Oxford House, Inc. is a nonprofit umbrella organization that provides the network connecting all Oxford Houses and allocates resources to duplicate the Oxford House concept where needs arise. It is a residential facility, located all over the U.S. Oxford Houses is a concept house that aids in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. In its simplest form, an Oxford House describes a democratically run, self-supporting and drug-free home. The number of residents in a House may range from six to fifteen; there are houses for men, houses for women, and houses which accept women with children. The organization's mission is to focus on the expansion of the network of individual Oxford Houses, to provide all recovering alcoholics and drug addicts the opportunity to develop comfortable sobriety without relapse.