Discovery House-NC S-4 Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

Exhibit 12.1

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

	Year Ended December 31,											Three Months Ended March 31,
	2011			2012		2013		2014		2015		2015		2016
EARNINGS:
(Loss) Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	(38,466	)	$	32,829	$	69,245	$	126,154	$	164,753	$	21,205	$	32,479
Fixed charges, exclusive of capitalized interest (a)		10,338			31,360		39,281		50,758		113,365		23,346		40,696
Earnings	$	(28,128	)	$	64,189	$	108,526	$	176,912	$	278,118	$	44,551	$	73,175
FIXED CHARGES:
Interest charged to expense (b)	$	9,223		$	29,792	$	37,271	$	48,318	$	106,859	$	22,169	$	37,735
Interest portion of rent expense (c)		1,115			1,568		2,010		2,440		6,506		1,177		2,961
Fixed charges, exclusive of capitalized interest		10,338			31,360		39,281		50,758		113,365		23,346		40,696
Capitalized interest		—			—		—		—		—		—		—
Total fixed charges	$	10,338		$	31,360	$	39,281	$	50,758	$	113,365	$	23,346	$	40,696
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges		n/a			2.05x		2.76x		3.49x		2.45x		1.91x		1.8x
Amount by which earnings are inadequate to cover fixed charges		38,466			n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a

(a) Calculated in fixed charges section below.

(b) Interest charged to expense excludes interest income and includes amortization of debt issuance costs.

(c) The interest portion of rent expense is estimated to be 20% of consolidated rent expense.