Treatment center opens new facility, recovery housing campus in Marion

Those struggling with substance use or mental health disorders in Marion County now have another place where they can seek counseling, workforce development and more. 

Day One Integrative Services opened in April 2019 but held two ribbon cutting ceremonies June 18 with the Marion Area Chamber of Commerce for its new locations. One was for a treatment center located at 827 N. Main Street and the other for its recovery housing campus at 333 N. Prospect Street. 

According to a news release from the chamber, the center's mission is to close the gaps in substance use treatment by establishing an environment of growth and healing for individuals and their families through an integrative system of clinical services, medical services, and recovery housing. 

Executive director Heather Belcher said she and her husband, Brad, wanted to create Day One because substance abuse treatment and mental health has often occurred during her almost 20-year career of being a nurse.

"He had the vision and I have a lot of experience in high level management," Belcher said.

"I was born and raised in Marion, this is definitely something near and dear to his heart and near and dear to mine. Let's bring something a little different to Marion that we haven't seen and try to make a difference."

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A different type of treatment 

One of the ways Day One is different from other treatment services in the area is that it offers three levels of care services: partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient services. 

Belcher said treatment offered more than 20 hours a week is considered partial hospitalization, while intensive outpatient treatment can be as low as nine hours per week to 19 hours. Anything lower than nine hours is outpatient services. 

"All of those levels of care are based on the client's individual needs," Belcher said. "How are they living? Do they live with other people that are using? What are the biomedical social issues that are going on?

"There's lots of things that go into a clinical assessment that determines what level of care someone would be on." 

Services at the facilities include substance use disorder programs, substance use case management, counseling, medicated assistant treatment, informed trauma, support groups and workforce development. Day One also provides psychiatric services. 

In addition, the center has two recovery homes that are certified as Level 3 recovery housing under the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. The homes have 32 total beds for men and women. There are also 14 other recovery homes on Prospect people can move into as they transition back into society. 

"The whole idea behind our name as integrative services is that most recovery houses are not actually adjoined to a treatment program," Belcher said. "A lot of times, you just have recovery houses and then they collaborate with other treatment facilities. But when you have a treatment facility that's completely linked to a recovery house, there's a high level of accountability, there's a high level of more success because you have treatment providers that are working together."

Providing the best care for clients 

Belcher said there are about 60 clients currently in the program. She said most people are addicted to multiple substances such as heroin and methamphetamines or alcohol and marijuana. 

Belcher said its humbling being able to open Day One and help people in need. 

"Sometimes, it's very surreal that we've actually made it to this point and that we truly get to see living miracles," she said. "It truly is a blessing and we're very fortunate to be in this situation." 

For more information, call Day One at 740-914-5000 or send an email at referral@d1recovery.com. 

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