Women’s Recovery Housing in Pittsburgh

Adult women who are done using and willing to live by house rules: substance free, meetings, curfew, chores, and drug screens. You don’t need to be fresh out of treatment, and you don’t need a referral.

No. Some residents come straight from rehab or detox. Some come from jail or parole. Some just know they can’t stay sober where they’re living now. Call and tell us where things stand. We’ll tell you straight whether a recovery house is the right next step.

Not in the licensing sense. In Pennsylvania a halfway house is a treatment program. New Beginnings is a licensed recovery house, which most people call sober living: a substance-free home with rules, drug screens, and housemates in recovery, but no clinical treatment on site. If someone told you to find a halfway house, a recovery house may be what you actually need. Call and we’ll figure out which one you need.

Call 412-628-0403. That’s the fastest way. You can also send the application and we’ll call you back. Openings in the women’s house change week to week, so it’s best to call.

Yes. Family, counselors, discharge planners, and probation and parole officers call us all the time. Just keep medical records, court records, and other private details off the website form. We’ll ask for what we need directly.

Usually, yes. Ask when you call and we’ll set it up.

Rent is set per house and isn’t posted online because it changes. When you call, you’ll get the current amount, what’s due before move-in, and the payment schedule. Pennsylvania licensing requires a written fee schedule, and you’ll have it before you pay anything.

A furnished bed with bedding, and shared kitchen, bathrooms, and living space. You buy and keep your own food and hygiene items. Ask about anything specific when you call.

Some rooms are shared. It depends on what’s open when you move in, so ask when you call.

Photo ID, your insurance card, up to three bags of clothing, up to five pairs of shoes, your hygiene items, and your own food. Bedding is provided. Bags are checked at move-in.

No. Residents buy and cook their own food. The kitchen is shared and everyone helps keep it clean.

Yes, and it’s expected. Residents work, look for work, go to school, or volunteer. Curfew and the weekly house meeting are the fixed points in the week. Everything else fits around your schedule.

The houses are in city neighborhoods on Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus lines. If you have a car, ask about parking at the specific house when you call.

Our houses are AA and NA based. You’re expected to go to outside 12-step meetings, get a sponsor, and work the steps, on top of the mandatory weekly in-house meeting. The exact meeting expectations are covered at intake.

Yes. Every house sets its own curfew, and it depends on your situation and where you are in your stay. If you’re on probation or parole, your supervision curfew is your curfew. Work schedules and court obligations are worked out ahead of time, not the night of.

Visitors and overnights follow the house rules and need approval ahead of time. You’ll have the written rules before you move in, so there are no surprises.

Yes. Everyone keeps their own space and shares the common chores. The weekly in-house meeting is mandatory. It’s where the house sorts out problems, schedules, and plans.

Yes. Random drug screens throughout your stay. Refusing a screen, tampering with one, or arguing your way out of one counts as a failed test.

Prescription narcotics aren’t permitted in the house. For any other prescription, including medication for addiction treatment, talk to us before you move in. Medication policies are explained in writing at intake. Don’t stop or change a medication based on what you read here. Talk to your doctor.

Using, refusing a drug screen, or threatening anyone can end your stay. That policy is in writing and you’ll see it before you move in. If you’re asked to leave, you can talk to us later about coming back.

There’s no fixed exit date on the calendar. Residents stay as long as they’re working a program, paying rent, and following house rules, and move on when they’re steady, working, and ready to live on their own. Most people stay several months or longer.

No. New Beginnings is housing. Our founder, Susan Rua, is a licensed counselor who runs a separate practice, but living here doesn’t require you to see her or anyone in particular. You keep your own counselor, doctor, or program.