Friendship House, Inc.

About Friendship House, Inc.

Friendship House, Inc. is a recovery housing provider in Grand Island, Nebraska, running a men's halfway house, transitional sober living and bilingual outpatient counseling in Hall County. The organization has been housing men in recovery in central Nebraska for more than fifty-seven years.

A Long-Established Central Nebraska Sober Living Operator

Longevity is the clearest fact on record here. An organization that has run continuously since the 1960s in a city of fifty thousand has outlasted several generations of funding, staff and state policy. It is licensed by the State of Nebraska through the Department of Health and Human Services as a mental health and substance abuse treatment center, and the halfway house program received its fifth consecutive three-year CARF accreditation in 2023.

What CARF Accreditation Establishes in a State With No Certification

Nebraska certifies no recovery residences and has no affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, so accreditation from an outside body carries unusual weight here. CARF review means an external organization has examined the program against published standards, repeatedly, over fifteen years. Very few Nebraska sober living operators can point at anything comparable.

Recovery Homes and Counseling Under One Organization

The operator runs halfway house residential treatment services, transitional sober living, and outpatient counseling delivered bilingually. That range matters in Grand Island, where a large share of the population speaks Spanish at home and bilingual behavioral health capacity is scarce across central Nebraska. A man can move from the halfway house into transitional living and keep the same counselors throughout.

Serving Hall County and Central Nebraska

Grand Island is the seat of Hall County and the third largest city in the state, holding Central Community College, a regional hospital and the district courts. The organization serves people from across central Nebraska, where most communities have no recovery housing at all. Applications go to the operator directly.