avenue sits in the Lakeside part of Henrico County, just over the Richmond city line, in the same pocket as most of this operator's houses and its recovery community center. Henrico County's seat is the independent city of Richmond, which is not part of the county, so county and city services sit in two jurisdictions on one bus network. Prenatal care, Henrico social services, WIC, outpatient treatment and entry-level employment are all inside that short radius.
Applying to This Henrico Women's Recovery Home
Applications go through the McShin Recovery Resource Foundation, which runs thirteen residences with 134 beds and has operated in the Richmond area since 2004. Four of its houses serve women, so an applicant is considered across the set. Ask about fee and deposit terms, bedroom assignment, overnight staffing, the relapse policy, whether children can visit, and whether medication for opioid use disorder is accepted.
