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EVANSVILLE — Vanderburgh County’s two candidates for circuit court judge, Ryan Hatfield and Molly Briles, sat down with the Courier & Press to answer questions about what they plan to bring to the bench if elected in November. All Vanderburgh Sober Living recovery homes strictly follow NARR Certification requirements and work collaboratively with NARR’s state affiliates to improve the quality of sober living for all guests. Vanderburgh Sober Living is also a Certified B Corporation, and the first organization to earn this award in Worcester. We exist to ensure access to a supportive, affordable, and sustainable home for each person on a recovery journey.

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The Taunton Sober House is conveniently located on Union Street, near Downtown Taunton, Massachusetts offers a structured and recovery-focused sober living program for men in their recovery journey. This stately and updated sober living home offers men in Greater Taunton the opportunity to continue their sobriety in a sober living environment unmatched in terms of quality, program, and focus on recovery. Learn more about the Answer House program in Massachusetts, and how our Taunton sober living location could be the perfect next step in your recovery journey. Sober living homes in North Carolina are certified by NCARR, the North Carolina Association of Recovery Residences.

The Oxford House organization is a publicly supported, non-profit 501(c)3 corporation, providing a network connecting all Oxford House homes and working to help fund and support growth in terms of new homes when needs arise. © 2024 💜  Vanderburgh Sober Living ™ is a cooperative network of independently operated sober living homes organized by The Vanderburgh Foundation, Inc., a registered 501(c)3 Charitable Foundation. The VSL and Answer House ™ brands are used with permission by VSL Chartered Operators. Sober living homes in Massachusetts are certified by MASH, the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Living. The Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Living (MASH) is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to support recovery residences throughout Massachusetts and to practice national quality standards for recovery residences. A new residence in Southbridge, set to open on Main Street this month, typifies Answer House’s rapid growth as a provider of structured and certified sober living for men and women in a recovery-focused and peer-supported environment.

  1. It’s good to have a solid foundation, but ultimately, it’s going to come down to the evidence that’s presented in any given case.
  2. I started my time there prosecuting primarily high-level drug crimes and eventually was moved into prosecuting sex crimes and homicides.
  3. Briles has an extensive and varied legal career that traces back to her time as a student at the University of Southern Indiana.
  4. The candidates, who are vying to replace longtime Circuit Court Judge David Kiely upon his retirement, both touted their legal bonafides during individual, in-person interviews this month.
  5. Applicants must be over 18 years old and haven’t used drugs or alcohol within 14 days.

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Join our sober living community or refer a client, family member, or friend. We are proud to be the first structured and certified sober living home provider in Taunton,  offering men’s sober living close to downtown. A Beacon of Light Sober Living is a men’s sober living home located in downtown Gastonia, North Carolina – just outside of Charlotte, NC.

The day-to-day workings of Answer House’s homes are governed by a handbook and house rules. Guests of sober homes pay affordable and simple all-inclusive rent payments on a weekly or monthly basis. The judges are going to be the deciders of whether that evidence is scientifically reliable or not, so it is important for us to have a basic understanding of how these tools work. We are generally prohibited from doing independent research into these kinds of evidentiary issues. It’s good to have a solid foundation, but ultimately, it’s going to come down to the evidence that’s presented in any given case.

Are there better ways of doing it, or better ways of managing those cases to determine what’s likely to go to trial and what’s not? Absolutely, and I will be in communication with the prosecutor’s office and the public defender’s office. I’ve had some of those conversations already about ways that we can accomplish this. I’ve been on the bench for the last five years, and I’m already accustomed to making sure that I listen to people. I think it’s very important for judicial officers not to get ahead of themselves.

In the House, Hatfield served as the judiciary committee’s Democratic ranking member, among other committee posts. The Chamberlain Home in Southbridge is one of a number of sober living facilities Answer House owns and operates in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine. The company’s business model is built on residents taking responsibility for their home and their recovery. A full-time manager for a large Worcester manufacturing company, he devotes his home life to those in recovery as one of our House Mentors.

How to Pick the Right Sober House

Sober homes offer an opportunity for men and women in recovery to live together and support each other while pursuing a new life in recovery. Sober houses offer an important service to individuals in early recovery. Independent living is difficult, and sober housing offers an attractive alternative to many options available to men and women in early recovery. Ultimately, if there was going to be a change that was made, that would require some logistics, and so you want to make sure that if there was going to be a change made, that you have something that’s set up — and that may take time to accomplish. But, I’m definitely open to hearing from other businesses or service providers who would be willing to provide those monitoring services at a reduced rate to defendants and the county. A panel of judges appointed Briles to serve as a Vanderburgh County Superior Court magistrate in 2019, a post she has held since.

We understand the challenges that a House Mentor faces every day, and we have many programs in place to support and encourage them – not only as a mentor, but as a man or woman in recovery themself. We have a comprehensive training program to equip them in handling guest concerns, house emergencies, and in their leadership of the recovery environment in the home. House Mentors and staff lead and support each sober living home; helping to ensure a positive recovery environment for all guests.

In a legal case, you have to take the time to actually listen to what Answer House Review people have to say and make an informed decision based on the law and the facts that are before you. When we spoke, Answer House’s new facility in Southbridge was in the process of being set up, and completely renovated. “It’s a challenge being able to work with independent operators who have experience,” Mr. Foote said. “We attract individuals who are more serious” about being part of a life-changing initiative, he said.