SEBASTOPOL, Calif. — Azure Acres, a longtime drug and alcohol recovery center on Green Hill Road, will close Oct. 9 after halting new admissions, according to state regulators and the facility’s corporate owner.
Acadia Healthcare, the Tennessee-based corporation that owns Azure Acres, confirmed the closure in a Sept. 10 statement citing a “careful and comprehensive review of the current landscape.” The company did not answer follow-up questions about how many patients or staff are affected, what prompted the decision, or the future of the 30-acre property at 2264 Green Hill Road.
The California Department of Health Care Services said Acadia’s subsidiary, Camp Recovery Center, LLC, notified the state Sept. 9 of its intent to discontinue operations for all of Azure Acres’ Sonoma County programs. The last day of operations is Oct. 9. Officials said clients are already being discharged or transferred to other facilities.
The closure extends beyond the main 54-bed residential center. State regulators confirmed affiliated sites on Graton Road and Occidental Road, along with an outpatient program on Corline Court in Sebastopol, are also included in the shutdown. Acadia has not released details on how many beds or staff positions are affected.
County Behavioral Health Director Jan Cobaleda-Kegler said Acadia did not notify county health officials about the closure. She said the county expects little impact to its services because Azure Acres primarily served private insurance and self-pay clients, not Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
One client has already been transferred to Duffy’s Napa Valley Rehab, according to a family friend. Acadia said its staff would work with “patients, families and receiving facilities” to ensure smooth transitions, but has not addressed the scale of staff layoffs or the handling of treatment episodes that extend past the closure date.
The move comes as Acadia reports record growth. The company operates more than 270 behavioral health facilities nationwide and announced $3.2 billion in revenue for 2024, its largest year yet. Executives have told investors they will close underperforming facilities as part of “portfolio optimization.” Acadia has not said whether Azure Acres was deemed underperforming, or why a facility with a six-decade reputation is being shut down.
Founded in 1959, Azure Acres is one of the state’s oldest recovery centers and was licensed for 54 beds. Its rustic campus west of Sebastopol has been a cornerstone of addiction recovery in Sonoma County. Neither Acadia nor state officials have said what will happen to the property once operations end.
State regulators said they will monitor the shutdown to ensure closure requirements are met and provider listings are updated. Community advocates remain concerned about the sudden loss of treatment capacity, with questions still unanswered about displaced clients, staff cuts, and the possibility of another operator stepping in.
