- 1958 Church St, West Palm Beach, FL 33409
- info@fernhouse.org
- (561) 471-0430
Each resident must be interviewed before being accepted into Fern House.
We’ll talk about your background and current situation and discuss your goals for sobriety. Each resident must express a sincere desire to get and stay sober. The staff must feel certain that the resident will benefit from a stay at Fern House. Every resident must be committed to following all Fern House rules, regulations and policies.
Executive Director
Fern House has zero-tolerance for the use of alcohol and drugs. This policy includes narcotic or non-narcotic prescription drugs that are considered mind-altering or mood-altering. Failure to adhere to this policy will result in your immediate termination from the program.
Each resident is required to attend evening meetings. These include Weekly house meetings for all residents. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings. Sobriety support groups.
Every Fern House resident is required to have a job. If you don’t have one, you must be employable and looking for work. You will be expected to work in the daytime so that you can attend meetings in the evening.
A weekly, nondenominational mass is held Sunday mornings at 9:00 am in our chapel. Pastor Kevin Sheppard welcomes all Fern House residents and members of the public to join us.
Residents have meals at regular, scheduled times. Many addicts and alcoholics have been nutritionally depleted for many years. Regular, nourishing meals are key to recovering from substance abuse and starting a healthy new life.
Requirements: Six months of residency at Fern House. Payment of all financial obligations to Fern House.
Time: Visiting Hours Visiting hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Each resident must be interviewed before being accepted into Fern House. We’ll talk about your background and current situation and discuss your goals for sobriety.
Each resident must express a sincere desire to get and stay sober. The staff must feel certain that the resident will benefit from a stay at Fern House.
Every resident must be committed to following all Fern House rules, regulations, and policies.
Give everyone who comes to us the chance to learn new ways of coping with their lives, through a program that helps them become useful, productive members of society rather than burdens on society.
Allow each man to reach his fullest potential by learning to live with discipline, structure and self-control. Help our residents clean up the wreckage of their lives, reunite with their families and make amends to those that they’ve hurt. Teach our clients to give back by helping others, volunteering and becoming engaged in their communities.
1958 Church St
West Palm Beach, FL 33409
Fern House is a 501(c)(3) registered charity based in West Palm Beach, Florida. We house 56 residents at full capacity.
Fern House accepts no federal, state or local funding. All of our operations and expenses are paid by the residents, who pay their own rent and other expenses. We do not fundraise operating costs. All fundraising goes towards capital projects and future expansion.
Taxpayers, Not Tax Burdens. Fern House accepts no government taxpayer funds, we have a formula that allows us to exist without tax dollars. This financial responsibility is a key part of Fern House’s success. Too many men that we see have struggled a whole lifetime with addictions that have cost them their jobs, their families and their self-respect also usually, their finances are in disarray. They might have court-ordered settlements to pay. Typically, they’re used to spending everything they earn on their drug of choice.
Fern House turns that around, making each resident a responsible taxpayer instead of a tax burden. Every resident is required to have a job, participate in nightly meetings and house meetings, and share in the household chores.
Many of the men who arrive at Fern House are at the end of their ropes financially, legally and socially. These are the men most at risk of falling through the cracks of other programs. At Fern House, we help them get off the streets, stand on their own feet and rebuild their lives from the ground up.
