Admission Criteria

• Individuals will not be accepted unless they have had treatment in the past for their addictions.
  
  
• Persons who are “heavily medicated” or have “severe mental health challenges” are not suitable for
  Oxford Houses. Our Houses are not staffed.
  
  
• The Outreach Office has guidelines for specific medications that are not allowed in our houses under any condition.
  Please see listing of specific drugs that are prohibited in an Oxford House.
  
  
• Individuals must be willing and able to work. If a person is unable to work due to a medical condition then, that person
  must attend the AADAC day program and/or volunteer in the community (i.e. with the Salvation Army). Under no
  circumstances will individuals be allowed to “hang around the house” throughout the day.
  
  
• People who have been incarcerated are not eligible to enter an Oxford House for three months after their release date.
  
  Primary Addiction – Alcohol
  Individuals must have at least 7 days clean and recent treatment (past year) and must be willing to do 2-week intensive AADAC Day Program for alcohol or other Day Program, as recommended by Housing Supervisor.
  
  Primary Addiction – Alcohol and drugs
  Oxford requires people to have a 28-day treatment in-patient program within the last year. If a relapse has occurred since the treatment, they will be required to attend another in-patient treatment program, or day program, as recommended by the Housing Supervisor.
  
  Primary Addiction –Prescription Drugs
  Must have had a minimum of a 28-day treatment program within the last year. If a relapse has occurred since treatment, they will be required to attend another in-patient treatment program, or day program, as recommended by the Housing Supervisor. Any medications must be reported prior to admittance to an Oxford House and they must be physician prescribed.
  
  Primary Addiction – Cocaine, Heroin, Morphine & Amphetamines (Speed)
  These individuals must have successfully completed a 6 week in-patient treatment program, and must be willing
  to attend any day program recommended by the Housing Supervisor.
  
  We have been in operation for twelve (12) years, and it is our experience and statistics confirm that the above
  conditions are required for Oxford House to remain successful.
  
  Our current residents are grateful and sincere about their sobriety. We believe that by allowing people into
  Oxford House who do not meet the above conditions, problems are created in the house, and risks the sobriety
  of all the residents in the house.