Refer a client
For discharge planners, case managers, therapists, interventionists, placement specialists, hospital social workers, probation and drug court, and for the nonprofits and government-funded programs that place people at scale. 90 beds across three properties, and everything you need to make a placement decision on this page. No form required to see it.
Beds move fast, so we don’t post counts, call or text Goel and you’ll have today’s answer, usually within the hour.
In one paragraph
Kokoro operates three recovery residences in the west San Fernando Valley, a men’s house and a women’s house plus a third being designated, in Canoga Park and West Hills. We are a NARR Level II (monitored) recovery residence: compensated house manager, written policy, random testing, clinical services accessed in the community rather than delivered on site. We are MAT-friendly, guests manage their own medication with their own prescriber. We are not DHCS-licensed, we provide no clinical services, and we have no financial relationship with any outpatient provider, so we are not competing with you for your client’s clinical care.
The client we hold well: post-residential or stepping down from PHP/IOP, medically stable, stable on MAT if prescribed, able to participate in a house and hold a job or a search. The client we don’t: still withdrawing, initiating or titrating medication, in psychiatric crisis, or needing daily clinical monitoring. We will tell you which category yours is on the first call.
Facts sheet
Everything, without the marketing.
| Residences | Community Street (men’s, Canoga Park, one-acre ranch, horses on site) · Nevada Avenue (men’s, Canoga Park, quieter second house) · Deveron Ridge (women’s, West Hills, our smallest and quietest) |
|---|---|
| Population | Adults 18+, gender-separate houses. |
| Capacity | 90 beds across three properties, Community Street 38 (men), Nevada Avenue 30 (men), Deveron Ridge 22 (women). Each property is a campus: main house plus ADUs, so placements can scale. |
| Room configuration | Full-size bed, never a bunk, private dresser and dedicated closet space for every guest; room options discussed at placement. |
| NARR / CCAPP level | NARR Level II (monitored), bordering Level III in structure; policies written against CCAPP’s certification framework. Ask where we are in the certification process and we’ll tell you straight. |
| Monthly rate | Discussed per placement, private pay and program-funded placements are both routine, and one call gets you a same-day number. Terms at Admissions & Cost. |
| Deposit & fees | No security deposit. Financial terms are fixed in the signed guest agreement before move-in. |
| Included | Utilities, wifi, laundry, testing, workstations, all common and outdoor space, house manager support |
| Payment & funding | Private pay, family pay, and placements funded through nonprofit organizations, government programs and referral partners, we work with all of these routinely. Insurance does not cover recovery-residence rent; see the honest note on insurance. |
| Medication | MAT-friendly, self-managed. Guests prescribed buprenorphine/Suboxone, Vivitrol or psychiatric medication are accepted; methadone case-by-case. Kokoro does not manage, dispense or store medication, guests manage their own with their own prescriber. Documentation within 48 hours; a documented prescription is never recorded as a violation. Best suited to clients stable on their medication. Full policy |
| Testing | Weekly (Sunday house meeting) plus random any other day and on return from passes; 12-panel including fentanyl and buprenorphine, EtG, semi-observed collection, refusal counts as positive, lab confirmation before consequences. Full protocol |
| Structure | 30-day probation period (10pm curfew, no overnight passes), then midnight weeknights / 1am Fri–Sat; overnight passes by approval with test on return. Outside recovery meetings (minimum 3/week working full-time, 5/week if not), weekly Sunday house meeting, chores, and an employment or school expectation after settling-in. Detail |
| Staffing | A dedicated house manager at every residence: Christopher Shido at Community Street (also Head of Operations) and Madison Shelton at Deveron Ridge. Named contacts, introduced on the first call. |
| Exclusion criteria | Active withdrawal · initiating or titrating MAT · acute psychiatric instability · need for daily clinical monitoring · significant personal-care needs · unwillingness to test. |
| Relapse protocol | Naloxone on site, same-day conversation, referrer notified where a release is on file, defined plan, and no discharge without a destination and a ride. Full protocol |
| Intake turnaround | Same-day intake is possible when a bed is open and the enquiry lands early enough in the day; typically one to three days. |
| Documentation to you | ROI-based progress updates at an agreed cadence, immediate notification of discharge or relapse, and attendance and testing documentation for courts and probation on request. |
| Referral payments | We do not pay for referrals and we do not accept payment for referrals. |
Downloadable PDFs are coming, until then these go straight to our inbox and we reply the same day.
Our commitment
What you can expect from us.
A human answer within two business hours
Including when the answer is no. A fast honest “we’re not right for this, try these two houses” is worth more to you than a slow maybe.
A bed that’s actually there
If we say we’re holding a bed for your discharge date, it’s held. We will not quote availability that evaporates at intake.
Updates back to you
With a release on file: progress updates at whatever cadence you want, and immediate notification if your client is discharged or relapses. You should never find out from the client.
Documentation for courts and probation
Attendance records, testing results and residency verification, on request, in a form a court will accept.
Your clinical relationship stays yours
We will never move your client to a different provider, and we have no financial interest in where they get clinical care. Housing is the only thing we sell.
A tour whenever you want one
Drop in, or take the 360° walkthrough from your desk. You should not have to refer to a house you’ve never seen.
Your contact
Call a person, not a queue.
Goel Sohmekh
Admissions & Referral Relations
Call or text: (626) 224-3711
Email: info@cleanslatehomes.la (reaches our whole team)
Seven days a week
Walk any of the three houses from your desk before you place someone. Browse the homes →
We do not pay for referrals and we do not accept payment for referrals. No marketing arrangements, no finder’s fees, no bed-day compensation.