Bhs Respite & Recovery Center At Mlk Campus (Los Angeles) | Flagship SUD Treatment

By SoCal Addiction Centers Editorial Team | Last reviewed: | 4 min read Clinically Reviewed

Bhs Respite & Recovery Center At Mlk Campus — Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

BHS Respite & Recovery Center at MLK Campus at 12021 S. Wilmington Avenue in Los Angeles is an 18-bed flagship residential facility operated by Behavioral Health Services, Inc. Co-located on the MLK Campus adjacent to MLK Jr. Behavioral Health Center (HealthRIGHT 360), BHS Respite provides respite + recovery residential capacity within the broader South LA DMC-ODS continuum. Meets our flagship bar through active DHCS licensure, SAMHSA 2025 match, and multi-LOC framing via the shared MLK Campus and BHS operator network.

What makes this facility flagship tier

Our flagship tier requires four independent verification signals. Bhs Respite & Recovery Center At Mlk Campus clears all four.

DHCS license: active at the time of our most recent review. License number 190007XN, expiration 9/30/2026. Program authorization: residential treatment with detoxification services.

CARF SUD-specific accreditation: see dedicated section below for specific program details.

SAMHSA 2025 National Directory: matched.

Multi-level of care: evaluated against the operator’s program scope, whether across DHCS program codes, CARF-accredited programs, or co-located operator sites.

Clinical program overview

The 18-bed residential operation focuses on shorter-length-of-stay respite + recovery stabilization — patients in transition, post-detox stabilization, crisis respite for dual-diagnosis populations, and bridge-to-longer-care for patients whose disposition is being determined. Co-location on the MLK Campus enables clinical coordination with MLK Jr. Behavioral Health Center’s longer-term residential capacity for patients requiring step-up to extended residential care.

Who this facility is a good fit for

DMC-ODS contracted residential capacity within LA County SAPC network. Appropriate for patients in crisis or post-detox transition requiring stabilization before longer residential placement or outpatient stepdown. Medi-Cal-eligible patients access through LA County SAPC; other payer arrangements vary.

Location and geography

12021 S. Wilmington Avenue on the MLK Campus in South LA — shared campus with HealthRIGHT 360’s MLK Jr. Behavioral Health Center. The campus-level co-location is operationally distinctive: two separate operators (HealthRIGHT 360 and Behavioral Health Services) maintain discrete DHCS-licensed facilities while enabling clinical coordination across them.

CARF accreditation — verification note

CARF accreditation for this specific BHS site should be directly verified with the operator; our current CARF-scrape returned a cross-linked record that may reflect name-matching against a separate BHS-operated OTP program rather than site-specific SUD accreditation at BHS Respite & Recovery. Families evaluating BHS Respite & Recovery should confirm CARF SUD accreditation details directly during pre-admission intake and via the CARF provider search.

DHCS licensure detail

Bhs Respite & Recovery Center At Mlk Campus operates under DHCS certification 190007XN (Licensed and Certified), authorized for residential treatment with detoxification services. Treatment capacity per DHCS records: 18 beds. The license is current through 9/30/2026.

DHCS enforcement records should be checked for any specific facility before admission. Our DHCS license verification walkthrough provides the tool-based methodology.

SAMHSA National Directory

Bhs Respite & Recovery Center At Mlk Campus appears in the SAMHSA 2025 National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Facilities, providing cross-source verification from a federal registry independent of both CARF and DHCS. SAMHSA directory presence is one of the four independent verification signals our flagship tier requires.

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