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
ORCA House expects to begin accepting referrals for mental health residential treatment on April 29, 2024.
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
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