Hope House Ministries - Women's House Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Hope House Ministries is a women's recovery residence on Washington Street in Ravenswood, West Virginia, in Jackson County. Ten women live here at $100 a week under Level 2 certification from the West Virginia Alliance of Recovery Residences.

A Ten-Bed Women's Sober House on the Ohio River

Ten beds makes this the larger of the operator's two houses and the main certified women's residence in Jackson County. Washington Street runs through Ravenswood's grid a short walk from the Ohio River and the town's small commercial center. For a woman from this part of the state, a certified bed here means staying near family and court obligations instead of relocating to Parkersburg or Charleston.

What Level 2 Certification Requires

Level 2 describes monitored recovery housing with structured expectations and clinical services delivered by outside providers. Certification commits the residence to a published code of ethics, written fee and rule disclosure before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and complaints reviewed outside the household. In a small town where everyone knows the house, an external complaint route is what keeps accountability from depending on local relationships.

Weekly Fees and Sponsorships

The charge is $100 a week, accruing from arrival, and the operator helps secure sponsorships to cover a new resident's first few weeks. That is a direct answer to the most common reason a certified bed goes unfilled.

Medication Support for Women in Jackson County

Vivitrol, Sublocade and Brixadi are accepted at both houses. All three are long-acting injectables, which is what makes medication-assisted recovery practical in a rural county without transit.

Ravenswood, Ripley and Jackson County

Ravenswood sits on the Ohio River in northern Jackson County, with Ripley as the county seat about fifteen minutes inland on Interstate 77. Parkersburg lies half an hour north and Charleston an hour south, and those two cities hold the hospitals, the treatment providers and the family court traffic the county depends on. Certified recovery housing rarely reaches towns of this size, which makes these two houses the local option.