Hopewell is a CARF-accredited residential treatment program on a 325-acre working farm in rural Ohio, approximately 60 miles southeast of Cleveland. Licensed to serve up to 40 adults, employs approximately 60 staff including psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, counselors, social workers, and nurses. Residents participate in daily work teams — animal care, farm, garden, woodshop, kitchen, maple sugaring — as a core therapeutic element. Study of 240 discharged residents showed 15-29% improvement in Global Assessment of Functioning scores with 81% living independently post-discharge.
Best for
Adults with severe mental illness who benefit from long-term community-based recovery in a natural, working-farm setting.
Modalities
Depth elements
Farm-based therapeutic community rooted in the healing power of meaningful work, nature, and communal life. First therapeutic farm community in the U.S. to earn CARF accreditation for Therapeutic Community: Mental Health (Adults). Treatment addresses the whole person through structured daily participation in work teams alongside clinical engagement — recovery emerges from relationship and purposeful activity.