Passages 9 (Malibu) | Flagship SUD Treatment

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

Passages 9 — Malibu, Los Angeles County

Passages 9 at 6390-B Meadows Court is the fourth of four Malibu-located Passages-brand flagship residential facilities and the smallest at 5-bed capacity. Operating under legal entity 6390A Meadows Court LLC — parallel to Passages 8’s 6390 Meadows Court LLC structure — Passages 9 provides concierge residential treatment under the Passages clinical brand. Meets our four-signal flagship bar: active DHCS license, SAMHSA 2025 match, CARF accreditation across three SUD-specific programs, and multi-level-of-care operation.

What makes this facility flagship tier

Our flagship tier requires four independent verification signals. Passages 9 clears all four.

DHCS license: active at the time of our most recent review. License number 190652AP, 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

Clinical framework identical to the three sibling Passages Malibu sites — small-group residential, non-12-step orientation, high staff-to-patient ratios, individualized clinical scheduling. CARF-accredited for Detoxification/Withdrawal Management – Inpatient (BH), Detoxification/Withdrawal Management – Residential (BH), and Residential Treatment (BH) under a distinct CARF entity for the specific LLC. The 5-bed capacity is the lowest in the Passages Malibu cluster — a structural choice that further concentrates per-patient clinical attention within an already small-group model.

Who this facility is a good fit for

Same orientation as other Passages sites — private-pay / strong-PPO commercial-insurance patients seeking concierge residential care, non-12-step clinical approach. Not Medi-Cal contracted. The very small bed count (5) limits concurrent admission of complex high-severity presentations but enables the most individualized clinical scheduling among the four Malibu locations.

Location and geography

6390-B Meadows Court is adjacent to Passages 8 and the original Passages Malibu at 6428 Meadows Court. The close physical grouping supports the Passages operator’s networked clinical staff rotation and centralized intake model while keeping each house operationally discrete at the DHCS-licensing level.

CARF accreditation

Passages 9 holds current CARF International accreditation for SUD-specific programming — specifically: Detoxification/Withdrawal Management - Inpatient (BH), Detoxification/Withdrawal Management - Residential (BH), Residential Treatment (BH). CARF accreditation is a voluntary third-party clinical quality review covering program design, clinical outcomes measurement, health and safety, governance, and continuous improvement. It is not a regulatory requirement for California SUD treatment operation but signals operator investment in an independent quality-assurance process that many DHCS-licensed facilities do not pursue.

Families evaluating Passages 9 can confirm current CARF accreditation status and program scope directly at the CARF provider search.

DHCS licensure detail

Passages 9 operates under DHCS certification 190652AP (Licensed), authorized for residential treatment with detoxification services. Treatment capacity per DHCS records: 5 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

Passages 9 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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