Goliath House

About Goliath House

Goliath House is a sober living operator in West Plains, Missouri, providing faith-based recovery support and housing for men in Howell County. The organization was founded by Cynthia Melton, a licensed clinical social worker, after watching her own son struggle with addiction beginning in his teenage years.

A Faith-Based Recovery Housing Operator

Goliath House frames its work around the biblical image of David facing Goliath, treating addiction as an obstacle a man can be equipped to overcome. The organization builds its program around peer support delivered by people who understand recovery firsthand, alongside more formal services.

More Than Housing: Wraparound Recovery Support

Beyond a place to live, Goliath House provides care coordination, spiritual and group counseling, life skills training and transportation assistance. That combination is built for men who need practical help getting to appointments and building daily structure, not only a bed and a set of house rules.

MCRSP Certification

Goliath House is listed with the Missouri Coalition of Recovery Support Providers. Certification remains voluntary in Missouri, and it commits the organization to a published code of ethics, disclosed fees and rules, and a complaint process reviewed outside the organization itself.

Serving Howell County and South-Central Missouri

West Plains is both the largest city and the county seat of Howell County, and it functions as the hub for a wide, rural stretch of south-central Missouri. Men coming out of treatment in the surrounding communities generally have to come to West Plains for outpatient care, which keeps Goliath House's referral base concentrated in the region.

Who Goliath House Serves

The program is built for men in recovery who benefit from a combination of housing, counseling, life skills training and transportation, with staff and volunteers who bring their own recovery experience into the work.