Ola Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Ola is a women's sober living home in Appleton, Wisconsin, in Outagamie County, operated by Apricity Services alongside its residential treatment programs for substance use disorder.

A Women's Sober House in Appleton

Ola serves women exclusively, which keeps bathrooms, bedrooms and house meetings single-gender and lets house rules address one population's needs instead of splitting a building between two. Appleton is the seat of Outagamie County and the largest city in the Fox Valley, giving residents access to outpatient behavioral health providers, Fox Valley Technical College and a wide entry-level job market without needing to leave the county.

Connected to a Second Women's House in Neenah

Apricity Services also operates Ohana, a women's home a short drive north in Neenah. Running both under one organization means a woman who needs a different set of housemates, or a family member trying to place someone from out of state, is working with a single point of contact instead of two unrelated operators.

A Housing and Treatment Continuum

Apricity Services runs Casa Clare, its women's residential treatment program, alongside its sober living homes. A woman finishing treatment there can move into Ola without changing providers, which keeps her clinical history and her housing history inside the same organization through the transition.

An Unpublished Address in Appleton

Apricity Services does not list a street address for Ola online. Anyone pursuing placement works directly with the operator, which is standard practice for sober living in Wisconsin, a state where no public registry publishes a residence's street address either.

Sober Living Certification in Wisconsin

No Wisconsin statute requires a sober living home to be licensed or certified. The Wisconsin Association of Sober Housing certifies residences that apply, and the state's Department of Health Services keeps a separate voluntary, self-attested registry. Both are optional, and a house that does not appear on either list has not necessarily done anything wrong.