A Design for Living

About A Design for Living

A Design for Living positions itself as a premier women's sober living business in West Palm Beach, Florida, combining clinical staffing with recovery housing in Palm Beach County.

A Clinically Staffed Sober Living Business

The operator markets case management, recovery coaching and trauma-focused therapy as part of what a resident's fee buys, well beyond housing alone. That business model puts it closer to a hybrid of housing and outpatient services than to a peer-run sober house, and it likely carries a different cost structure and staffing overhead than a house that offers only a roof and house rules.

Positioning Within a Crowded Women's Recovery Market

Palm Beach County holds a dense concentration of women's recovery housing, much of it clustered between West Palm Beach and Delray Beach. An operator that layers clinical services onto its housing is competing on more than location, and that added service is the piece worth pricing and comparing against a lower-cost, housing-only alternative nearby.

Florida's Voluntary Certification Standard

The Florida Association of Recovery Residences is the only entity Florida's Department of Children and Families has approved to certify recovery residences, and the program remains voluntary under state law. Clinical services such as case management or trauma therapy are separate from that certification, and a resident should ask specifically about the residence's certification status instead of assuming it from the clinical offering.

Questions About Cost, Insurance and Staffing to Ask Directly

Given the added services, a prospective resident should ask which clinical staff are on site versus contracted, whether insurance covers any portion of the case management or therapy, what a weekly or monthly fee includes, and how the operator handles a resident who no longer wants the clinical component but still needs housing.