‘A safe place’: The Juniper House, a sober living home for women in Bend, prepares to open

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A new Central Oregon sober living home for women is preparing for its first residents.

Since 2020, New Each Morning has acted as a support group for women trying to break the cycle of addiction. While it offered peer support, there was one thing the women needed more than anything else: housing.

Now, it's acquired a 3-bedroom ranch house, where women leaving treatment will be able to stay for up to a year. It's called The Juniper House. 

New Each Morning says a sense of community is key to recovery.

"There's a great quote by Johann Hari that the opposite of addiction is not sobriety, it's connection. And that is so true because we are going to be providing that connection," said Cathie Coe Sipe, the founding director of New Each Morning. "They are going to know someone is in their corner and that they are going to have a safe place here in this beautiful home and on this property."

The house offers a safe, secure place to start a new chapter in life.

New Each Morning will begin accepting applications this month. The first residents could move into the The Juniper House sometime in March.

Click here to learn more about The Juniper House.