This regulation governs the Environmental Stability service, a recovery housing program providing a structured, alcohol- and drug-free living environment for up to six months to support clients in recovery from substance use disorders. Eligible clients must be adults (18+), drug- and alcohol-free for 30 days prior to admission, actively employed or in training, and enrolled in other certified Recovery Support Services. Providers must comply with the department's drug testing policy, applicable residential recovery program standards, and must not externally identify the facility as a treatment program.
View official sourceENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY, SUPPORTED HOUSING 6350.1 The Environmental Stability service provides a structured and stable living environment and recovery support system that includes recovery housing for up to six (6) months. The objective of Environmental Stability is to prepare the client for independent living upon completion of the Environmental Stability Service. 6350.2 Eligible clients for this service must: Be drug- and alcohol-free (with the exception of prescribed medication) for thirty (30) days prior to admission; Maintain sobriety throughout the program; Be age eighteen (18) or older and in recovery from a diagnosed SUD; Be employed, be receiving alternate income, or be participating in a structured training class or workforce-development program or a combination of both training and employment as deemed clinically appropriate; Deposit thirty percent (30%) of net income into the client’s escrow account for the purposes of post-environmental-stability independent living; Be enrolled and active in other certified RSS; and Be prior authorized by the Department. 6350.3 The Environmental Stability provider shall comply with the Department’s drug testing policy. 6350.4 Each Environmental Stability facility shall be for a single parent with a child or children. 6350.5 Environmental Stability providers must comply with the applicable of provisions of § 6325 of this chapter governing residential recovery programs. 6350.6 No Environmental Stability program shall use a name on the exterior of the building or display any logo that distinguishes the facility from any other residence in the neighborhood. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 12056 (September 4, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 011585 (October 9, 2020). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Mental Health 22-A DCMR § 6350