Merakey Fresh Start Foundation

About Merakey Fresh Start Foundation

Merakey Fresh Start Foundation is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania recovery housing operator serving Philadelphia County under the Merakey nonprofit network.

A Philadelphia Recovery Housing Operator Under Merakey

Merakey Fresh Start Foundation operates recovery housing under the umbrella of Merakey, a large Pennsylvania-based nonprofit behavioral health provider. That affiliation gives the operator access to clinical and administrative resources beyond what a standalone housing provider typically has.

Six Recovery Homes on the Frankford Avenue Corridor

Merakey Fresh Start Foundation's Pennsylvania addresses are:

• 2067 East Tioga Street, Philadelphia, for women.
• 2842 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, for women.
• 2868 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, for men.
• 2920 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, for women.
• 3023 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, for women.
• 3137-39 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, for men.

All six sit in Philadelphia's river wards, most of them clustered directly along Frankford Avenue, with the East Tioga Street house a short distance off the main corridor.

Serving Men and Women Separately

Four of the six houses serve women and two serve men, each running as its own household. That split means bathrooms, bedrooms and house meetings stay single-gender at every address, even though several sit within blocks of one another.

DDAP Recovery House Licensure in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs licenses recovery houses under Act 59 of 2017, and Merakey Fresh Start Foundation has held that license. Licensure is voluntary in Pennsylvania, and it requires an inspected facility along with written policies on fees, conduct and relapse response.

Part of a Statewide Recovery Housing Network

Merakey runs behavioral health, intellectual disability and addiction services across Pennsylvania and beyond, and the Fresh Start Foundation name ties this operator into that larger organizational structure. A resident's case manager gains a single point of contact with an established, multi-program provider rather than a standalone house.

Working the Frankford Avenue Recovery Corridor

Most of the operator's housing sits along the Frankford Avenue corridor in Philadelphia's river wards, an area with one of the city's highest concentrations of substance use treatment and outreach services. That density gives residents at any of the six addresses a short walk to outpatient care, meetings and the other services a recovery house depends on.