Have you always dreamed of opening your own sober living home?
Welcome. You’re in the right place.
Behave Health’s Sober Living Startup Program might be a good fit for you.
If there was ever an ideal time to open a sober living home, it’s now.
As money from opioid settlements continues to flow into communities across the United States, the demand - and funding - for sober living homes has never been higher.
As the addiction crisis threatens our communities at unprecedented levels, sober living home operators are on the front lines, changing lives, healing families, and safeguarding communities from further damage.
In its most recent criteria update, ASAM went out of its way to promote the importance of sober living homes to the addiction treatment process in general and the fight against our nation’s addiction crisis in particular.
While regulations at the municipal, county, state and federal level continue to shift for sober living homes across the nation, one thing is clear: sober living homes are a vital component of the recovery community’s past, present and future.
Making the choice to get involved in this movement is not only a financially savvy move, but it’s also a meaningful decision you and your family can be proud of for many years to come.
Have you always dreamed of opening a sober living home of your own but don’t know where to start?
If you’re interested in opening a sober living home, then it’s likely that you have some connection to this fight.
Perhaps you…
Have lived experience as a sober living home resident.
Have been involved in managing or overseeing a sober living home in some way.
Have a family member or loved one who has benefitted from a sober living environment in the past.
Have some other personal experience or connection with the recovery community that has touched you deeply.
Are interested in bold, outside-the-box real estate investment strategies that satisfy your personal ethical standards for win-win-win solutions.
Just have a natural affinity for people who deserve a second chance and a desire to combine your business savvy with your instinct to help others in your community succeed.
What’s stopping you from opening a sober living home?
If you’re anything like the other entrepreneurs and founders who gravitate towards Behave Health’s Sober Living Startup Program, then you’ve probably run into more than a few roadblocks along the way as you consider or pursue your sober living startup.
If you haven’t hit these roadblocks, you probably will soon.
Frequent stumbling blocks to successful sober living start ups include:
Failing to develop a step-by-step plan for your project, start to finish
Facing too many choices (aka analysis paralysis)
Getting stuck on technicalities and boring details
Lack of access to capital, funding, or financing
Planning and zoning issues or concerns
Problems with the city or neighbors
Staffing issues, hiring problems
Business plan development anxiety or procrastination
Failure to dedicate time to the process
Lack of focus
No accountability structure
Not knowing where to start
Feeling overwhelmed
Not having enough confidence to make tough decisions
Market analysis issues
Stubborn technical questions that you can’t Google
Lack of systems and structure to ensure success
Outstanding legal problems or questions
Outstanding insurance problems or questions
No referral partners, network, or plan
No marketing plan
No overall startup momentum
Working in fits and starts and then losing steam
No access to other sober living home operators
No community to bounce ideas off of
Not enough problem-solving partners
A general feeling that you need to “pick the brain” of other people who have done this before, but no way to really make that happen
The Goal of Behave Health’s Sober Living Home Startup Program
The goal of Behave Health’s Sober Living Home Startup Program is to help your recovery residence business quickly become the best version of what it is meant to be.
Whether you’ve already opened your sober living home and you’re looking to optimize, or your sober living home business is still just a dream, we’re here to help you accelerate your path to a thriving, scalable business that commands a healthy profit and saves lives.
Every startup team we work with is slightly different, but if you’re ready to put in the work and really get the ball rolling, the Behave Health Sober Living Home Startup Program might be a good fit for you.
That said, please be aware that sober living home startups take a lot of work, especially at the beginning phase. Our program is intentionally designed to be intense, and we expect a very successful launch from every startup we work with. This means all participants must be prepared to make a major time commitment, bring a high level of focus, and maintain an unshakable drive to push their first sober living home over the finish line. If you’re not ready to bring that “big startup energy” to your project and contribute to a culture of excellence, then Behave Health’s Sober Living Home Startup Program may not be right for you.
Are You Ready to Apply to Behave Health’s Sober Living Home Startup Program?
Our Founder and CEO, Ben Weiss, is now scheduling interviews for our first Sober Living Home Startup Program cohort.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your sober living home startup journey, reach out today to schedule your interview.
Behave Health: A Leader in Sober Living Home Startup Success
Behave Health is committed to making it easier - and more profitable - to operate evidence-based, results-focused sober living homes and addiction treatment centers.
Our all-in-one app puts clinical, administration, staff, admissions, alumni, residents, treatment plans, billing, insurance authorizations and more - all at your fingertips.
Get your free trial started today and see why more addiction treatment centers prefer Behave Health.
PS. Just getting started with behavioral health? Need help with certification, too? Behave Health can also help direct you to the right resources for help with Licensing or Accreditation by either The Joint Commission or CARF. Mention to your product specialist that you’re interested in this service after you start your free trial!