Women's sober living in Montclair, California — a place to live after treatment

Her Aria is a small women's recovery residence in Montclair, in the Inland Empire. It is a house, not a facility — a handful of women living together, following the same rules, at a stage where being around people who understand the work matters more than anything a building can offer.

We are not a treatment program. We do not provide therapy, counselling, medical care, or supervision of your medication. What we provide is somewhere safe and drug-free to actually live while you do the rest of it out in the world.

Leaving treatment, jail, or court? Here is what happens next

Coming from inpatient or residential treatment

This is the moment most women lose their footing. You finish thirty, sixty, ninety days somewhere structured, and then the structure ends on a Tuesday morning and you go back to the same apartment, the same block, the same people. Recovery housing exists for precisely this gap.

Your counsellor or discharge planner can call us directly. Most placements from treatment come together in a day or two once we have spoken with you.

Coming from jail, probation, or parole

A prior record does not disqualify you. We will want to talk honestly about what happened and what your terms are, because the house has to work for everyone in it, but a conviction on its own is not a no. If you have a probation officer, parole agent, or reentry caseworker, they are welcome to call on your behalf.

If a court ordered you into a sober living home as a condition of probation, drug court, or a diversion program, we can house you and we can provide your officer written confirmation of residency, house rules, and drug-testing practice. Ask us before you commit to anything, so we can confirm the house satisfies what your specific order requires.

Coming from a domestic violence shelter or an unsafe home

Survivors are welcome here, and a number of the women we expect to serve are leaving a situation rather than a program. Two honest things you should know. First, this is a recovery residence, not a confidential shelter — we protect privacy carefully and never publish the address, but we cannot offer the legal address confidentiality a licensed DV shelter can. Second, the sobriety requirement applies to everyone, including survivors.

If you are in immediate danger right now, call House of Ruth at 1-877-988-5559, which covers this area around the clock, or the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. Get safe first. We will still be here.

What this house is — and what it is not

Housing and peer support, not treatment

Every clinical part of your recovery stays with the licensed people you choose — your outpatient program, your prescriber, your therapist, your doctor. We build the house schedule around you keeping those appointments, and we will never insert ourselves into them.

Adult women only

Her Aria houses adult women. We do not accept children, and we cannot accommodate a woman who needs her child to live with her. If that is your situation, tell us anyway and we will point you toward programs built for mothers and children, because they exist and they are the right answer for you.

Single-gender is the one distinction we make. Beyond it we do not screen on race, national origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, immigration status, or source of income. Women on prescribed medication for opioid use disorder — methadone, buprenorphine, naltrexone — are welcome.

Sober living, recovery residence, halfway house, transitional housing — what is the difference?

Mostly the words people use, and they cause a lot of confusion. Here is the plain version.

Recovery residence is the term San Bernardino County and the health plans use in their own documents. Sober living is what almost everyone actually types into a search bar. Halfway house historically meant court- or corrections-operated housing, which this is not. Transitional housing is a broader label that covers time-limited housing of many kinds, including programs for people leaving homelessness, and you will see recovery homes described that way in directories and referral paperwork.

If you were told to find "transitional housing after rehab," or "transitional housing after jail," or a "court-ordered sober living home," this house may well be what the person meant. We describe ourselves as a recovery residence, because that is the accurate term and there is no time limit on how long you stay. But do not let vocabulary stop you from calling — tell us what you were told to look for and we will tell you honestly whether we fit.

What matters more than the label: California does not license this kind of housing, so quality varies enormously between two houses charging the same fee. Our guide to what to ask before you pay a deposit is written to help you judge any house, including this one.

Life in the house

House rules and expectations

The rules are not complicated and they are not negotiable. Curfew is 10pm Sunday through Thursday and 11pm Friday and Saturday, arranged in advance if work requires otherwise. Random drug testing. A weekly house meeting. Three recovery meetings a week, of whatever kind works for you. Each resident manages her own medication in her own lockbox — staff never handle it.

Active use ends a stay here. That is the promise this house makes to every other woman in it. If it happens, we do not put anyone out into nothing — we contact your support network and work to connect you with detox, treatment, or another placement.

Your room, and what comes with it

Shared rooms with full and bunk beds, fully furnished. The program fee covers the room, all utilities, high-speed Wi-Fi, laundry on site, full kitchen access, a furnished living room, gated parking, yard care, and pest control. Food, toiletries, and your phone are yours.

Meetings and peer support nearby

There is a women-only recovery meeting a short walk from the house on Wednesday evenings, which is unusual and genuinely useful. Several more meetings sit within a few minutes' drive, and the resources page lists what is close, including faith-based options if that is your path.

What it costs, and how women pay for it

Paying yourself, or with family help

Beds here are private-pay, and the fee depends on the bed type. Rather than publish numbers that go stale, call or write and we will tell you exactly what is open and what it costs, with no pressure attached to the conversation. There are no deposits.

If an agency, plan, or program is paying

Plenty of women arrive with someone else covering part or all of the cost — a treatment program, a county agency, a veterans' program, a victim compensation award, a DV agency, or family. We work with third-party payers and can provide the documentation they ask for. If you hold funding for a woman, call us and we will work with it.

What we cannot bill for, said plainly

We do not bill insurance and we are not a Medi-Cal provider. Most women who come to us have Medi-Cal, and it is welcome — it is what covers your care, your outpatient program, your MAT, your appointments. The bed itself is paid separately. That is simply how recovery residences work in California: the health plan covers treatment, the resident or her family covers housing.

We are pursuing contracts that would let a health plan or county program cover housing directly, and we are working toward CCAPP certification. Neither is in hand yet, and we will not pretend otherwise.

Getting a bed

Step one — call or write

Call (909) 817-1507 or write to hello@heraria.com. You can do this yourself, or a counsellor, case manager, officer, or family member can do it for you.

Step two — a real conversation

Every applicant talks with us before she is offered a bed. It is not an interrogation and acceptance is not automatic — it is how we find out whether this house is right for you and you are right for the house. Bring your questions.

Step three — move in

Once accepted you will get the address, the agreement in writing, and a move-in date. Photos and a walkthrough of what to bring come before you arrive, so nothing is a surprise.

Serving Ontario, Upland, Pomona, Chino, Claremont and Rancho Cucamonga

Montclair sits where San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties meet, so the house is a short drive from most of the Inland Empire and the eastern San Gabriel Valley. Women come to us from Ontario, Upland, Pomona, Chino, Claremont, Rancho Cucamonga, and the towns along the 210 and 10. The full list is on areas we serve.

There is no women-only recovery residence anywhere in the Montclair, Ontario, Upland or Chino corridor. That is the gap this house exists to fill.

Women's sober living near Ontario

Ontario is the closest large city and where most of the corridor's outpatient programs and county services sit. If you are finishing a program there, the house is a short drive, which means you keep the same providers and the same meetings instead of starting over. More on serving Ontario.

Women's sober living near Upland and Claremont

Both are minutes north, and Claremont adds college-town job options along with a quieter environment for someone who needs one. Upland · Claremont.

Women's sober living near Pomona and the San Gabriel Valley

Pomona sits just over the Los Angeles County line, and the directories there list several recovery homes — all of them men's or co-ed. If you want a women-only house without leaving the area, this is the nearest one. We also take women from Covina, Glendora, La Verne, San Dimas, Walnut, and Diamond Bar. More on serving Pomona.

Women's sober living near Chino and Chino Hills

Chino is south of us and the drive is short in either direction. It also matters for reentry placements, given the state facilities there. More on serving Chino.

Women's sober living near Rancho Cucamonga and Fontana

Both are an easy run east along the 10 or the 210. More on serving Rancho Cucamonga.

Questions women and families ask

How long can I stay?

There is no fixed maximum. Most residents stay somewhere between six months and a year, and the research on recovery housing consistently links longer stays to better outcomes. We want you to leave when you are ready, not when a clock runs out.

Can I work?

Yes, and most residents do. Curfew flexes for a work schedule when it is arranged in advance. The work and training page lists local employers and programs.

Can I have visitors?

Yes, 10am to 8pm daily, approved in advance and signed in, in common areas only. No visitors during your first seven days and no overnight guests. Because this is a women's residence, male visitors are limited to immediate family.

Am I a tenant?

No. Residents are program participants, not tenants, and the fee is a program fee rather than rent. The written agreement you sign at move-in spells out exactly what that means, including how to raise a grievance.

Where exactly is the house?

Montclair, California 91763. We share the city and not the street, to protect the privacy of the women living there. You get the address once a placement is confirmed.

Talk to us

Whether you are three days from discharge or just starting to think about where to go, one phone call costs you nothing and there is nothing to commit to.

(909) 817-1507 · hello@heraria.com
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