Mission, History & Approach

Our Mission

Provide a behavioral health system of care that sustains recovery and returns individuals to their families and communities.

Our History

After providing treatment for addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders in the Metro Atlanta community for 60 years as St. Jude’s Recovery Center, we have changed our legal name to Ascensa Health, Inc. The agency’s new legal name to reflects the changes and growth of the organization since its founding in 1962, as well as the organization’s vision for the future of recovery in Atlanta.

Ascensa Health, Inc. was established in 1962 by a partnership of downtown Atlanta business leaders, judges and inner-city churches to address the problem of chronic alcoholic court offenders. Since then, the organization has grown from one facility to five facilities in Midtown Atlanta.

Our Behavioral Health System of Care

Ascensa Health’s integrated services are based on the belief that addiction is a disease and that treatment must focus on the whole person. Our evidence-based approach addresses substance use disorder as well as co-occurring mental health disorders.