Onyx 1620 Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Onyx 1620 is a certified sober house in Menomonie, Wisconsin, the seat of Dunn County, and one of two Onyx residences in the city.

A Sober Living Home in a County Seat and a College Town

Menomonie is both the city and the seat of Dunn County, and it holds the University of Wisconsin-Stout along with a local hospital. A town of that shape carries an unusual amount of infrastructure for its population: a courthouse, outpatient providers, a transit system, and a labor market with the kind of entry-level hours a resident can actually get in the first month. Nearly everything a person rebuilding a routine needs sits inside the same municipality. Wisconsin publishes no street address for a recovery residence, so the exact placement of this house is settled with the operator.

NARR Level II Certification at This Menomonie Sober House

The Wisconsin Association of Sober Housing certifies this residence at NARR Level II. Level II is the state affiliate's designation for peer-managed housing: a manager or senior resident on site, a structured week, and clinical care handled by providers elsewhere. Behind the level sits a set of commitments an applicant can hold the house to, a published code of ethics, written disclosure of fees and rules before move-in, a relapse and discharge policy on paper, and a complaint process outside the house. None of it is required by Wisconsin law, which is what makes it worth checking.

Nine Residents in a Chippewa Valley Recovery Home

The state registry records nine beds here. Nine is a working number for peer-managed housing. It is enough people to fill a house meeting and to spread the cost, and few enough that a new resident is known within days. Bedrooms and common space are shared, and one set of expectations covers the household.

Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in This Sober House

Residents on buprenorphine or methadone are accepted. Onyx recorded that with the state when it registered the house in December 2024, which puts the policy on a public record. Housing that turns away a prescription can cost a resident the treatment along with the bed, and in a county the size of Dunn the alternatives within driving distance are few.

The Onyx Sober Living Network East of the St. Croix Valley

Menomonie sits in the Chippewa Valley, east of the operator's St. Croix Valley cluster. Onyx 1027 is the second house in the city. Further west the network runs three houses in New Richmond, two in Somerset and one in Amery. The Onyx Foundation pairs the housing with re-entry programming, advocacy for better recovery services and public education on addiction.