Meraki Recovery Housing

About Meraki Recovery Housing

Meraki Recovery Housing is a sober living operator based in Blaine, Minnesota, running recovery residences across the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities. It houses men and women in eleven residences spread over Anoka and Hennepin counties, and several of them are certified by the Minnesota Association of Sober Homes.

A North Metro Recovery Housing Provider

This is a housing organization. The houses supply structure, peer accountability and a stable address, and clinical care comes from outpatient providers elsewhere in the metro. Residents keep their own prescribers, counselors and meetings. The operator's job is to keep the fee predictable, the rules identical from one address to the next, and the houses full of people who are actually working a program. Residents notice that consistency most when they move between houses.

Sober Homes Across Anoka and Hennepin Counties

The residences carry the Meraki name across seven cities:

• Two houses in Ramsey, one for men and one for women.
• Three men's houses in Ham Lake.
• Two houses in Brooklyn Center, one for men and one for women.
• A men's house in Blaine.
• Houses in Anoka, Coon Rapids and Columbia Heights.

Nine of the eleven sit in Anoka County and two in Hennepin County, all within about twenty miles of each other. That tight cluster means a change of house rarely costs a resident his job, his home group or his provider.

One Program at Every Sober Living Address

The terms are published and uniform: entry with 28 days of proven sobriety and a negative screen, three recovery meetings a week, thirty hours a week of productive activity, a Sunday house meeting, chores twice a week, a $700 monthly program fee and a $250 application fee. Standardizing the program across eleven houses is the operational choice that makes transfers simple and makes a referring counselor's job easier.

Certification Across the Portfolio

Certification is voluntary in Minnesota, and MASH grants it residence by residence against the NARR Quality Standards. Several Meraki residences hold a Certificate of Compliance, including houses in Ramsey, Brooklyn Center, Ham Lake, Anoka, Coon Rapids and Columbia Heights. Anyone comparing options should confirm the status of the specific house being offered, because certification attaches to an address and not to a company.

Men's and Women's Sober Houses Under One Application

Every residence is single gender, and the operator runs men's and women's houses as separate households. A single application is considered against whichever houses have an opening, which is the practical case for choosing a multi-house operator: if a bed opens in Ham Lake before one opens in Ramsey, the applicant is not starting over with a new organization.

Who These Minnesota Sober Homes Are For

The houses suit someone out of residential treatment, an intensive outpatient program or a county release, with a month of clean time behind him and the ability to fill thirty hours a week. Anyone needing supervision or clinical care on site is a poor match. The north metro location favors residents who can use the Northstar commuter line or hold work in the Blaine, Coon Rapids and Brooklyn Center employment corridors.