Recovery Residences in Montana
SAMHSA delineates that housing or having a home— a stable and safe place to live—is one of the major dimensions that support a life in recovery.
Recovery housing can be a critical asset in supporting an individual on their journey of recovery. Research has demonstrated that recovery housing is associated with a variety of positive outcomes for residents including decreased substance use, reduced likelihood of return to use, lower rates of incarceration, higher income, increased employment, and improved family relationships.
Recovery housing is a recovery support service that was designed by persons in recovery specifically for those initiating and sustaining recovery from substance use issues. Founded on social model recovery principles, the recovery housing setting is the service.
Recovery homes mindfully cultivate prosocial bonds, a sense of community, and a milieu that is recovery supportive unto itself. Recovery homes that focus on populations with higher needs often add peer recovery support services and other types of supports or actively link residents to recovery or clinical services in the community.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Best Practices for Recovery Housing. Publication No. PEP23-10-00-002. Rockville, MD: Office of Recovery, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2023.
