The Path Recovery Living for Women

About The Path Recovery Living for Women

The Path Recovery Living for Women in Forest Park, Illinois, is a recovery residence operator serving women in western Cook County.

A Certified Illinois Recovery Housing Provider

The Illinois Association of Extended Care certifies The Path Recovery Living for Women in Forest Park. Certification through IAEC is voluntary for an Illinois operator, so appearing on the association's list is a step an organization elects to take and a family can confirm without asking the organization itself.

What The Organization Provides

The Path provides sober living housing and recovery support services for women recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. Recovery coaching, twelve-step meetings, life skills programming and recovery support services classes sit inside that offer. Coaching and classes delivered by the same organization that provides the housing keep support and tenancy in one set of hands rather than splitting them between a landlord and a program.

The Standard The Organization Sets

Thirty days of sobriety is the entry minimum at The Path. Every resident also carries a full-time commitment, whether a job, school, volunteering or an intensive outpatient program, and the organization provides written guidelines and structure to support recovery outcomes. Putting expectations in writing settles what is required before a disagreement arises rather than after one has.

Alumni And Community

The Path keeps an alumni group, open to women on successful completion of the program, together with alumni functions. An alumni group is one of the few parts of a recovery residence a woman can carry with her after she moves out, which is what makes it worth asking about at the beginning of a stay rather than at the end.

Funding And Access

The Path maintains a scholarship fund and accepts donations toward it. A published scholarship fund is a stated route to a place for a woman whose own resources fall short of the cost.

Service Area In Western Cook County

The Path serves Forest Park, in Cook County, west of Chicago. Forest Park is one of a line of villages between the city boundary and the outer western suburbs, and Cook County is the most populous county in Illinois. Anyone searching for The Path Forest Park, or for a recovery housing provider on that side of the county, is looking at an operator rooted in the western suburbs.