The ROCC

About The ROCC

The ROCC is a sober living operator in Joplin, Missouri, running three faith-based recovery homes for men in Jasper County. Formerly known as Ascent Recovery Residences, the organization now operates as the Recovery Outreach Community Center, working with men rebuilding their lives after addiction.

A Faith-Based Sober Living Operator in Joplin

The ROCC builds its housing around mentorship and peer recovery support, leaning on volunteers with lived experience instead of clinical treatment delivered in house. Residents come from detox, treatment programs or the criminal justice system, and the organization pairs stable housing with volunteer-led recovery coaching, including staff pursuing Certified Peer Specialist and Missouri Recovery Support Specialist credentials.

Three Men's Sober Houses in Joplin

The organization runs three men's residences in Joplin: the MIRP House, the Extended Care House, and the Ascent Recovery House on East 7th Street. The names describe stages of one program, with the Extended Care House serving men further along in stability and ready for less daily oversight. All three operate under the same expectations and the same staff, so moving up a stage means changing address without changing program.

A Rebranded Recovery Housing Provider

Ascent Recovery Residences is the entity behind the housing, and the ROCC is the name it works under now. The older web address forwards to the current one. For someone searching on the former name, or holding a referral written under it, this is the same organization at the same addresses with the same people running it.

Certified Recovery Housing Through MCRSP

The houses are listed with the Missouri Coalition of Recovery Support Providers, the state's NARR affiliate. Certification is voluntary in Missouri, and an operator that carries it has agreed to a published code of ethics, written fees and rules disclosed before move-in, a documented relapse and discharge policy, and an outside complaint process. Certification is granted residence by residence.

Recovery Housing for Southwest Missouri

Joplin is the commercial hub of Jasper County, though Carthage holds the county seat, and the city draws people from across the four-state corner who need stable housing after treatment. The ROCC's houses and its South Main Street support center put residents within reach of outpatient providers, employers and the services a man rebuilding a routine needs day to day.

Who These Joplin Sober Homes Serve

The program is built for men, particularly younger men, who need more than a bed: peer mentorship, a faith-based framework and a path from early recovery into independence. Men arrive through referrals from treatment providers, the courts and word of mouth across the Joplin recovery community.