Oxford House - Turing

2213 Skyhawk Dr, Fort Wayne, IN 46815

Oxford House is a pioneering nonprofit organization founded in 1975 that operates a nationwide network of over 3,500 self-run, self-supported recovery residences dedicated to providing community-based, supportive, and sober living environments for individuals recovering from substance use disorders.
Emerging from a group of residents who took over a closing halfway house in Silver Spring, Maryland, to avoid relapse and foster long-term sobriety, Oxford House emphasizes a democratic governance model where members elect officers for six-month terms, share equal responsibilities and expenses, and immediately expel anyone who uses drugs or alcohol, ensuring a 100% sober environment.
This evidence-based approach, validated by extensive research from institutions like DePaul University showing sobriety rates up to 80% and reduced incarceration and improved employment outcomes, allows residents to stay as long as needed—averaging about a year but often much longer—while attending AA/NA meetings and building life skills without professional management or time limits.
Serving diverse populations including men, women, veterans, those with co-occurring mental health disorders, and parents with children, Oxford House, Inc. supports expansion through technical assistance, charters, and resources like manuals and vacancy locators, promoting replication across 47 states to help hundreds of thousands achieve comfortable, relapse-free recovery through peer support, responsibility, and autonomy.

What we treat

Treatment & Programs

Levels of Care

The Oxford House model offers steady aftercare support and fundamental sober living without enforcing any arbitrary time limits. Residents can stay as long as they need to maintain their upward momentum. This cooperative self-run environment permanently empowers individuals to take direct charge of their own sustained recovery.

Sober Living Aftercare Support

Therapies

Because the home relies entirely on an egalitarian peer-run framework, it does not utilize professional clinical therapies or any on-site medical staff. Roommates are instead individually encouraged to seek outside professionals when necessary to best support their personal recovery.

Addictions

Oxford House - Turing serves individuals recovering from active drug addiction and alcohol dependency who are entirely committed to abstinence. The shared lifestyle operates with a strict zero-tolerance baseline for any relapse. Any occupant who returns to active substance use is immediately expelled to protect the household's communal sobriety.

Alcohol Use Disorder

Conditions

Recovery from severe substance use disorder requires a highly stable and structured foundation. Individuals often arrive quickly after completing a standard 28-day rehabilitation program to find a protected environment optimized for continued healing.

Issues

Living in an accountable, peer-supported community directly addresses the deep periods of loneliness and housing insecurity that often accompany early recovery. Extensive independent research proves this exact model dramatically helps individuals overcome persistent job loss and reduces ongoing criminal justice issues. Members also learn to manage the challenges of co-occurring mental illness through daily mutual support.

Criminal Justice Issues Job Loss / Unemployment Homelessness/Housing Insecurity

Programs

Daily operations rely heavily on the evidence-based, peer-led Oxford House Model, characterized by strict democratic decision-making. The abstinence-oriented culture utilizes sensible 12-step informed principles, where active participation in local self-help meetings is highly encouraged for maximum success. To strictly prevent bossism, trusted house officers are democratically elected by their peers for brief six-month terms.

Peer-Led / Recovery Community Model Abstinence Oriented Evidence Based 12-Step Informed

On-site

Amenities

This ordinary single-family residency features simple functional amenities like a shared kitchen, multiple shared bathrooms, and comfortable shared bedrooms. Roommates also split general access to everyday practical comforts like satellite TV and a communal landline telephone. The physical layout intentionally forces peers to interact daily, actively discouraging the dangerous isolation that often precedes relapse.

Cable/Satellite TV Shared Rooms

Coverage

Payment

Oxford House - Turing utilizes a practical Equal Expense Share (EES) self-payment model to completely cover monthly rent, basic staples, and household utilities. Every single member pays the exact same financial amount to effectively support the residency. This strictly self-supporting framework naturally builds critical financial responsibility while keeping daily recovery housing highly affordable.

Please contact the facility directly to verify insurance coverage and payment options. Many facilities offer free insurance verification.

Eligibility

Who We Serve

Located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, this residence serves recovering adult men and women seeking egalitarian, peer-governed housing. While the nationwide umbrella network fully charters homes for both genders, individual physical locations safely operate as strictly gender-specific environments. Housemates govern themselves entirely through participatory democracy, giving everyone an undeniably equal voice within the local Fort Wayne community.

Genders Accepted

Men Women

Additional Services

The self-sustaining network helps individuals seamlessly transition into reliable housing assistance after leaving primary inpatient treatment. Residents who eventually move out in good standing are actively encouraged to stay involved by returning as Associate Members. This unique alumni program allows former roommates to offer friendship and strong living examples of success to newer housemates.

Alumni ProgramHousing Assistance

About

Facility Info

As a chartered nonprofit organization, Oxford House - Turing functions entirely without an outside owner or formal house manager. The residential neighborhood setting relies firmly on the shared democratic responsibility of its established occupants. This community-based design seamlessly helps individuals rebuild critical life skills in a completely normal, unmanaged external environment.

Credentials

Accreditations

While lacking traditional clinical hospital accreditations, the overarching network is proudly listed on the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices. The peer-run system is recognized by SAMHSA for successfully decreasing substance use and significantly increasing sustainable employment rates.

Oxford House - Turing