About this Sober House
Southwest Counseling Service Women and Children is a women's recovery residence on Washakie Drive in Rock Springs, Wyoming, in Sweetwater County. Mothers can bring their children with them, and this was the first program in the state to let pregnant women and mothers receive addiction treatment without giving up custody.
What Keeping Families Together Changes in This Recovery Home
When children stay, parenting becomes part of the recovery work instead of a problem waiting on the far side of it. Residents build parenting skills and life skills while they are in treatment, in the same rooms where they are doing the harder emotional work. Women who would otherwise refuse residential care rather than lose their children can say yes to this one.
Who This Women's Sober House Serves
The program takes adult women, including pregnant and postpartum women and transitional-age young adults, and treats co-occurring mental health conditions alongside substance use. Residential care here runs long-term rather than as a brief stabilization stay.
Methods Used in This Recovery Residence
Clinical work draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, the Matrix Model, contingency management, community reinforcement with vouchers, anger management, relapse prevention and trauma-related counseling. Telehealth is available for some services, which matters across a county this large.
Paying for This Sober Living Program
Payment options include Medicaid, Medicare, military insurance such as TRICARE, private insurance, self-payment and federal or state funding for substance use programs. Tribal and IHS funds are also accepted, reflecting the operator's role in serving Native residents across southwest Wyoming.
Sweetwater County Recovery Housing for Women
Women's residential beds are thin everywhere in Wyoming, and beds that accept children are thinner still. Rock Springs is the largest community in Sweetwater County, sitting on Interstate 80 with Green River, the county seat, fourteen miles west. For a mother in southwest Wyoming, the realistic alternatives to this address involve crossing the state or crossing a state line.
Certification and This Wyoming Recovery Housing
Wyoming operates no recovery residence certification and has no NARR affiliate. This home is run by a certified operator, certified by the Wyoming Department of Health and accredited by CARF. Ask intake directly about length of stay, child care arrangements and what discharge looks like.
