When someone has conquered substance abuse problem, it isn't as easy as resuming where you left off. Getting back to a stable and happy life takes time and a great deal of hard work. A Halfway House, a.k.a. a Sober Living Facility, is a place where people in recovery 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 the person may make the decision to live in a Halfway House of their own accord following drug or alcohol rehab. Either way, tenants of a Halfway House are drug and alcohol free and working towards doing what is necessary to repair their lives. This could mean finishing school, getting employment, etc.
Halfway Houses in Fred are run by individuals who in most cases were once tenants of the house. How long an individual is permitted to stay at the Halfway House can vary, but it's typically anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Tenants are required to submit to drug and alcohol testing prior to entering the house, and this testing will continue frequently to be certain there is not any drug or alcohol use in the house or addiction issues that would be more adequately dealt with in a substance abuse treatment facility.