Our Mission
Rosecrance provides help, hope and recovery to children, youth, adults and families.

Our Vision
Rosecrance will lead with compassion and excellence in recovery-focused services.

Our Roots

The original Rosecrace facility opened in 1916

Hope begins at Rosecrance. It has been that way since 1916 when Dr. James and Fannie Rosecrance left provision for their homestead to become an orphanage that would bring love and comfort to lost and neglected children. The Rosecrance legacy has grown and changed through the years but the focus on helping others is always at our core.

In the 1980s, Rosecrance experienced a growing need for substance abuse treatment within their population of youth with behavioral issues. Rosecrance responded to this need forming the Rosecrance Center to serve youth who were dependent on chemical substances. The Center quickly became one of the leading treatment programs in the Midwest.

In 1992, Rosecrance began treating adults with substance abuse issues when it took over all operating functions of an adult substance abuse treatment center in Rockford. Within three years the $5.3 million, 76-bed Rosecrance Harrison Campus adult treatment center was constructed. A recent expansion project has enhanced our overall detoxification and outpatient services.

Rosecrance continued to grow expanding service and programs and gaining national recognition as a leading provider of substance abuse treatment, especially in the area of adolescent addiction. By 2000, Rosecrance embarked on its biggest project to date: the construction of the Rosecrance Griffin Williamson Campus, a $14 million, 78-bed, state-of-the-art adolescent treatment center surrounded by 50 acres of natural landscape and the highly praised Japanese-influenced Healing Garden.