When a person has conquered drug or alcohol addiction, it's not as easy as resuming where you left off. Getting back to a successful and happy life takes time and a lot of effort. A Halfway House, also called a Sober Living Facility, is a place where people in recovery can go where they can live in a sober and supportive setting until they are able to live confidently on their own. Living in a Halfway House may be a condition of a person's parole for example, or the individual could decide to live in a Halfway House of their own accord after drug or alcohol rehab. Either way, residents of a Halfway House are sober and striving to do what they need to do to repair their lives. This could mean finishing school, getting a job, etc.
Halfway Houses in Elma are managed by individuals who in most cases were once occupants of the house. The length of time an individual is allowed to live at the Halfway House can vary, but it's typically anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Tenants must undergo alcohol and drug testing prior to being accepted into the house, and this testing will happen frequently to be certain there isn't any drug or alcohol use in the house or addiction problems that would be more adequately handled in a substance abuse rehabilitation program.