The Change Initiative

About The Change Initiative

The Change Initiative is a recovery housing provider in Clarksburg, West Virginia, operating the Phoenix Recovery House, certified sober living for women and children in Harrison County. It is one of a small number of certified residences in north central West Virginia that houses mothers with their children.

A North Central West Virginia Recovery Housing Provider

Harrison County sits at the junction of Interstate 79 and US 50, with Clarksburg as its seat. The county holds the courthouse, the family court, United Hospital Center in neighboring Bridgeport and the region's caseworkers. For a mother in a custody or abuse and neglect proceeding, recovery housing in the county seat is what makes those appointments reachable.

Certified Family Recovery Housing at Level 2

The residence carries Level 2 certification from the West Virginia Alliance of Recovery Residences, the state's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, describing monitored recovery housing with structured expectations and clinical care from outside providers. Certification obliges the residence to disclose fees and rules in writing before move-in, hold a written relapse and discharge policy, and accept complaints reviewed outside the house.

Fees That Wait for a Paycheck

A non-refundable $250 entry fee applies, with the $100 weekly program fee beginning at ninety days. Deferring the weekly charge for three months is unusual in West Virginia recovery housing, and it is aimed precisely at the window where a woman leaving treatment has no income and no way to produce one immediately.

Medication-Assisted Recovery for Mothers

Residents on medication for opioid use disorder are accepted. Women who are parenting and on buprenorphine or methadone face the narrowest housing options of anyone in the state, and a certified family residence that accommodates both closes a real gap in the region.