A Non-Profit Program · Free for Every Resident

Helping people in early recovery stay housed, supported, and sober

Sober Living Companion is a non-profit program of Empower Next Project. We give every resident a free recovery app, and give sober living homes affordable, all-in-one management software to keep residents housed, accountable, and connected to help. Memberships help fund homes and residents who can't afford to pay.

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Our Non-Profit Mission

Recovery is hard enough — it shouldn't fail over paperwork or a missed payment

Sober Living Companion is a program of Empower Next Project, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit (EIN 39-3580172). We build free tools for people in early recovery and affordable software for the homes that house them — and we help fund residents and operators who can't afford to pay. Every membership supports our charitable mission, and the resident app is free, forever.

More than software — a lifeline for early recovery

Sober Living Companion is a program of Empower Next Project, a non-profit. We believe no one should lose their recovery because they couldn't make rent or stay connected. Every feature is built to keep residents supported, accountable, and housed.

We help fund those who are struggling

Early recovery is fragile, and a single missed rent payment can put someone back on the street. As a non-profit, a portion of what we raise goes directly toward helping residents in early recovery cover rent and essentials while they find their footing — so they can focus on staying sober, not on survival.

The app is always free for residents. Sober living operators get the full management toolset, and your participation helps fund the residents who need it most.

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Where the help goes

✓ Rent assistance for residents in early recovery
✓ Keeping residents connected to meetings & support
✓ Free access to the app for every resident
✓ Helping homes operate without costly software

Meet the Founders

Built by people who live this work

Sober Living Companion was created by leaders in addiction recovery who saw, first-hand, what residents and homes need to succeed.

Joseph Casaceli

Founder, Sober Living Companion

Joseph is the founder of Sober Living Companion and Executive Director and Co-Founder of Roseville Recovery Center. With experience across treatment centers in Los Angeles and Detroit, he builds partnerships and expands access to high-quality addiction care throughout Northern California. He created Sober Living Companion to give homes and residents the tools that early recovery actually depends on.

Alexandra Hicks

Founder, Empower Next Project

Alexandra is the founder of Empower Next Project, the non-profit behind Sober Living Companion, and serves as Program Director at Roseville Recovery Center, where she oversees day-to-day clinical programming and ensures every client receives structured, compassionate care. Originally from Detroit, she coordinates staff and works with the clinical team to continuously improve program quality and outcomes — the same commitment that drives the mission of Sober Living Companion.

Counseling & Support

Counseling to bridge the gap during transitions

Moving into a sober living, stepping down from treatment, or starting over in a new home is one of the most vulnerable moments in recovery — and one where the right support changes everything.

Through Empower Next Project, we offer free professional counseling for individuals transitioning to new living situations, helping bridge the gap with licensed, clinically-grounded care — at no cost to the person receiving it.

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How counseling helps

✓ Support through the move into a new living situation
✓ A steady bridge from treatment to independent living
✓ Licensed, LMFT-led clinical care (DBT, trauma-focused CBT, person-centered)
✓ Help building stability, routine, and connection in early recovery

Who It's For

One app for everyone in the house

Whether you run the home or you're rebuilding your life inside it, Sober Living Companion meets you where you are.

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Sober Living Operators

Run one or many houses under a single account. Share a join code per home, set each resident's membership fee, track bed occupancy, and see attendance, payments, and curfew compliance at a glance — no spreadsheets, no paper cards.

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House Managers & Facilitators

Assign managers to specific homes, approve overnight & multi-day passes, log meeting attendance and UAs, store resident documents, and get an instant alert the moment someone hits the SOS button.

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Residents in Recovery

Count your sober days, find meetings, check in by GPS, pay your membership fee (or send a loved one a link to help), request passes, and reach your house the moment you're struggling — all from your phone, free.

Features

Everything your home needs, in one place

Every feature below is live in the Sober Living Companion app today.

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One join code per house

Name your sober living at signup and get a single resident join code. Residents enter it once and they're connected — no per-person invites to manage.

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GPS meeting check-ins

Residents tap "I'm at a meeting" to log their location and address automatically. No more signed cards — facilitators see verified weekly attendance.

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Meeting finder

A weekly guide to AA, NA, SMART Recovery and Recovery Dharma online meeting formats, with one tap through to each fellowship's official live finder — plus add-to-calendar. AA's Online Intergroup runs 24/7, so there's almost always one starting soon.

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Membership fees & partial payments

Facilitators set each resident's membership fee (even $0). Residents pay it in full or in partial payments through the month — by card, CashApp, or Zelle — and operators keep 100%.

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Payment dashboard

A clear chart shows who's paid, partially paid, and not paid this month, with a full roster of every resident's status underneath.

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Sobriety date tracker

Residents set their sobriety date with a simple calendar picker and watch their day count grow — a daily reminder of how far they've come.

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SOS crisis button

One tap sends an immediate alert to the facilitator when a resident is struggling — so help reaches them in the moment it matters most.

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Personal schedule

Residents add events manually or snap a photo of a printed schedule, then sync everything to their phone's calendar with reminders.

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Simple intake & invites

Add a resident with name, house, contact, and membership fee on one screen — then send a text or email invite to download the app in a tap.

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UA & drug-test logs

Record each resident's test results — negative, positive, refused, or pending — with notes. A positive result quietly flags the resident for staff only, and clears once it's handled.

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Membership agreements & e-signatures

Upload your house agreement as a photo; residents review and sign it right on their phone with their finger. The signed copy comes straight back to you, time-stamped.

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House managers

Add staff logins assigned to specific homes that can manage residents, UAs, payments, and agreements — without seeing billing. Free to add — as many managers as you need, in seconds.

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Supportive community

An opt-in, moderated feed where residents and staff share milestones and encouragement — with @mentions, and report & block tools to keep it safe.

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Nightly review

A private nightly self-inventory based on AA’s “When we retire at night,” so residents can reflect honestly on their day — kept just for them, never shared.

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Private & secure by design

Encrypted in transit and at rest, with role-based access — residents control their own accounts, and staff see only what they need to support the house.

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Let a loved one pay

Residents can pay their own membership fee — or send a secure payment link by text or email so a parent or loved one can pay for them. The payment still credits the resident.

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Multiple homes, one account

Run several sober livings under a single login. Each home has its own name, join code, residents, and assigned house managers — switch between them in a tap.

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House & mandatory meetings

Staff add house meetings — one-time or repeating weekly — to residents' schedules. They appear right on each resident's home screen, with mandatory ones clearly flagged.

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Overnight & multi-day passes

Turn on passes for your house and residents request overnights or multi-day trips in-app — with dates, destination, and a contact number. Staff are notified and approve or deny in a tap.

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Curfew GPS check-ins

Enable curfew for specific residents and set their check-in times. They check in from the app with GPS, and staff see a live compliance view — who's checked in, when, and where.

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Occupancy, intake & discharge

Set each house's bed capacity and assign residents to beds. See filled and open beds at a glance, log move-in dates, and discharge residents (freeing their bed) with a recorded date.

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Document storage

Keep each resident's paperwork — intake forms, ID, insurance, house rules — on their file. Residents can view their own documents right in the app.

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Chores & attendance logs

Assign chores (one-time, daily, or weekly) that residents check off in their app, and log meeting attendance with notes — handy for court or probation reporting.

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Big Book, one tap away

Residents can open the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous online right from their home screen — alongside meeting finders for AA, NA, SMART, and Recovery Dharma.

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Paid in full13 residents

Partially paid4 residents

Not paid yet4 residents

Jordan M. · House A$300 / $800

Alex R. · House APaid

Sam T. · House BNot paid

Membership fees, made humane

Set the fee. Let residents pay their way.

Only facilitators set the membership fee — and it can be anything, including $0 for a resident the home is sponsoring. Residents then pay in full or chip away at it throughout the month, whatever their situation allows — or send a loved one a link to help.

✓ Facilitator-set membership fee per resident (even $0)
✓ Pay up front or in partial payments
✓ Send a secure payment link to a loved one
✓ CashApp & Zelle, paid right from the app
✓ Live Paid / Partial / Not-paid chart for the whole house

Built for both sides of the house

Everyone gets exactly what they need

One membership covers your whole home — a powerful console for your team, and a simple, supportive app for every resident.

🏠 For operators & house managers

Run multiple homes under one account, each with its own join code
Set each resident's membership fee — even $0
Payments dashboard: paid, partial & not paid at a glance
Bed occupancy, intake & discharge management
Approve or deny overnight & multi-day pass requests
Curfew GPS check-ins with a live compliance view
Log UAs, chores, meeting attendance & store documents
Membership agreements & signed copies, verified GPS attendance, instant SOS alerts
Add free house managers assigned to specific homes

🌱 For residents (always free)

Sober-day counter to celebrate every milestone
One-tap GPS meeting check-ins & curfew check-ins
Meeting finder: AA, NA, SMART & Recovery Dharma, online 24/7
Pay membership fees by card, CashApp or Zelle — or send a loved one a link
Request overnight & multi-day passes
House meetings & chores right on the home screen
Review & e-sign agreements, view their documents, read the Big Book online
A supportive community feed, private nightly review, and crisis resources (988 / 911)

How It Works

Up and running in four steps

Create your home

Invite residents

Share the join code or send a text/email invite. Residents download the free app and join instantly.

Set fees & support

Set each resident's membership fee, assign beds, send agreements to sign, log UAs and chores, enable passes and curfews, and track meetings and payments — all from your dashboard.

Help them thrive

Residents stay accountable and connected — and our non-profit helps fund those who need it.

Why It Matters

Recovery is hard enough

The early days decide everything. Sober Living Companion is built to remove the friction that pushes people out of recovery.

Cost to residents, always

Fellowships supported

1 tap

To reach help in a crisis

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Encrypted in transit & at rest

Loved by operators & residents

What sober living homes are saying

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"Amazing app — it helped me keep all my residents organized. No more paper!"
Jonathan Laster

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"I love that my residents can check into meetings with the click of a button — and it's easy to download that info for parole officers."
Arturo Reddings

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"My residents love using the app to track their sobriety time and attend meetings virtually."
Christopher Kang

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"I'm able to manage all 5 of my homes from this one app — for one small fee."
Stephanie Desmond-King

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"This app is amazing, and I love that payments go right back into helping residents pay rent."
Rachel Bridgemont

🔄 Already using another sober living software? Easily transition from your current provider to Sober Living Companion — import your residents from a CSV and pick up right where you left off.

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Risk-Free to Switch

Try Sober Living Companion — your first month is free

We make it easy and risk-free to get started, whether you're brand new or switching from another provider.

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First month free

Use code FIRSTMONTHFREE at checkout — your first month is on us. See everything the app does before you pay a cent.

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Free white-glove migration

Already on Sobriety Hub or One Step Software? Send us your export and we'll import your residents for you — often the same day.

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Book a live demo

Want a walkthrough first? We'll show you the whole app in about 15 minutes and answer anything.

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Questions? Call or text (213) 321-6518 anytime.

Membership

One simple, tax-deductible membership

Because Sober Living Companion is a non-profit program of Empower Next Project, your membership is a tax-deductible contribution — and it directly funds residents in early recovery.

Where your membership goes: as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, revenue funds the free resident app, rent assistance for residents who can't afford to pay, and support for the homes that serve them — never private profit.

Sober Living Membership

$60/month

100% tax-deductible

Become a member

Residents always use the app for free. Cancel anytime.

What your membership includes

✓ Full access to the Sober Living Companion app for every home on your account
✓ Unlimited residents and multiple houses, each with its own join code
✓ Membership-fee tracking, payments dashboard, and meeting verification
✓ Passes, curfew check-ins, bed occupancy, intake/discharge & document storage
✓ SOS alerts, scheduling, milestones, and messaging
✓ A tax-deductible receipt for every contribution
✓ Your dues help fund rent assistance for struggling residents

Empower Next Project is a tax-exempt non-profit organization (EIN 39-3580172). Your membership is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law, and a receipt is provided for your records.

Security & Privacy

Built to protect recovery — and privacy

Recovery is personal. Sober Living Companion treats every resident's data as protected health information.

🔒 Encrypted & access-controlled

Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest, with role-based access controls.

🛡️ HIPAA as our model

We protect your information with bank-level security and follow HIPAA's safeguards as a model for how we handle sensitive data.

👁️ Role-based access

Facilitators, house managers, and residents each see exactly what they need — and nothing they shouldn't.

📍 Consent-first location

Location is only ever captured when a resident chooses to tap "I'm at a meeting" — never in the background.

🗑️ You own your data

Homes control their records and residents control their accounts, with the ability to remove data on request.

💚 Non-profit accountability

As a program of Empower Next Project, we answer to our mission — not to investors or ad networks.

Sober Living Software FAQ

Sober living management software — common questions

What operators ask about running a recovery home with Sober Living Companion.

What is sober living management software?

Sober living management software is an all-in-one platform that helps recovery housing operators — including sober living homes, recovery residences, and halfway houses — run their homes by tracking residents, membership and rent payments, drug tests, beds, curfew check-ins, passes, meeting attendance, and signed house agreements in one place. Sober Living Companion also gives every resident a free app to support their own recovery.

How much does Sober Living Companion cost?

One flat $60/month per home covers your entire house with unlimited residents, and the resident app is always free. Because we're a non-profit, your membership is tax-deductible.

What can the software manage?

Membership and rent payments (card, CashApp, Zelle), drug test (UA) logging, bed and occupancy management, overnight and multi-day passes, curfew GPS check-ins, meeting attendance, chores, documents, and e-signed house agreements — across one or many houses.

Is there a free app for residents?

Yes. Residents get a free app on iPhone and Android to count sober days, find and check in to meetings, pay their membership fee, sign agreements, and reach their house in a crisis.

Can it manage multiple sober living houses?

Yes. Operators can manage multiple sober living homes from one dashboard, with per-house roles for managers and consolidated visibility across locations.

Is sober living software secure and private?

Yes. Sober Living Companion uses bank-level encryption in transit and at rest, with role-based access so staff only see what they need, and residents control their own accounts.

Why We Do This

A story from our non-profit

Sober Living Companion is a program of Empower Next Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Alongside this app, the non-profit helps people leaving treatment find housing and get back on their feet. These are three of them, in their own words.

“Empower Next Project gave me the tools to get back on my feet. After being homeless in Los Angeles and ending up in a psych ward in Stockton, I reached out for help. Empower Next Project gave me a chance and helped cover my sober living expenses. They helped me get the tools I needed to gain employment at a local rehabilitation center. I graduated school with my Registered Alcohol and Drug Technician license, and now I am able to enjoy life again and I have 11 months sober.

Today I enjoy doing new things like fishing, going to concerts, and talking to my kids again.”

Donald L.Housed through Empower Next Steps · 11 months sober · Shared with permission

“I would not be where I am today without Empower Next Project. Five months ago I was arrested for my first DUI, and I was using drugs and alcohol daily on the streets in Sacramento, California. Empower Next Project gave me a chance to get sober and I took full advantage of it. They helped get me into a rehabilitation center, helped with finding an attorney for my case, and ultimately helped me get my life back on track.

I now work in San Diego at Home Depot, have five months sober, my case has been dropped for the DUI (I got my license back!) and most of all I have my beautiful daughter back in my life. Thank you Empower Next!”

Charlie L.Supported into treatment · 5 months sober · Shared with permission

“I wanted to use this photo because it was one of the lowest days in my life. I was broken, addicted, and completely depressed. This is me signing in to a psychiatric unit. Life wasn't always like this — I used to enjoy friends in New York, going to parties, working regularly, and being the friend that was relied upon to help others. After ketamine addiction took its hold on me, I was unable to get out of bed, I was in toxic relationships, and didn't see a future.

After getting in touch with Empower Next Project, they gave me the tools to get back on my feet. Today I am sober and have the utmost respect for those running Empower Next Project. I want to be like them and give back, and I look forward to volunteering with them in the future.”

AnastasiaFrom New York · Supported with housing navigation, aftercare resources, and therapy · Sober today · Shared with permission

Who We Work With

Trusted by recovery homes and treatment centers

We work alongside recovery residences and treatment providers who put residents first — and who use Sober Living Companion to run their homes.

Resilient Recovery Housing

Structured, supportive recovery housing for people rebuilding their lives after treatment.

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Sea Change Sober Living

Recovery residences offering a safe, accountable place to continue recovery and rebuild daily routine.

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Chabad Treatment Center

A long-established treatment provider (est. 1976) offering care for substance use and addiction.

chabadrehab.com →

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