Providence Farm Community

About Providence Farm Community

Providence Farm Community is a sober living operator in Northbrook, Illinois, running extended care recovery housing for young men in Cook County.

Founded and Directed by Stephanie Zwilling

Stephanie Zwilling is the founder and director of Providence Farm. A recovery housing provider led by the person who built it keeps decisions about the program with one identifiable figure.

A Program for Men Ages 18 to 30

Providence Farm Community works with 18 to 30 year old men who have completed treatment for substance use disorders, describing itself as an extended care community-based and community-supported sober home. That places the operator after primary treatment in a person's recovery rather than at the start of it.

A Farm Campus as the Operating Model

Providence men are offered the opportunity to care for the gardens, barn, animals and facilities, framed as a service to future residents, to the animals themselves and to the community around the program. Running a working property is a different undertaking from managing a residential building, and it is what defines this operator's model.

What Providence Farm Community Delivers

The organization's published program components include peer-based recovery support, off-site individual therapy, parent education and support groups, educational and vocational support, life-skills support covering financial planning and budgeting, full-time case management, full-time live-in resident support, nutritional coaching, exercise, and drug and alcohol testing.

Providence Farm Community in Northbrook

Providence Farm Community is based in Northbrook, inside Cook County, and describes its position as central to Chicagoland's North Shore and Northwest suburban communities. The organization also sends residents into local middle schools and high schools to speak about substance abuse, mental health disorders and recovery, which keeps the operator visible in the town it works from.