When an individual has conquered substance abuse problem, it isn't as easy as starting life again where you left off. Returning to a successful and happy life takes time and a lot of determination. A Halfway House, also known as a Sober Living Facility, is an environment where recovering individuals can go where they can live in a drug and alcohol free and healthy environment until they can live confidently on their own. Living in a Halfway House may be a term of a person's parole for example, or someone may decide to live in a Halfway House of their own will following drug or alcohol treatment. In either case, tenants of a Halfway House are clean and working towards doing what they need to do to get their lives back on track. This could mean, for example, getting one's GED, finding a job, etc.
Halfway Houses in Avon are managed by individuals who in many cases were once tenants of the house. The length of time an individual is allowed to remain at the Halfway House will differ, but it's usually anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Occupants are required to comply with alcohol and drug testing before being accepted into the house, and this testing will take place intermittently to be certain there is not any drug or alcohol use in the house or substance abuse issues that would be more adequately handled in a drug or alcohol rehabilitation facility.