Restorative Roots Wilkes-Barre, LLC

About Restorative Roots Wilkes-Barre, LLC

Restorative Roots Wilkes-Barre, LLC is a sober living operator based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, running licensed men's recovery houses across Luzerne County.

A Luzerne County Recovery Housing Operator

Restorative Roots was founded by Joe Aiello and Kurt Krasavage, who opened their first house to residents in 2024 and have since grown the organization into Wilkes-Barre and neighboring Edwardsville. Aiello brings his own recovery experience to the work, and Krasavage brings a background in business and real estate, a pairing the organization credits for its early growth.

Licensed Men's Recovery Houses Under Act 59

Every Restorative Roots house carries a full license as a recovery house from the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs. The organization describes itself as a state-licensed recovery house built around what it calls the four pillars of recovery: health, home, purpose and community, a framework drawn from the federal government's own model of recovery support.

Three Houses in Wilkes-Barre and Edwardsville

Restorative Roots operates:

• A house on North Main Street in Wilkes-Barre.
• A house on Main Street in Edwardsville.
• A second house on Main Street in Edwardsville.

Wilkes-Barre and Edwardsville sit next to each other along the Susquehanna River, and local reporting has described Restorative Roots as running Luzerne County's only licensed men's recovery houses, a distinction the organization has used to justify plans to keep expanding despite uncertainty over federal drug and alcohol funding.

Serving Men in Recovery in the Wyoming Valley

Restorative Roots houses only adult men. Its stated approach centers on empowerment and self-directed recovery rather than a fixed clinical program, with structure built around the same four-pillar framework at every address.

Growth Backed by County and Opioid Settlement Funding

Because insurance does not typically cover a stay in licensed recovery housing, Restorative Roots has relied on a mix of resident payments and county funding drawn from federal recovery dollars, and it has sought opioid settlement funds to support additional residents. That funding picture is common across Pennsylvania's smaller recovery housing operators, most of which depend on some combination of resident fees and public recovery funding rather than insurance reimbursement.

Reaching Restorative Roots in Wilkes-Barre

Applications for any of the three houses go through Restorative Roots directly, and the organization maintains its own website with current contact information alongside its state license.