Emma House Inc

About Emma House Inc

Emma House Inc is a sober living operator in Gary, Indiana, providing certified recovery housing for women in Lake County. The organization grew out of the City of Refuge Christian Church, founded by Pastor and Mrs. Pirtle, who have worked with Northwest Indiana community partners toward ending homelessness, addiction and poverty.

A Faith-Based Northwest Indiana Recovery Housing Provider

Emma House Inc runs its recovery housing as a ministry program, and volunteers connected to the church help residents with job searches and permanent housing plans while they are in the program. That volunteer network is the organization's main resource beyond the house itself.

DMHA Designation

Emma House Inc's recovery housing carries Level II designation on Indiana's DMHA Recovery Residence list, the tier for peer-supported housing with a defined structure. Designation means the state has reviewed how the organization runs its housing.

Serving Women With a Wide Range of Needs

Emma House Inc accepts women with an identified alcohol or drug problem, women experiencing homelessness, women with mild mental health conditions, and women referred through community corrections, parole or probation. That range reflects the organization's roots in a broader anti-poverty and anti-homelessness mission, wider than a narrowly clinical recovery program.

Working in Lake County

Gary sits in Lake County, inside the Chicago metropolitan area's orbit, and Emma House Inc works alongside other Northwest Indiana organizations addressing homelessness and addiction in the Region. Referrals from local courts, probation offices and community partners are part of how the organization fills its beds.

Reaching Emma House Inc in Gary

Referrals and applications go through Emma House Inc directly. Worthwhile questions at the operator level include what documentation a community corrections or probation referral needs, how the job and housing search support works in practice, and what the house's rules are around continued sobriety while living there.