Introducing Adolescent Recovery
Center of Hope

When teenagers are diagnosed with a dual diagnosis – both behavioral health and addiction problems – it’s vital to their recovery that both conditions are treated at the same time.

Dayton-area youth struggling with a dual diagnosis will soon have a new place to turn to for help when the Adolescent Recovery Center of Hope (ARCH) opens its doors later this month. At ARCH, teenagers will find a caring environment with a professional staff that believes the key to recovery is focusing on healing the entire family.

As an integrated dual diagnosis program, ARCH offers both a residential and outpatient program to teenagers suffering from addictions and or behavioral health problems. A full range of clinical, medical and case management services are to be offered. As they guide each patient through recovery, the staff will work closely with the youth, their families and the community. ARCH will also be the only residential program in the area to provide onsite tutoring.

For Michele Cox, program administrator, it was important that the ARCH program be located outside of a hospital setting. “I want the program participants to feel like they are in the process of recovery, not like patients in a hospital who are sick,” Cox said.

Accordingly, the ARCH facility, which previously housed the Montgomery County juvenile court short-term residential program, was the perfect choice for the program. Located on Infirmary Road in Dayton, the center is located in a picturesque rural setting complete with a stream running across the back of the property.

An affiliate of Kettering Health Network, the program is governed by Recovery Centers Incorporated, which also runs Greene Memorial Hospital’s Women’s Recovery Center. Funding comes from the Montgomery County Juvenile Court.

ARCH will be a great addition to the behavior and addiction services already in the KHN family, because it is one of the few programs in the area to offer a residential program for youth with a dual-diagnosis for up to 60 days. “We look forward to working with some of the other KHN programs,” Cox said. She envisions that the different facilities will be referring patients between the programs.

Cox also wanted to thank everyone across the Network who is helping ARCH get off the ground. Since the idea for the program was conceived, individuals and departments from all over KHN have helped make opening ARCH a priority.

Youth Wins Contest to Name New Center
When deciding what to call the new adolescent recovery center, Cox and her partners at the Montgomery County Juvenile Court decided to let the youth have a voice in naming the facility. The winning name, Adolescent Recovery Center of Hope, was entered by local teen, Matthew Whalen. His entry was picked out of a pool of more than 17 entries, all from former and current court-involved youths.

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