Nine Mile Women's Recovery Home

About this Recovery Home

Nine Mile is a women's recovery residence at 3227 Nine Mile Road in Richmond, Virginia, run by Urban Recovery RVA. The city is independent of any county and falls in the state's behavioral health Region 4. It holds Level of Support 2 certification through the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences.

A Women's Sober House on Nine Mile Road

Nine Mile Road is one of the main arteries of Richmond's East End, and the 23223 ZIP code around it holds a dense stretch of the city's recovery housing. The residence takes women only. Everyone in the house is working the same problem at roughly the same stage, which is the point of single-gender housing: it removes a whole category of distraction from a household where people are learning to live sober in each other's company.

The Two Credentialing Bodies Virginia Recognizes

Virginia requires certification. The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services accepts credentials from exactly two organizations, VARR and Oxford House, and running a recovery residence outside that framework is a criminal offense in the state. This house is VARR-accredited and carries a current row on state register of certified recovery residences. That row is checkable by anyone, which is the value of it.

What a Certified Recovery Residence Owes a Resident in Writing

Accreditation converts good intentions into documents. A certified residence operates under a published code of ethics. It has to disclose fees, house rules and grounds for discharge before a resident signs anything. It has to keep a written policy on relapse and on the return of property and money. It has to accept a complaint from a resident or a family member that someone outside the house reviews. None of that guarantees a good fit for a particular person. It does mean the terms exist on paper before move-in and cannot be reinvented afterward.

Recovery Housing in Richmond's East End

The East End is where a large share of Richmond recovery homes sit, and the reason is practical. GRTC service along Nine Mile Road and Broad Street reaches downtown, the VCU medical campus and the East End's clinics and grocery stores. Richmond Behavioral Health Authority operates the city's publicly funded outpatient and peer services. A woman moving into this address from treatment elsewhere in central Virginia lands inside a network of meetings, appointments and jobs she can reach without driving.

What to Ask This Richmond Sober House Before Moving In

Certification obliges answers, so the useful questions are the ones it covers. What does the weekly fee include, and what falls outside it. Whether a house manager lives on site or checks in. How bedrooms are assigned and how many people share one. What happens after a relapse, and what happens to a resident's deposit if the stay ends early. Whether medication prescribed for opioid use disorder is accepted, since that answer decides whether a treatment plan and an address can coexist. A certified recovery residence in Virginia has to put those terms in writing.