Oak Grove Residential Care Facility

Over the past 20 years, Derrick Swerhone has provided ongoing architectural services to Oak Grove Residential Care Facility, supporting its evolution into a multi-program center serving vulnerable youth in Clark County, WA.

The original project involved converting an 8,200 SF former mental health facility into a Juvenile Crisis Residential Center (CRC) for Janus Youth Services. Designed to meet stringent new state requirements, the CRC serves at-risk, non-adjudicated youth with a 72-hour stay model. Improvements included a confidential intake office, classroom, dayroom, administrative offices, and security enhancements using passive strategies such as alarms, delayed egress systems, and non-scalable fencing.

Soon after, Daybreak Youth Services joined the facility to operate a co-located Juvenile Alcohol & Drug Treatment Facility (ATF), which required its own 1,115 SF addition featuring counseling offices and a dayroom. As both programs expanded, additional improvements included new classrooms, sleeping quarters, and expanded dining and kitchen facilities.

Most recently, Derrick worked with Daybreak to further enhance counseling services through targeted remodels. These upgrades improved acoustic privacy, staff supervision, and circulation, aligning with state regulatory feedback to protect client confidentiality and safety.

The 10,330 SF facility is currently shared between Janus Youth Services and Daybreak Youth Services. Though they occupy separate portions of the building, both programs share some common spaces while operating independently. Derrick also prepared schematic designs for a future co-ed ATF at a new site.

Location: Vancouver, Washington