Medi-Cal billing · Sober living · Southern & Northern California · LA County hardest to place
Sober living across Southern and Northern California that accepts Medi-Cal — from Sylmar and Skid Row up the coast to Sacramento and Oakland. Built on Drug Medi-Cal (DMC-ODS), Recovery Bridge Housing, and the new DHCS Transitional Rent benefit. No $3,000/ month buy-in. No sobriety test before the application. LA County is where families and referral partners struggle most to find beds — we open doors there first while expanding capacity across the state.
What is and isn’t a Sober Stay house
Residents come to Sober Stay after county-funded detox, after incarceration, out of Skid Row shelters, or on a MAT regimen. The private-pay operator told them their insurance card is “the wrong kind.” Almost every one of them has been turned away at least once before.
Inside the house
The thing every sober living is supposed to do — and the thing most post-recovery housing quietly drops.
Around the house
The part most operators skip because it doesn’t bill. It also doesn’t bill Medi-Cal — until now.
How a placement works
Most operators won’t tell you how they screen residents. We will. Click any step.
Send the resident’s county, current MCP, MAT status (if any), and a legal contact. We do not require a pay stub, an sober-living history, or an upfront deposit.
Send to hearthpath-residences@polsia.app
The funding stack
Sober Stay bills each resident’s coverage through the actual Medi-Cal programs California clients are already enrolled in — not a private-pay scholarship stacked on top of sticker rent.
Program 01
LA County’s specialty substance-use treatment system. Sober Stay is a licensed recovery housing provider in the DMC-ODS continuum. Covers residents stepping down from county-funded detox and outpatient.
Program 02
The short-term bridge housing program for Medi-Cal–eligible residents leaving treatment, incarceration, or emergency shelter. We enroll clients at move-in and re-enroll at every redetermination.
Program 03 · Effective 1 / 1 / 2026
California’s new statewide transitional rent benefit for people coming out of homelessness, institutional care, or a behavioral-health crisis. Sober Stay is lining up properties on day one — Northern California and statewide Transitional Rent coverage opening alongside.
Talk to the operator
Case managers, probation, BHS liaisons, managed-care plan coordinators, and discharge planners: email us with the resident’s county, current coverage, and discharge date. We respond within four business hours.