Recovery housing · Smart Step Inc. · 501(c)(3)
A bed, a key, and neighbors who expect you back tonight.
Smart Step operates recovery residences — ordinary houses on ordinary streets, with clear standards and people who want you to make it. We also work to keep affordable housing from disappearing.
- I need somewhere to live.You're leaving a recovery program, jail, a hospital, or a situation that isn't safe. Tell us a little and we'll talk about what's open.Apply for housing
- I'm worried about someone.Families usually make the first call. We'll tell you plainly how this works, what it costs, and what we can and can't share with you.Read this first
- I place people in housing.Courts, recovery programs and agencies. Real-time openings, consent-gated compliance reporting, and a named person who answers.Refer someone
What living here is actually like
No surprises after you move in. This is the whole shape of it.
- You sign an occupancy agreement
- You get a bed, a key, and a written copy of what's expected — in your hand before you move in, not sprung on you afterwards.
- You pay a weekly program fee
- $250 a week, plus a one-time $150move-in fee. We'll tell you every number before you commit to anything.
- There's a curfew, chores, and meetings
- Curfew is {{CURFEW TIME}}. Everyone carries a share of the house. Structure is the thing that works — it isn't punishment.
- There's random screening
- {{SCREENING FREQUENCY}}, at random. If something comes back positive you get a conversation with a person, not an automatic exit.
- Prescribed medication is welcome
- Stopping or reducing medication a doctor prescribed you is never a condition of living here. Stored securely, taken as prescribed.
- Your information stays yours
- Nothing goes to a court or coordinator without a release you signed, and you can withdraw it in writing. How we handle records.
What Smart Step is not
Not a medical provider
We don't provide medical care or counseling. We're housing and peer support, and we'll say so to anyone who asks.
Not locked, not court custody
Residents live here voluntarily and can leave. We report only what someone has consented in writing to share.
Not a guarantee
Recovery isn't linear and we won't pretend otherwise. What we promise is a stable place and a fair process.
We serve {{SERVICE AREA — COUNTIES AND STATE}}. How we're set up
Keep a bed open
Smart Step is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 33-1822772. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law and go to keeping beds available for people leaving a program, a cell, or a crisis.