Next Step

About Next Step

Next Step in Springfield, Illinois, is a sober living operator serving recovering adults.

The Next Step Approach To Recovery Housing

Next Step takes a hands-on approach to recovery from drugs and alcohol. The organization frames its housing as an efficient and safe method of preventing relapse while a person acclimates back to regular routine in the general public. Read as a statement of purpose, that places the organization's work after clinical treatment and before an independent tenancy, and it defines success in ordinary terms: a person carrying a routine in public, rather than a person doing well inside a controlled setting.

Recovering Adults Since 2006

Next Step has been guiding, transitioning and lending a helping hand for recovering adults since 2006. A start date that early gives a referring counselor or a family one fixed point of reference for the organization that does not come from a marketing page.

The Values Next Step States

Next Step centers its work on three stated core values: dependability, sobriety and commitment. Two of those three describe conduct rather than status, which tells a prospective resident that the organization is naming a set of expectations as much as a service.

Our Father's Houses And The Next Step Locations

Next Step runs its residences under the Our Father's Houses name. The organization maintains multiple locations in the Springfield area. One name for the organization and another for the houses is worth knowing when searching, because a search for Next Step Springfield and a search for the house name lead back to the same organization and the same intake conversation.

Service Area In Central Illinois

Next Step works in Springfield, the seat of Sangamon County in central Illinois. Springfield is the state capital and the largest city in the county, which makes it the place where county and state offices serving the surrounding area are based. Anyone searching for a recovery housing provider in Sangamon County, or for Next Step Springfield specifically, is looking at an operator rooted in the state capital rather than in a satellite town.

Reaching Next Step

Next Step is reached through its Springfield houses. A prospective resident can ask which of those houses is taking residents and what the organization looks for at entry.