ORCA House
A residential treatment facility for adults age 18 or older who have a diagnosed, serious mental illness or substance use disorder.
Mental Health Residential Treatment
At ORCA House, one floor operates as a 16-bed, short-term mental health residential facility, serving adults who require a higher level of step-down care after being discharged from a crisis stabilization unit or inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. It’s also available for step-up care for adults referred for a higher level of monitored residential treatment.
With an expected length of stay of 30-90 days, the goal is to provide a positive, structured, caring, home-like environment conducive to the stabilization of symptoms, individual growth and development, and an effective transition back into the community. Services include:
- Individual and group mental health counseling with an emphasis on Mental Health Day Treatment groups
- Behavioral health assessments
- Case management
- Peer support
- Psychiatry
- Nursing
- A primary care provider assesses residents upon admission. Follow-up primary care and infectious disease care is available as needed.
Substance Use Disorder Residential Treatment
The facility also anticipates the future opening of a 20-bed unit aimed at treating individuals with opioid use disorder or alcohol use disorder, with an emphasis on intensive group therapy and medication-assisted treatment (MAT). This unit also will provide ongoing medical care for residents discharged from the hospital who have co-occurring substance use disorder and endocarditis, which is a potentially fatal inflammation of the heart valves.
Referrals
Referrals for Mental Health Residential Treatment
Referrals should be placed by a qualified behavioral health professional via this form and are reviewed by the ORCA manager.
Referrals for Substance Use Disorder Residential Treatment
Please check back for more information about placing a referral for substance use disorder residential treatment.
Funding Support
The reopening of ORCA House and expansion of services is made possible through funding support from Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and the Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County.
ORCA House History
ORCA House is one of the oldest African-American founded substance use disorder centers in the country. Built in 1942, several recovering individuals made it their mission to bring recovery services to Cleveland.
ORCA House
Phone: 216-231-3772
3001 Prospect Avenue East
Cleveland, OH 44115
A mental health residential treatment facility for adults, located in Mentor, Ohio