Transitional Housing

Program Description

Dawn Farm transitional housing provides a safe, structured, and supportive environment for people in early recovery.

House managers monitor each location to ensure that residents have what they need to be successful.  All house managers are in long-term recovery and are directly supervised by a social worker.

We ensure safety through our no-tolerance policies toward drug and alcohol use, violence, and threatening behavior.  Residents receive regular drug and alcohol testing. Each location has a Narcan supply kit located in a common area and house managers are trained in CPR/first aid/Narcan administration.

Residents develop a structured routine during their stay. They are required to maintain employment, attend recovery meetings, maintain a curfew, and attend a weekly house meeting with their housemates and house manager.  Generally, residents are expected to be engaged in outpatient treatment while in transitional housing.  

One of our primary goals is to assist residents in finding a place within the recovering community. We help residents make connections with others in recovery to ensure that each resident has a support system in place. We also offer vocational assistance through a twice-weekly employment group and through our relationships with a network of local recovery-friendly employers. Dawn Farm also offers specialty housing for parents with young children at our Strong Roots location. Our housing facilities are LGBTQ friendly. Transgender residents are assigned housing in accordance with their self-identified gender.

Continuum of Care

Transitional housing serves a vital role in the continuum of care—it provides the link between high-intensity treatment and the ultimate goal of a full return to the community.  After treatment, people in early recovery need a safe place to learn how to integrate their recovery with the other dimensions of their life. Transitional housing offers that supportive environment for residents to engage in employment/education, build strong relationships, and learn to have fun—all without drugs or alcohol.  This is why we permit residents to live in transitional housing for up to two years.  Our integration with other Dawn Farm programs means that our house managers communicate with other program staff to ensure that residents are attending any required outpatient/aftercare groups.