YWCA - Helena

About YWCA - Helena

YWCA Helena is a nonprofit sober living operator in Helena, Montana, running certified recovery housing for women and children in Lewis and Clark County.

A Licensed Helena Recovery Housing Provider

YWCA Helena is licensed by the state as both a Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program and a Mental Health Center, a dual clinical licensing that goes beyond what a purely peer-run sober living operator carries. The organization runs transitional housing and supportive services for homeless women and their children broadly, with its WINGS program built specifically around recovery from substance use and co-occurring mental health conditions.

What Certification and Licensing Establish

YWCA Helena's recovery housing is certified under Montana's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, Recovery Access Montana, in addition to its state clinical licensing. That combination gives the organization's housing two independent layers of outside review, one clinical and one specific to recovery residences.

An Eighteen to Twenty-Four Month Model

The operator runs its recovery program on an eighteen to twenty-four month timeline, considerably longer than most sober living, built around participants who are managing homelessness, trauma and substance use together instead of any one of those problems alone. Individual therapy, addictions counseling and group work all run alongside the housing itself.

Serving Helena and Lewis and Clark County

Helena's dual role as the state capital and the Lewis and Clark County seat gives YWCA Helena's residents access to state agencies, family court and a full outpatient network within the same city. Women arrive from across Montana specifically for that concentration of resources, which a smaller Montana town could not offer at the same scale.