Cedar Rose Haven: Recovery Support Organization

Cedar Rose Haven is a recovery support organization in Northwest Houston providing structured, trauma-informed recovery support through accountability-driven program settings where individuals rebuild their lives with dignity, stability, and purpose. Through the Dahlia House Program for women and the Ashford House Program for men, Cedar Rose Haven offers gender-specific recovery support communities designed to promote emotional safety, reinforce healthy boundaries, and support long-term recovery.

Our program delivers a comprehensive wraparound support model that includes transportation coordination, meal support programming, collaboration with case managers and recovery coaches, employment and education support, and consistent oversight from trained staff. Each program setting operates under structured leadership and coordinated oversight to ensure accountability, consistency, and program integrity.

Cedar Rose Haven utilizes gender-specific program environments to reduce relapse triggers, limit interpersonal distractions, and reinforce the structure essential for early recovery. Research and industry standards demonstrate that gender-specific recovery settings improve emotional safety, strengthen boundaries, and support more consistent long-term outcomes.

Our program is built on a foundation of dignity, structure, and trauma-informed care. We support participants as they navigate early recovery within a professional, supportive framework designed to promote stability, personal growth, and long-term independence.

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Cedar Rose Haven: Recovery Support Organization

The foundation of Cedar Rose Haven is built on principles that ensure safety, structure, dignity, and a clear pathway toward long-term recovery. These values guide every decision, interaction, and program standard within the Dahlia House Program and Ashford House Program.

Dignity

Structure

Every participant is treated with respect and humanity. We uphold dignity in all interactions, creating a trauma-informed setting where individuals can rebuild their lives without judgment.

Consistent routines, accountability systems, and clear expectations create stability. Structure serves as the backbone of our recovery support model and supports long-term recovery success.

Safety

Accountability

Gender-specific program settings, clear boundaries, and professional oversight support both emotional and physical safety. Safety is non-negotiable and central to every aspect of program delivery.

Participants and staff contribute to a culture of responsibility, consistency, and integrity. Accountability strengthens trust, reinforces expectations, and supports the development of independent functioning.

Trauma-Informed Care

Community Connection

We recognize the impact of trauma and respond with compassion, appropriate boundaries, and structured support. Cedar Rose Haven operates with awareness, sensitivity, and a commitment to emotional safety.

Recovery is strengthened through connection. We cultivate a supportive, peer-driven community where shared experiences promote resilience, belonging, and mutual encouragement.

Wraparound Support

Our program integrates transportation coordination, meal support programming, case management coordination, recovery coaching collaboration, employment and education support, and healthcare navigation to promote whole-person recovery.

Our Structured Recovery Support Program Goals

Cedar Rose Haven is committed to delivering measurable, ethical, and trauma-informed recovery support that strengthens long-term stability for every participant. Our recovery support program aims to promote independence through structured accountability, wraparound support, and gender-specific recovery settings.

We focus on achieving meaningful outcomes, including:

Improved 12-month recovery stability
Reduced relapse risk
Increased employment and education engagement
Increased independent functioning
Strengthened family and community relationships
Long-term recovery stability

Our goal is to operate with transparency, integrity, and outcomes-driven stewardship while building a sustainable model that attracts public, private, and philanthropic support. Cedar Rose Haven is dedicated to creating a recovery support ecosystem that restores dignity, promotes independence, and supports generational healing.

Our Story

Cedar Rose Haven was founded by Dr. Deanna Richard (Founder & Executive Director) and Darrell Richard (Co-Founder & Operational Director), combining professional experience in healthcare, mental health, and direct care with personal insight into the impact of addiction and the recovery journey. Built on a foundation of dignity, structure, and trauma-informed support, Cedar Rose Haven was created to provide a structured recovery support program where individuals can rebuild their lives with clarity, purpose, and long-term recovery goals.

What began as a vision rooted in lived experience has grown into a Premium Recovery Support Program serving Northwest Houston through two gender-specific recovery support communities: the Dahlia House Program for women and the Ashford House Program for men. Our founders designed Cedar Rose Haven to provide a comprehensive recovery support model that includes transportation coordination, meal support programming, professional coordination with case managers and recovery coaches, accountability systems, and consistent oversight from trained staff.

Cedar Rose Haven stands on the belief that recovery is possible when dignity, structure, and community come together. Every policy, service, and program practice is intentionally designed to support emotional safety, reduce relapse risk, and create a pathway toward stability and independence.

Darrell Richard
Co-Founder & Operational Director

A Legacy of Hope

Cedar Rose Haven was created to honor the individuals, families, and communities impacted by addiction and to provide the support systems many people need during the recovery journey. Our program reflects the belief that healing is strengthened through community, structure, accountability, and trauma-informed support. Through gender-specific recovery settings, wraparound services, and valuble program oversight, Cedar Rose Haven supports participants as they work toward stability, independence, and long-term recovery.

Our commitment to Northwest Houston extends beyond program delivery. Cedar Rose Haven strives to strengthen recovery outcomes, support families, and contribute to a community culture where long-term recovery is achievable. By grounding every participant in dignity, respect, accountability, and support, we are working to strengthen individuals, families, and future generations.

Dr. Deanna Richard
Founder & Executive Director

The Path to Cedar Rose Haven

Growing up in a home shaped by addiction, Dr. Richard witnessed instability, trauma, and the impact of substance use long before she understood its full effects. These experiences created a lifelong commitment to helping individuals affected by addiction find stability, healing, and hope. Together, Dr. Richard and Darrell Richard have spent more than a decade working in healthcare and direct care environments, supporting individuals through crisis, recovery challenges, and the process of rebuilding their lives.

Cedar Rose Haven was founded to help address the critical gap that exists between treatment and long-term recovery stability. It represents a mission built from lived experience, professional knowledge, and a commitment to creating structured pathways for individuals seeking lasting change. The founders’ experiences shaped a program model that combines compassion with structure, accountability with support, and dignity with long-term recovery planning.