Changes Recovery Housing

About Changes Recovery Housing

Changes Recovery Housing is a sober living operator in North Providence, Rhode Island, working entirely within Providence County. The provider runs two adjacent sober housing units as a single men's program, set in a quiet residential neighborhood within walking distance of public transportation.

How Changes Recovery Housing Runs Its Houses

Changes Recovery Housing describes a medically informed, holistic approach that treats the environmental, lifestyle, health, educational and psychological sides of addiction together instead of in isolation. The program is built on mutual responsibility: residents are expected to help themselves by helping the men they live with abstain from substances one day at a time.

House leadership at Changes Recovery Housing comes from inside the program. The provider credits house managers and coordinators who lived in the houses for years before taking on the role, so the people setting the tone have worked the same program the current residents are working.

Certification and Oversight

RICARES, the state's designated certifier and its NARR affiliate, certifies two Changes Recovery Housing residences in North Providence at NARR Level 2. Both certifications cover men's housing. Changes Recovery Housing also appears on the 2020 Rhode Island BHDDH public recovery housing list with two houses in the 02911 ZIP code, which places the provider in North Providence for at least six years.

Getting Into a Changes Recovery Housing Home

Admission starts with a walk-through. Changes Recovery Housing asks prospective residents to visit and see whether the house suits them, and a coordinator then handles the paperwork and logistics from there. The provider states that nothing is done without the applicant's consent, and that the intention is to keep the administrative burden off someone who is trying to stabilize.

Where Changes Recovery Housing Operates

Both Changes Recovery Housing units sit in North Providence, in Providence County. One is on Sack Street in the Lymansville section; the other stands on Woonasquatucket Avenue, which runs through Centerdale. Anyone searching for a Changes Recovery Housing sober home is looking at these two North Providence addresses and no others.