Housing & Recovery Residences - Kentucky

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Find safe, stable, and supportive housing options for individuals seeking recovery across Kentucky.
This guide includes sober living homes, transitional housing, recovery residences, and long-term supportive programs designed to help people rebuild their lives in a structured environment.

What Are Recovery Residences?

Recovery residences (also called sober living or transitional housing) are drug- and alcohol-free living environments that support individuals in early recovery.
They provide:

• Safe housing
• Peer support
• Structure and accountability
• Access to community resources
• A stable environment while building independence

 1. Kentucky Recovery Housing Network (KRHN)

Description: Statewide network of certified recovery residences following national safety & quality standards.
Find a residence: (button →  Kentucky Recovery Housing Network - Cabinet for Health and Family Services )

2. Oxford House Kentucky

Description: Peer-run sober living homes with gender-specific and family housing options. Democratically operated, affordable, and widely available across KY.
Find a house: (Button →  Oxfordhouse Kentucky)

3. Recovery Kentucky Centers

Description: 14 long-term residential recovery programs offering housing, peer mentoring, and employment support.
Services: Long-term residential, transitional housing, peer support, employment services.
(Button → Programs - Recovery Kentucky 

  1. Sober Living Homes

• Structured recovery environment
• Daily or weekly accountability
• Peer-based housing
• Often low-cost or sliding-scale

Examples:

• Oxford House
• KRHN-certified sober living homes
• Local nonprofit sober living programs (e.g., Hope Houses, Safe Harbor Homes)
   

2. Transitional Housing

• For individuals leaving treatment, incarceration, or unstable environments
• Case management included
• Life-skills coaching

Examples:

• Recovery Kentucky centers
• Halfway House Programs
• Local community action transitional housing offices
   

3. Long-Term Recovery Programs

• 6–18 month residential programs
• MH/SA counseling available
• Relapse prevention + workforce training

Examples:

• Chrysalis House
• Isaiah House
• Volunteers of America Recovery Programs
• Healing Place (Louisville & Lexington)

 Eastern Kentucky

Common programs include:

• KRHN sober living homes
• Recovery Kentucky: WestCare Emergency Shelter, Pike County
• Hope in the Mountains (Prestonsburg)
• Liberty Place Recovery Center (Richmond)

Central Kentucky

• Shepherd’s House (Lexington)
• Chrysalis House (Lexington)
• Isaiah House Treatment Centers
• The Healing Place (Lexington)
   

Western Kentucky

• Healing Place (Paducah)
• Oxford Houses (Henderson, Bowling Green, Owensboro)
• Ladies Living Free (Paducah)

 Emergency Shelters (KY)

• Catholic Action Center
• Salvation Army Shelters
• Local Community Ministries
• Men’s & Women’s Crisis Centers
   

Reentry Housing (For Justice-Involved Individuals)

• Kentucky Reentry Council housing list
• Transitional Living Programs
• Halfway House Programs
   

Domestic Violence Shelters

• GreenHouse17
• Bethany House Abuse Shelter
• Merryman House