A Fresh Start

About A Fresh Start Sober Living

A Fresh Start Sober Living operates in Chicago, Illinois, providing sober living for men and women across Cook County. The organization publishes seven recovery residences in the city.

A Chicago Sober Living Operator Since 2006

A Fresh Start Sober Living has been operating in Chicago since at least 2006. The organization's current executive director started at A Fresh Start in 2006 as a client, which fixes the provider's presence in the city to that year. A Fresh Start serves men and women seeking assistance in early recovery.

Seven Recovery Residences Across Three Neighborhoods

A Fresh Start publishes seven houses in Chicago. Claremont House, Oakley House and Belmont House are women's residences in Roscoe Village. Lincoln House serves men in the same neighborhood. Grace House serves men in North Center. Addison House and Addison House 2 are adjacent women's residences in Old Irving Park. All seven stand in Cook County.

Leadership Drawn From the Recovery Community

Juan Hernandez is executive director of A Fresh Start Sober Living, and the organization states that under his supervision Fresh Start has grown by nearly 110 percent. Dustin Dillow, the operations manager, has created a manager training program, updated policies and rules, and overseen the opening of two new locations.

How the A Fresh Start Program Works

A Fresh Start describes its model as independent living with accountability. Each house holds a weekly in-house recovery meeting. Residents must be working or have stable income or financial support, and residents undergo random drug screens and daily breathalyzing.

Curfew and Length of Stay

A Fresh Start sets curfew at midnight Sunday through Thursday and 2am on Friday and Saturday. Most people stay six to eight months.

Admissions and Affiliations

A Fresh Start does not accept people on house arrest. The organization has been a partner of OneStep, an outcome-measurement service, since 2019.

A Fresh Start Sober Homes in Cook County

A Fresh Start Sober Living runs both men's and women's houses inside the same North Side neighborhoods of Chicago. Anyone searching for a recovery housing provider in Cook County will find the A Fresh Start sober homes concentrated in Roscoe Village, North Center and Old Irving Park.