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About Us

Two partners. A shared vision.

Recovery Resources offers coordinated care for mental illness, alcoholism, drug addictions and gambling addictions. Our partnership with The MetroHealth System ensures our clients benefit from a true integration of care focused on your whole health.

Recovery Resources maintains a separate nonprofit status and operating structure under the MetroHealth umbrella.

OUR MISSION

We help people triumph over mental illness, alcoholism, drugs and other addictions.

Leadership

Our senior leadership team of multi-disciplinary professionals leverages their expertise and experience to help people triumph over mental illness, alcoholism, drug, gambling and other addictions.

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Annual report

Our annual reports celebrate how we help people heal and recover from their struggles with mental illness, alcoholism, drug, gambling and other addictions.

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Donors and awards

Through time and treasure, people in our community make it possible for others to find hope and healing.

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Location

Old Brooklyn
4269 Pearl Rd.,
Cleveland, OH 44109
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Phone: 216-431-4131

History

1955

Martha “Marty” Baker opens a small storefront on Huron Road to help people with alcoholism. Baker herself experienced the triumph of recovery thanks to Alcoholics Anonymous. Later, Baker was approached by the National Council on Alcoholism to start an Alcoholics Anonymous chapter in Cleveland.

1970s

Mel Edmonds, a steelworker, was unable to work due to a disability and vowed to change how people receive mental health services. He rented a space on Fulton Road in Ohio City to offer mental health services. This space would eventually become Neighborhood Counseling Services.

1977

The Cleveland Center for Alcoholism & National Counsel of Alcoholism merge to form Alcoholism Services of Cleveland, Inc.

1998

Recovery Resources opens at 3950 Chester Ave.

2000

Recovery Resources merges with Neighborhood Counseling Services.

2008

Recovery Resources forms a strategic partnership with Community Challenge, a group founded by parents and citizens in Rocky River to help reduce substance abuse among young people. Today, this partnership is our prevention program, focusing on two areas: Alcohol & Other Drugs, and Problem Gambling.

2011

Recovery Resources acquires Spectrum of Supportive Services, an organization focused on the provision of consumer-operated services and self-help/peer support services for Cuyahoga County adults with mental illness and/or substance use disorders. The acquisition included the Employment Alliance, a supported employment program that assists with employment preparation, job coaching and on-the-job advocacy.

2014

Recovery Resources expands and moves to MetroHealth on the Old Brooklyn campus.

2018

Recovery Resources becomes an affiliate of The MetroHealth System, allowing MetroHealth patients to receive specialized care for behavioral health disorders from Recovery Resources professionals while giving Recovery Resources clients access to additional primary care and preventative care options.