St. Helen's Homes

About St. Helen's Homes

St. Helen's Homes is a sober living operator running 23 certified men's recovery residences in Portsmouth and New Boston, Ohio, across Scioto County. Every home in the network holds current certification from Ohio Recovery Housing.

A Large Men's Sober Living Network in Scioto County

The operator runs 20 residences in Portsmouth and 3 in New Boston, making it one of the larger single-operator networks of sober homes in southern Ohio. Houses range from two beds to nine, and the operator has spread that range across many small and mid-sized households.

Certification Levels Across These Recovery Residences

Sixteen of the operator's homes are certified at the Managed level, four at Peer-Run, and three at Supervised, so the amount of staff oversight a resident experiences depends on the specific house, not the operator as a whole. Certification is granted residence by residence, and anyone comparing options should confirm the level held by the house they are applying to.

What Certification Means for Every Recovery Home

Each residence has committed in writing to a code of ethics, discloses fees and house rules before move-in, keeps a documented relapse and discharge policy, and answers to a complaint process that runs outside the house. Ohio Recovery Housing maintains that standard across the state.

Serving Portsmouth and New Boston as One Recovery Housing Provider

Portsmouth is the seat of Scioto County and sits on the Ohio River across from Kentucky, with New Boston immediately alongside it sharing the same county courts and hospital. Running homes across both cities lets the operator move a resident between houses without the transfer crossing into a different county's systems.

Applying to This Ohio Sober Living Operator

Street addresses are not published for these residences, and applications go through St. Helen's Homes directly. Because the network spans so many houses, one application can be weighed against several options.