About this Recovery Home
Claiborne is a men's recovery residence on Claiborne Street in Richmond, Virginia, in the 23220 ZIP code west of the city center. It is one of the higher-structure addresses in the state register, listed by the WAR Foundation at Level of Support 3, the supervised tier, with accreditation through the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences.
Supervised Recovery Housing at Level Three
Level 3 is the most structured of the peer-based tiers Virginia certifies, and the distinction is worth understanding before comparing prices. A supervised residence carries staff, an administrative structure and formal oversight of the daily schedule, where a monitored house leans on a manager and the household itself. Life inside a Level 3 address is more scheduled: services and programming are organized, and accountability is administered, not negotiated by the household. For a man arriving straight from detox, incarceration or a residential program, that additional structure is often the thing that makes the first ninety days survivable.
A Men's Sober House on Claiborne Street
The address sits in the older residential grid west of downtown Richmond, a walkable district shaped by Virginia Commonwealth University and its health system. Frequent bus service, clinics, pharmacies and entry-level employment are all close, which matters because a supervised house asks a resident to keep a full schedule from the start. Getting to a shift and an outpatient appointment on the same day is realistic here without a car.
Certification Is Not Optional for Virginia Sober Homes
Under Va. Code 37.2-431.1, operating an uncertified recovery residence in Virginia is a Class 1 misdemeanor, and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services recognizes only two credentialing bodies. The register that results names every certified house with its operator, street, city and level of support. That is the check to run before signing anywhere in the state. Certification is granted residence by residence, so the level attached to this street applies to this house and not to the operator as a whole.
An Operator Running Supervised and Monitored Recovery Homes
The WAR Foundation holds seven residences across Richmond and Henrico County, and the register places them at both Level 2 and Level 3. Running both tiers under one organization means a man who starts here in a supervised house can step down to a monitored address without changing operators, losing his outpatient provider or explaining his history to strangers. The foundation states that its residences span the range from peer-driven to structured supervised settings, built on the social model of recovery.
Court Advocacy, Transportation and Sober Living Under One Name
The WAR Foundation runs services alongside the beds: court advocacy for residents with open legal matters, transportation assistance, a recovery day center, intensive programming, treatment services and recovery capital assessment through REC-CAP. A man on probation or supervised release, arriving with court dates and no license, is exactly the case that combination is built for. Placement and applications run through the organization.
