Freedom House Recovery Center Facility Based Crisis and Detox Center

Freedom House Recovery Center’s Facility Based Crisis and Detox Center is a CARF-accredited behavioral health and addiction treatment provider located at 104 New Stateside Dr in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Operating since 1974, the center has served Orange County and the surrounding region — including Durham, Person, and Warren counties — with a 16-bed capacity dedicated to detoxification and crisis stabilization. For individuals and families in the Triangle area urgently seeking detox programs or crisis intervention, this facility represents one of the few county-anchored options with direct detoxification services.

The center provides a defined continuum of care that spans detoxification, facility-based crisis services, substance use residential services, intensive outpatient, and outpatient programs. This range means a person can move from acute detox or crisis stabilization directly into residential or outpatient services without leaving the Freedom House system. Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) and medication management are offered as part of the clinical program, supporting the withdrawal and stabilization process under medical oversight led by Medical Director Dr. James Groce.

Clinical services are delivered through individual therapy and group therapy, with MAT and medication management integrated into the treatment model. The program addresses substance use disorders, mental health conditions, and co-occurring disorders, recognizing that many individuals entering detox or crisis care carry both addiction and mental health needs. Clinical Director Christopher Scoville (MSW, MBA, LCSW, LCAS) leads the clinical team, providing experienced oversight across the facility’s levels of care.

Freedom House serves adults as well as children and adolescents, making it one of the few detox and crisis programs in the region with a scope that extends beyond adult-only populations. A sliding fee scale is available, reducing financial barriers for individuals who may not have comprehensive coverage. The facility’s mobile crisis team adds an outreach dimension that distinguishes it from standard inpatient detox-only settings, and CARF accreditation reflects an independently verified standard of program quality.

Freedom House Recovery Center's Facility Based Crisis and Detox Center provides detoxification services and facility-based crisis care from its 16-bed unit in Chapel Hill. For individuals in acute withdrawal or behavioral health crisis, the center offers a structured clinical environment with medication management and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) overseen by Medical Director Dr. James Groce. The facility's detox program is designed to stabilize individuals before transitioning them into residential or outpatient levels of care within the same organization.

The addition of a mobile crisis team distinguishes Freedom House from facilities that offer only inpatient detox. This outreach capability allows the center to respond to individuals who may not yet be ready or able to present to the facility in person, extending crisis intervention services across the four-county service area of Orange, Durham, Person, and Warren counties.

Freedom House offers a continuum that begins with detoxification and facility-based crisis stabilization and continues through substance use residential services, intensive outpatient, and outpatient programs. This integrated structure allows clinical staff — led by Clinical Director Christopher Scoville, LCSW, LCAS — to coordinate step-down care without requiring clients to transfer to an entirely different organization after completing detox or crisis stabilization.

Medication Assisted Treatment is available within this continuum, supporting individuals whose withdrawal management or ongoing stabilization may benefit from FDA-approved pharmacological interventions. The program addresses substance use disorders alongside mental health conditions and co-occurring disorders, reflecting the clinical reality that detox admissions frequently involve both addiction and psychiatric needs simultaneously.

Freedom House accepts adults, children, and adolescents — a breadth of population eligibility that sets it apart from many detox and crisis programs in North Carolina that limit services to adults only. The center's primary service area covers Orange, Durham, Person, and Warren counties, though prospective patients and families should contact the facility directly at (919) 942-2803 to confirm eligibility and current availability given the 16-bed capacity.

A sliding fee scale is in place to address financial access. Office hours run Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. For individuals or families navigating a detox or crisis situation and looking for a CARF-accredited program with a long operational history in the Chapel Hill area, Freedom House represents a substantive regional resource. Reach the administrative team by email at administrator@freedomhouserecovery.org or visit freedomhouserecovery.org for additional program information.

Freedom House Recovery Center holds CARF accreditation, an independent quality standard that requires programs to demonstrate defined clinical practices, outcomes measurement, and organizational accountability. For families evaluating detox centers, CARF accreditation offers a verifiable benchmark beyond self-reported program descriptions.

The clinical team is anchored by Medical Director Dr. James Groce and Clinical Director Christopher Scoville, who holds credentials as an MSW, MBA, LCSW, and LCAS. The LCAS designation — Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist — is the North Carolina credentialing standard for addiction treatment professionals, indicating direct regulatory oversight of the clinical addiction services delivered at the facility.