EmpowerWorks Recovery Houses

About EmpowerWorks Recovery Houses

EmpowerWorks Recovery Houses is a sober living operator based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, providing licensed recovery housing in the Lehigh Valley.

A Lehigh Valley Recovery Housing Provider

EmpowerWorks Recovery Houses works out of Bethlehem, one of the three cities that make up the Lehigh Valley along with Allentown and Easton. The operator houses adult men and keeps its program licensed with the state, which puts a public record behind a service that is otherwise easy to run with none.

Act 59 Licensure and What It Requires

Pennsylvania licenses recovery houses under Act 59 of 2017 through the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, and the program is voluntary, so a licensed operator has chosen to accept a state inspection and a set of staffing and safety standards rather than being required to. A separate, voluntary certification track also runs through the Pennsylvania Alliance of Recovery Residences, the state's NARR affiliate.

Serving Bethlehem and Northampton County

Bethlehem sits inside Northampton County and gives residents access to LANTA's bus network, outpatient behavioral health providers and the broader Lehigh Valley job market without requiring a car. That combination is why recovery housing in this part of the state tends to cluster in Bethlehem and its two sister cities rather than in smaller towns nearby.

Reaching EmpowerWorks Recovery Houses

Applications go directly to the operator. Before moving in, a prospective resident should ask what the weekly fee covers, whether a house manager lives on site, and how the program handles a relapse, the same questions any licensed recovery house should be able to answer without hesitation.