Sober Living Management

Michigan is an Ideal Place to Open a Sober Living Home 

Michigan is a great state for sober living home business start ups and expansions. The state has a huge need for sober living homes, as well as low levels of regulation which makes it easier and more lucrative to operate in the state.

Opening a Sober Living Home In North Carolina? Learn What it Takes

North Carolina - particularly Western North Carolina, a tourist favorite - is a very popular location for sober living homes.

Opening an Sober Living Home in Georgia

Today, we’ll look at what it takes to open a sober living home, transitional housing, halfway house or recovery residence in Georgia.

How to Open a Sober Living Home in Illinois

The 2019 law that created a voluntary registry as well as a voluntary licensing program for sober living homes in Illinois is widely viewed as a “first step” towards imposing further regulations on the sober living community in the state.

How to Open a Sober Living Home in Ohio

The good news is that the state of Ohio has created more resources than most states on how to open a sober living home or recovery housing community within state lines. Ohio is also very friendly to sober living home operators who balk at state licensure and registration.

How to Write an Awesome Good Neighbor Agreement for Your Sober Living Home

Today, we’ll look at what a Good Neighbor Agreement is, how to write one that works and how to implement a GNA at your sober living home.

Nuisance Lawsuits: A Crash Course for Sober Living Home Operators

More and more, we’re seeing local governments - like city and county entities - engaging in harassment campaigns against sober living home residents, owners and operators.

Understanding National Regulations on Sober Living Homes in the United States - Part 2

Today, we’ll cover state funding restrictions and local nuisance lawsuits at the city and county level that might affect your sober living home business, depending on your location.

Understanding National Regulations on Sober Living Homes in the United States - Part 1

As sober living homes continue to proliferate throughout the country, we’re beginning to see an uptick in regulation in many states.


5 Cool Ways to Engage Your Sober Living Home Alumni

Today, we’ll talk about our five favorite ways you can engage with your alumni. You can use one or all of these tactics to build strong alumni relationships that you can leverage when you’re working to solidify your sober living homes’ place in your local recovery community.

“Medical Cannabis Maintenance” and Your Sober Living Home: Friend or Foe?

How do you run a sober living home with medical cannabis patients? Why would someone do such a thing? And, is it discriminatory to exclude medical cannabis patients from your sober living home?


Top 5 Sober Living Home Maintenance Tasks that You're Forgetting to Do

Today, we’ll look at the top 5 sober living home maintenance tasks that most sober living home operators are letting slip through the cracks - only to pay for the deferred maintenance later.

3 Types of Sober Living Home Residents You Need to Stop Admitting

Are you accepting anyone and everyone who expresses any interest in living at your sober living home or are you doing your due diligence when working through the admissions process?

The Absolute Best Updates you Can Make to Your Sober Living Home in 2021 (Part 2)

Today, we’ll cover a few more suggestions for updating your sober living home in 2021.

Got Open Sober Living Home Beds? Let Residents and Community Members Know About It - Automatically!

How are you letting referral partners, community members and potential residents know when you have open beds at your sober living home?

3 Mistakes You Might be Making with MAT Patients at Your Sober Living Home

While the battle between proponents and opponents of MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment) for addiction rages on, the science supporting the use of medications like methadone and buprenorphine to treat SUD continues to pile up. It seems that, love it or hate it, MAT is here to stay.