Onyx 323 Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Onyx 323 is a certified sober house in New Richmond, Wisconsin, seated in St. Croix County near the Minnesota line. It is the smallest of the three Onyx Sober Living residences in the city, with eight beds.

Two Public Records Stand Behind This Sober House

Onyx 323 appears on both of the lists Wisconsin keeps, and they say different things. The Department of Health Services recovery residence registry has carried the house since December 2024. That entry is self-attested disclosure, recording the county, the city, the capacity and the medication policy so referral sources and funders can find it. Registration is not a license, an inspection or an endorsement. Certification through the Wisconsin Association of Sober Housing is the stricter record, and this house holds it at NARR Level II.

Eight Residents in a NARR Level II Recovery Residence

Eight beds is a small household by the standards of Wisconsin recovery housing, and Level II describes what that household is obliged to do. Someone manages the house. Expectations are written down, handed over before move-in and applied the same way to everyone. Fees are disclosed in advance. A relapse and discharge policy exists in writing, and a complaint about the house goes to an outside body. Clinical treatment happens off site, so residents keep their own prescribers and counselors.

New Richmond Sober Living Within Reach of Two Metro Areas

New Richmond sits in the northern half of St. Croix County, whose seat is Hudson, in the region Wisconsin calls the St. Croix Valley. The Twin Cities metro is close enough that employment, family and outpatient care often sit on the Minnesota side while the address stays in Wisconsin. New Richmond itself carries a hospital, a school district and municipal offices, so a resident is not commuting for every errand. Wisconsin publishes no street address for a recovery residence, and the exact placement comes from the operator.

Recovery Homes and Re-Entry Work at the Onyx Foundation

Housing is one part of what the Onyx Foundation does. The organization also runs re-entry programming, argues publicly for better recovery services in Wisconsin and does education work on addiction. For a resident arriving from custody, that combination is the practical difference between a landlord and an operator: the people who assign the bed are the people who already work on what comes after it. Onyx accepts residents on medication for opioid use disorder across its houses, including this one.