Sobering center helps homeless in Downtown Houston

In The News Sobering center helps homeless in Downtown Houston Houston Public Media | 1/20/2016 There are lots of resources available to serve Houston’s homeless population, including the Houston Recovery Center, a sobering center downtown. Houston Matters’ Paige...

Sobriety center partners with UHPD as safe haven

In The News Sobriety center partners with UHPD as safe haven Daily Cougar | 10/29/2014 In the corner of a dimly lit room, a TV monitor displays images of locations outside of the building. In one of the squares, a Houston Police Department patrol car pulls up. A...

Sobering center a place for addicts to get help

In The News Sobering center a place for addicts to get help Houston Chronicle | 8/3/2014 When Mayor Annise Parker opened the center at 150 North Chenevert St. last year, the idea was to cut police costs and reduce recidivism, creating a place other than jail for those...

Austin officials move to decriminalize public drunkenness

In The News Austin officials move to decriminalize public drunkenness Austin American-Statesman | 3/8/2014 An effort by an array of criminal justice, law enforcement and medical officials is underway to open a sobriety center — “drunk tank” to many — that would...

Houston’s sobering center is showing progress

In The News Houston’s sobering center is showing progress Isiah Factor | 7/24/2013 It was back in April when the doors opened at the Houston Center for Sobriety. City leaders approved the facility because there were so many intoxicated people (1900 a year)...