Halfway Houses – Easing the Transition Back into Society

Halfway houses for recovering addicts, convicted felons or the mentally ill provide temporary placement immediately after release from a primary institution. The purpose of halfway houses is to help individuals begin the process of reintegration into society while continuing to provide an adequate level of support and supervision.

Interest and inquiry into halfway houses is of particular interest to addiction researchers because of the invaluable service they can provide in the recovery of substance abusers. Search frequency research tracks online queries for “halfway houses” and related phrases, helping to gage interest in and the demand for all types of halfway houses.

Starting a Halfway House – Significant Online Interest

The search frequency graphs below illustrate the number of online queries made over a one-year period and ranks them numerically. It is evident from Graph 1 that the phrase “starting a halfway house”, the third most popular phrase, garnered a significant amount of interest. Added to the phrase “start a halfway house”, these two phrases total 2,420 searches.

Although this accounts for just less than 10% of the most popular search phrase “halfway house”, it remains noteworthy, given the fact that most halfway houses are run by a not for profit board of directors and are not considered to be profitable business ventures.

Halfway Houses - Prevalent Search Topics - Graph 1

(Continued on Graph 3 at the bottom of this page)

Top 30 two and three word combinations

	estimated searches/year across all search engines
	0		21,000
halfway house	19645
halfway houses	15802
starting a halfway house	1660
federal halfway houses	1528
inmate halfway houses	1344
cky halfway house	914
start a halfway house	760
federal halfway house	743
halfway house phoenix	741
texas halfway houses	589
halfway houses for women	575
wilmington nc halfway house	567
halfway houses phoenix	566
halfway houses maryland	555
adult halfway houses	554
halfway house york pa	550
boca halfway house	438
kintock halfway house	391
open a halfway house	378
halfway houses in nashville	375
halfway house austin	373
halfway houses dallas	372
salvation army halfway house	371
halfway house dallas texas	370
tennessee halfway houses	370
halfway house definition	369
halfway houses dallas texas	368
halfway house mesa az	367
halfway house phoenix az	367
halfway house austin tx	366
halfway house seattle wa	366
	0		21,000

Federal Halfway Houses – Stringent National Standards and Guidelines

Halfway houses evolved out of the offender advocacy movement in the 1950’s and 60’s. All federal halfway houses are governed by rigorous national guidelines and standards. It could be surmised that the search phrase “federal halfway houses”, with 1,528 annual queries, most likely refers to halfway houses for recently released inmates, as opposed to halfway houses designed for recovering addicts released from rehabilitation institutions.

Interestingly enough, the majority of searches in Graph 3 are geographic specific. This reflects a common trend towards using the Internet as a primary source for gaining information about residential treatment in a particular area.

Halfway Houses Market Research - Graph 2

Top 100 words used in halfway houses searches
(Top 1000 can be found at Top 100 halfway houses exact phrases and top 1,000 concepts/words. - Graph 5)

	estimated searches/year across all search engines
	0		21,000
house	19677
houses	15813
federal	2300
starting	2034
texas	1448
tx	1385
inmate	1362
phoenix	1346
york	1165
how	1151
women	981
paso	923
el	923
cky	914
new	895
pa	806
nc	806
az	782
start	778
dallas	763
tn	669
wilmington	648
nashville	642
maryland	592
adult	560
open	491
boca	446
wa	423
county	416
tennessee	411
what	401
austin	399
louisiana	397
kintock	393
mesa	386
salvation	377
army	377
definition	376
seattle	375
homeless	371
shreveport	370
shelters	368
tucson	354
nebraska	314
nj	306
boise	296
ohio	294
drug	291
dc	288
jersey	253
offenders	246
prison	242
fl	237
illinois	235
state	230
colorado	224
inmates	222
sex	220
beach	210
gainesville	202
washington	200
columbus	194
idaho	189
rehab	183
released	182
houston	179
florida	171
delray	170
christian	138
st	137
list	132
parolees	120
bop	114
rockdale	113
memphis	112
louis	100
philadelphia	100
regulations	98
rules	98
virginia	97
west	90
prisoner	84
ct	83
va	81
christmas	78
arizona	77
bc	77
pyramid	76
healthcare	76
reid	75
butler	73
lawsuits	73
levittown	73
men	71
bakersfield	67
oxford	66
ben	63
alabama	63
georgia	59
bay	59
california	59
	0		21,000

Forward-Looking Addictions Research Hails from Montreal, Canada

This innovative form of addictions research and Montreal, Canada share an important common denominator – Clear Haven Center. Situated near this majestic Canadian city, Clear Haven is not only a successful addictions treatment facility, but also a nucleus for advanced addictions research. Through Clear Haven’s generous sponsorship, online query studies are an important advancement in addictions research.

Halfway Houses - Prevalent Search Topics, Continued - Graph 3

Top 31 - 102 two and three word combinations
(Top 30 are in Graph 1 above)

	estimated searches/year across all search engines
	10		350
tucson halfway house	332
dc halfway houses	275
halfway houses in nebraska	274
halfway house nj	216
women s halfway house	189
prison halfway house	187
illinois halfway houses	186
halfway houses in colorado	184
delray beach halfway houses	164
halfway houses for parolees	115
rockdale halfway house	113
halfway house women	113
open halfway house	111
bop halfway house	111
halfway houses boise	111
halfway house memphis	110
houston halfway house women	110
christian halfway houses	98
halfway house st louis	91
list of halfway houses	84
pa halfway house	82
halfway house christmas	78
pyramid healthcare halfway house	76
halfway houses in bc	75
halfway house west philadelphia	74
halfway house lawsuits	73
halfway house wilmington nc	73
reid halfway house	70
ben reid halfway house	61
weber county halfway house	55
halfway house in tn	55
halfway houses bay county	55
drug halfway houses	47
halfway houses tampa	38
ohio halfway houses	38
aclu boca halfway house	36
cameron county halfway house	36
articles on halfway houses	36
halfway houses eugene oregon	36
halfway houses tampa florida	36
halfway house nj offenders	30
winchester halfway house	30
halfway houses for men	29
nashville tennessee halfway house	28
florida halfway houses	26
hillsboro ohio halfway houses	24
halfway houses in texas	20
halfway house houston	19
halfway house hotel	18
halfway house beaumont	18
halfway house tentacle	18
tx halfway houses list	18
syracuse drug halfway houses	18
new jersey halfway house	18
crosspoint halfway house	18
halfway house lincoln uk	18
halfway house luton	18
halfway house rules	17
nc halfway houses	17
halfway houses in phoenix	16
halfway houses pittsburgh	16
halfway house restaurant	16
halfway house facility	16
halfway house pub	15
halfway house legal cases	15
halfway houses in ohio	14
psychiatric halfway houses	14
halfway houses california	14
halfway houses in florida	14
halfway house shrewsbury	14
substance abuse	14
texas halfway house	14
	10		350