Claremont, California

Women's sober living near Claremont

Six minutes from Claremont — the closest city to the house. Five women-only AA meetings a week are here. Not one recovery residence is.

3.1 miles, about 6 minutes from the house in Montclair · one one monthly residency fee covering every utility, internet and laundry, with no deposit

Claremont is the clearest structural mismatch in this corridor. A woman in early recovery can walk into five women-only AA meetings a week in this city, and there is no listed recovery residence of any gender for her to walk home to. The fellowship is here; the housing is not.

Treatment and hospitals

There is no hospital in Claremont. The nearest emergency departments are PVHMC in Pomona, whose 24/7 department carries a Substance Use Navigator at 909.865.9501 ext. 3324 (PVHMC, navigators), and San Antonio Regional in Upland (HCAI). In-city, PVHMC runs urgent care only: 1601 Monte Vista Avenue, Suite 190, 909-865-9977, weekdays 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and weekends 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with no behavioral health services listed (PVHMC Claremont). Read the treatment picture plainly: private-pay clinical care, and no county Drug Medi-Cal site (county SUDRS directory).

Detox and residential

Hathaway Recovery

Claremont, (909) 971-3333. Detox, residential inpatient, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient; states it accepts most PPO insurance plans. Medi-Cal is not listed. Street address not published. Hathaway Recovery

Detox, residential, IOP

New Creation Claremont

Detox and residential inpatient plus intensive outpatient and recovery housing. States it offers gender-specific facilities without identifying which facility is which — ask directly. New Creation Claremont

Urgent care

PVHC Urgent Care – Claremont

1601 Monte Vista Avenue, Suite 190, 909-865-9977. Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekends 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. No behavioral health services listed. PVHMC

Nearest emergency room

PVHMC, Pomona

1798 N. Garey Avenue. 24/7 emergency department, 72 ED beds, Substance Use Navigator 909.865.9501 ext. 3324. Navigator page

Women's meetings — five a week

All AA. At Claremont Presbyterian Church, 1111 North Mountain Avenue: Monday 10:30 a.m. Women's 12x12 Book Study, Thursday 10:30 a.m. Women's Discussion and Saturday 11:00 a.m. Women's As Bill Sees It. At Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 Harrison Avenue: Friday 10:30 a.m. Women's 11th Step and Friday 6:30 p.m. Women's Participation, beginner and closed (San Gabriel Valley & Pomona Valley Central Office). The Inland Empire directory adds a Women's 12&12 Step Study, Fridays 6:00 p.m., at 727 Harrison Avenue (Inland Empire AA).

NA meets in Claremont at 233 Harrison Avenue and 509 S. College Avenue, but none of those are women-only (Southern California Region NA directory). Celebrate Recovery at North Hills Church, 1717 N. Mountain Avenue, is listed Sundays at 5 p.m. on an archived page only — verify by phone at (909) 621-3079 before you send anyone (North Hills Church).

Survivors of domestic violence

Some of the women we house are leaving an abusive home rather than a treatment bed. For them the housing question is the whole question — the practical alternative to a bed is often going back to the person she left.

We do not publish the address of the house. It is given only to accepted residents and to the agencies that refer them. And to be clear about what this is: Her Aria is not a licensed domestic violence shelter. We do not provide protective services, security services, legal advocacy, restraining order help or safety planning. Those stay with a woman's own advocate, attorney and law enforcement agency.

More on housing for survivors of domestic violence, including who pays for it.

What Claremont doesn't have

Housing, entirely. The Recovery Housing Directory returns no Claremont-specific homes (Claremont listing). Five women-only AA meetings a week and zero listed recovery residences of any gender in the same city.

Her Aria is six minutes down Monte Vista: women only, gated, and a resident can reach those morning meetings on one bus. Refer a client.

Getting here from Claremont

Four Foothill Transit lines connect Claremont directly to Montclair Transit Center with no transfer: 188 Azusa–Claremont–Montclair (Line 188), 197 Pomona Transit Center–Claremont–Montclair (Line 197), 480 West Covina–Pomona–Montclair (Line 480) and 492 El Monte–Arcadia–Montclair via Arrow Highway (Line 492).

Two standing caveats for anyone planning a discharge. Meeting nights and times change constantly — call the club or the church office before you put a woman on a bus. And neither central office lists an AA meeting inside Montclair city limits (Inland Empire Central Office, San Gabriel Valley & Pomona Valley Central Office), so residents here travel to Upland, Claremont, Chino, Ontario or Pomona for AA. Drive times on this page are free-flow estimates routed from the Montclair 91763 centroid, not promises. Crisis and county intake numbers are on our resources page.

A woman in the Claremont meetings with nowhere to live?

Her Aria is a women-only recovery residence serving Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties. Discharge planners and case managers can send a referral in a few minutes; families can call the same number.

Refer a client (909) 817-1507
Need help right now? Call or text 988 · Crisis team (800) 398-0018 · House of Ruth (909) 988-5559 · All crisis resources