Our Mission
Provide a behavioral health system of care that sustains recovery and returns individuals to their families and communities.
Our Mission, History & Approach
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 owning one facility to owning eight facilities in Metro Atlanta. The organization operates with a balanced budget and is debt free.
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 abuse as well as mental and physical health.
Programs include:
- Residential Detoxification
- Residential Treatment Services
- Outpatient Treatment Services
- Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Services include:
- Intake and assessments
- Treatment planning
- Addiction and co-occurring mental health treatment
- Life-skills training
- Job readiness/Employment support
- Health services
- Nutrition education
- Individual and group counseling
- 12-Step education and groups
- Family services
- Parenting education
- Continuing care