Cornerstone Community

About Cornerstone Community

Cornerstone Community is a men's recovery housing operator in Washington, D.C., on Arkansas Avenue NW in Petworth.

A Recovery Housing Provider for Formerly Homeless Men

The organization serves men in recovery from substance addiction who have been through homelessness, moving them from institutional settings such as shelters into an actual house on an actual residential block. Arkansas Avenue runs through Petworth, a neighborhood of brick rowhouses and detached homes with front porches, and that residential character is part of what the program is built around.

The Philosophy Behind This Sober Living Operator

The organization keeps staff living alongside residents, built on its belief that relationship is the best therapy and its aim to create something like a family.

A Men's Recovery Home in Upper Northwest Washington

Petworth sits in Ward 4, in upper Northwest Washington, a part of the city built around residential streets instead of the monuments and offices downtown. That setting gives men rebuilding a routine a neighborhood to practice it in, with neighbors and a block to belong to.

Questions to Ask This Recovery Housing Operator

Ask how live-in staff are selected and trained, how the organization defines success for a man who came in from homelessness, and what happens after a resident is ready to move toward independent housing. Those questions concern the organization's philosophy and outcomes.