The Buckeye Ranch Hope Treatment Center (Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility – PRTF)

Company Description

The Buckeye Ranch’s Hope Treatment Center in Grove City, Ohio is described as the state’s only Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) for teens, developed in collaboration with Nationwide Children’s Hospital. A PRTF is a high-acuity, short-term residential level of care designed for youth who need more structure than outpatient or partial hospitalization, but who may not need an inpatient hospital bed once medically stabilized.

Nationwide Children’s notes that the Hope Treatment Center was created to fill a gap for teens transitioning out of inpatient psychiatric settings who still need coordinated, around-the-clock support before returning home. The facility is positioned as a step-down level of care that can support ongoing stabilization and recovery while keeping teens in-state and closer to their communities.

On its program page, The Buckeye Ranch explains that the PRTF partnership is intended to provide short-term, intensive residential treatment support after hospital discharge, with a strong emphasis on family engagement. The organization describes the PRTF as the first of its kind in Ohio and highlights specially trained staff and structured therapeutic programming for higher-acuity youth needs.

The Hope Treatment Center is part of The Buckeye Ranch’s Residential Treatment Services campus in Grove City. The organization references a major campus expansion project (including a new building and increased capacity) to support a range of residential levels of care, including PRTF beds and other youth residential treatment options on the same campus.

Families exploring this type of residential program can review details about the PRTF model and the Grove City campus through The Buckeye Ranch’s official website, and may also find background context through Nationwide Children’s coverage of the partnership and facility launch.

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5665 Hoover Rd Grove City, OH 43123

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