About this Recovery Home
Simms House is a coed recovery home at 1805 W. Moore Street in Richmond, Virginia, an independent city with no county and part of DBHDS Region 4. It is certified at Level of Support 2 and operated by Virginia Family Services.
A Coed Sober House in the 1800 Block
The 1800 block of West Moore Street holds two of the operator's houses, this one and its neighbor four doors up. The rest of the portfolio sits a few blocks west in the 2000 block. Residents here live on an ordinary residential street with sidewalks, a few minutes from a main commercial corridor, which is what most people in early recovery actually need from an address: somewhere unremarkable, where a walk to the bus stop is uneventful.
Getting to Work From This Richmond Recovery Residence
Employment is the first real test of a sober living placement, and Richmond's near west side is well placed for it. West Broad Street, a short walk north, carries GRTC's Pulse bus rapid transit from Willow Lawn through downtown to Rocketts Landing, and the local routes feed into it. Warehouse, food service, retail and healthcare support jobs across the city are reachable on that line. Residents at Level 2 houses are expected to be occupied during the day, so getting to a shift on time is part of holding the bed.
What Level of Support 2 Certification Means Here
Virginia grades certified residences one to three. Level 2, which VARR names Monitored, describes peer-based housing with written rules, house meetings and a manager who answers for the property, with treatment delivered off site. Certification through the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences also commits the house to a code of ethics, written disclosure of fees and rules before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and outside complaint review. In a state where uncertified operation is a criminal offense, a register entry is the baseline test of legitimacy.
A Coed Recovery Home Attached to an Outpatient Provider
Virginia Family Services is a behavioral health organization that has worked in Richmond since 2012, holds CARF accreditation and belongs to the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers. It delivers Addiction Recovery Treatment Services and mental health care directly and bills Medicaid and commercial insurance for them. Residents can hold housing and clinical care under one roster of staff, which is why the register lists co-occurring disorders among the populations these houses serve.
Recovery Housing in Virginia's Region 4
Region 4 covers Richmond and the counties around it, and it holds the largest share of Virginia's certified recovery housing. For a resident, the practical upside is that a change of house, a change of level or a change of provider does not require leaving the region. Richmond's courts, its community services board and the state agencies that fund treatment all sit inside the city limits.
