The Edna House

About The Edna House

The Edna House is a women's recovery housing nonprofit based in Cleveland, Ohio, serving Cuyahoga County since 2004. Four women in recovery founded the organization to house other women working through early sobriety, and it has operated continuously in the same Cleveland community for more than twenty years.

A Cleveland Sober Living Operator Built by Women in Recovery

The organization's founders started it from their own experience rather than as an outside social service, and that origin still shapes how the nonprofit runs its housing today: residents share responsibility for the property rather than being managed by outside staff, and the program leans on twelve-step principles the founders practiced themselves.

Two Decades of Recovery Housing Results

Since 2004, the organization has housed more than 1,900 women and logged over 7,600 nights of safe housing, a record few Cleveland recovery housing providers can match for longevity or scale. That track record matters to referring case managers and families comparing options, because it reflects sustained operation rather than a newer program still building a history.

A Fully Donor-Funded Recovery Housing Provider

The Edna House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit funded entirely through private donations from individuals and corporations, with no government contract underwriting its budget. That independence lets the organization set its own admission standard, a willingness to stay sober, without the added eligibility requirements that come with many publicly funded housing programs.

Job Skills and Employment Support

Beyond housing, the organization actively helps residents build job skills and find local employment, treating stable work as part of what sustains recovery rather than a separate concern. That combination of housing and employment support is part of what a two-decade track record in the same community has let the organization build out over time.

Serving Cuyahoga County

Operating from Cleveland places the organization inside Cuyahoga County's largest concentration of outpatient providers, employers, and transit, resources its residents draw on throughout their stay. The organization's donor base is similarly rooted in the local community it has served since 2004.

Supporting The Edna House

Because the organization relies entirely on private donations, individuals and corporations in the Cleveland area make up the base that keeps its recovery housing running. Anyone interested in referring a resident, volunteering, or donating can reach the organization directly.