The Well Women's Serenity House

About The Well Women's Serenity House

The Well Women's Serenity House is a Tucson, Arizona nonprofit that provides faith-based recovery housing for women across Pima County.

A Tucson Nonprofit Recovery Housing Provider

The organization is a registered 501(c)(3), and its stated mission centers on helping women build a relationship with Christ alongside their recovery. That faith commitment runs through daily life in its housing and sets it apart from the more clinical or secular sober living operators working the same part of the state.

The Founder Behind This Sober Living Operator

Jelee Purvis founded the organization after moving to Tucson in 2013 and building her own sobriety following years of addiction. She went on to earn a NAMI Peer Support Certification in 2018 and worked as a case manager before starting the organization, and that case management background shows up in how closely the organization now works with parole officers and child welfare caseworkers on behalf of the women it houses.

Who This Sober Living Operator Serves

Much of the organization's work is with women coming out of homelessness, parole or probation, or involvement with Arizona's Department of Child Safety, including mothers working toward reunification with their children. Referrals often arrive already attached to a caseworker, which the organization's own case management roots make easier to coordinate.

This Recovery Housing Provider's Reach in Pima County

Tucson is the seat of Pima County and the largest city in southern Arizona, and the organization's housing sits inside the city, within reach of the courts, outpatient clinics and the University of Arizona's health system that many of its referral partners rely on.

Reaching This Tucson Sober Living Operator

Referral partners and women applying on their own both go through the organization directly. Because so much of its work depends on coordination with parole officers and child welfare caseworkers, applicants already connected to a caseworker typically find the process moves faster, though self-referrals are accepted on the same terms.