LGBTQ-Friendly Rehab in Ohio

Treatment rules and programs in Ohio

Who oversees treatment

Ohio's Department of Behavioral Health (formerly the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services) licenses community addiction treatment providers, inspects them, and writes the licensing rules under state law.

Prescription monitoring

Ohio's prescription drug monitoring program is OARRS, the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System, run by the Ohio Board of Pharmacy. It tracks controlled substance prescriptions dispensed to patients.

Overdose Good Samaritan law

Ohio's Good Samaritan law gives limited immunity from prosecution for minor drug possession and paraphernalia offenses to a person who seeks medical help for an overdose and to the person who overdosed, provided they get a treatment screening and referral.

Court-ordered treatment

Ohio lets a probate court order involuntary treatment for a person with alcohol or other drug abuse under a petition process set out in Revised Code sections 5119.90 to 5119.98.

Featured trauma-informed programs in Ohio

Being able to be yourself in treatment

Treatment works best when you can talk honestly about your life: your partner, your family, your gender, where and why you use. In a program that runs an LGBTQ group, those conversations are expected rather than awkward. Ask any program how staff are trained and how they handle names, pronouns and rooming.

See questions to ask an LGBTQ rehab before you commit.

What "LGBTQ-friendly" should mean

Plenty of programs call themselves LGBTQ-friendly. On this site, a program only appears if it reports to SAMHSA that it runs a program or group for LGBTQ clients. The programs on this page also report trauma-related counseling and accept private insurance.

Read LGBTQ-friendly vs LGBTQ-specific rehab to understand the difference.

LGBTQ-Friendly Rehab by city in Ohio

Smaller towns are covered on the page for their nearest larger city.

• Cleveland
• Cincinnati
• Columbus
• Dayton
• Akron
• Toledo
• Youngstown
• Canton
• Lorain
• Middletown
• Springfield
• Newark
• Parma
• Mansfield
• Lima
• Hamilton
• Kettering
• Elyria
• Lakewood
• Cuyahoga Falls
• Dublin
• Findlay
• Beavercreek
• Mentor
• New Philadelphia
• Sandusky
• Euclid
• Marion
• Strongsville
• Lancaster
• Cleveland Heights
• Fairfield
• Grove City
• Zanesville
• Delaware
• Westerville
• Warren
• Reynoldsburg
• Huber Heights
• Hilliard
• Portsmouth
• Gahanna
• Upper Arlington
• Brunswick
• Stow
• Boardman
• North Ridgeville
• Fairborn
• Mason
• Massillon
• Bowling Green
• Westlake
• Chillicothe
• North Olmsted
• Alliance
• Wooster
• North Royalton
• East Liverpool
• Kent
• Athens
• Austintown
• Ashtabula
• Garfield Heights
• Shaker Heights
• Xenia
• Troy
• Medina
• Barberton
• Green
• Riverside
• Marysville
• Avon Lake
• Trotwood
• Wadsworth
• Centerville
• Avon
• Oxford
• Willoughby
• Solon
• Hudson
• Fremont
• Pickerington
• Maple Heights
• Piqua
• Mount Vernon
• Perrysburg
• South Euclid
• Marietta
• Sidney
• Lebanon
• Norwalk
• Ashland
• Miamisburg
• Oregon
• Rocky River
• Painesville
• Parma Heights
• Norwood
• Sylvania
• White Oak
• Tiffin
• Broadview Heights
• Springboro
• Whitehall
• Twinsburg
• Berea
• Forest Park
• Mayfield Heights
• Defiance
• Brook Park
• Niles
• Eastlake
• Steubenville
• Salem
• Tallmadge
• North Canton
• East Cleveland
• Streetsboro
• Aurora
• Fairview Park
• Pataskala
• Circleville
• Harrison
• Middleburg Heights
• Bay Village
• Galion
• Washington Court House
• Vandalia
• London
• Cambridge
• Worthington
• Fostoria
• Bridgetown
• New Franklin
• Willowick
• Monroe
• Bexley
• Conneaut
• Sharonville
• Maumee
• Port Clinton
• Brecksville
• Englewood
• Powell
• Lyndhurst
• Bellefontaine
• Clayton
• Loveland
• Trenton
• Warrensville Heights
• Monfort Heights
• West Carrollton
• Finneytown
• University Heights
• Wickliffe
• Dover
• Greenville
• Bedford
• Blue Ash
• Wilmington
• Amherst
• Macedonia
• Norton
• Bucyrus
• Franklin
• Beachwood
• Seven Hills
• Mack
• Jackson
• Urbana
• Ravenna
• Coshocton
• Dent
• Celina
• Springdale
• Heath
• New Albany
• Montgomery
• Northbrook
• Van Wert
• Brooklyn
• Lincoln Village
• Ironton
• Wapakoneta
• Bedford Heights
• Forestville
• Vermilion
• Richmond Heights
• Reading
• Tipp City
• Struthers
• Middleport
• Eaton
• Logan
• Willard
• Wheelersburg
• Greenfield

Insurance and cost

Federal parity rules generally require health plans that cover substance use treatment to cover it on terms comparable to other medical care. Your cost depends on your plan, deductible and the program's network status, so verify benefits first. Our insurance guides explain how major carriers handle rehab.

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