Spruce Mountain Inn
Where You'll Live
The Inn
“The Inn” (which once served as the residence for Goddard College’s president) serves as our primary residential and clinical building. The Inn houses up to 12 residents in comfortable double or single rooms and features several single-occupant bathrooms. Public areas—including a TV room, living and dining rooms, and a multi-purpose basement activity space and home gym—are comfortably furnished and decorated with a home-like feel. Residents are encouraged to bring decorations and other items to personalize their rooms. Residents living at The Inn also have access to the amenities located in The Annex, located directly across from The Inn. It houses a large group room, art studio, and three of our five independent living apartments.
The Apartments
A central focus of treatment at Spruce Mountain Inn is helping residents build the confidence and practical skills needed for greater independence. Throughout the program, residents practice skills such as:
- managing medications and finances
- navigating transportation
- pursuing employment, education, or volunteer opportunities
- planning and preparing meals
- maintaining a clean and comfortable living space
- practicing personal and community safety
- developing self-advocacy skills
- establishing healthy, sustainable routines
Progression is individualized and based on each resident’s stability, readiness, and treatment goals. As residents demonstrate increased independence, they move from The Inn to a studio apartment in The Annex or at Walker Lane, entering our Transitional Living Program. Apartment living offers greater freedom and responsibility while residents remain connected to the Spruce community and continue receiving coordinated clinical, vocational, and independent-living support.
Local Communities Beyond Campus
Spruce Mountain Inn’s Independent Living Program (ILP) provides a structured, relationship-based aftercare option for young adults who have completed our residential or Transitional Living Program and wish to remain in the local area. Designed to offer the right amount of support - no more and no less - the ILP helps graduates continue practicing the skills, routines, and community connections that contribute to long-term stability.
Grounded in Community Integration and PACT (Program for Assertive Community Treatment) principles, the ILP meets young adults where they are, while keeping them connected to a multidisciplinary team that knows them well.
Testimonials
Spruce Mountain Inn truly saved my life and gave me a perspective on life that I never knew existed. Spruce will never be a cure, but it is the foundation on which we can all have the ability to live a good life. When I saw the Program with my own two eyes, I felt like there was truly help and hope for me. Everyone must understand that the program isn’t going to work unless you work it. There is a beautiful life after treatment, and I highly recommend living it instead of just existing. If you have the courage to go to treatment, you have the ability to grow and be better
Thank goodness there are people in this world like yourselves , who are so dedicated to helping people like our son and families like ours, who are in dire need. Thank you for all that you are and all that you do.
There are very few places that have provided the quality work with young adults that you have done at Spruce Mountain. The number of clients who have benefitted from Spruce are in the thousands and I credit you for establishing a place where they could get the help they needed.
Why Residential Treatment
Residential treatment programs have the potential to be much more effective than treatment received in someone's typical living environment. Our program is designed to be immersive and community-based.
