First Step House Veterans Services

Types of Care:

• residential treatment for heroin abuse
• residential treatment for dual diagnosis

Service Settings:

• long-term heroin rehab
• one year inpatient heroin rehab
• short-term residential heroin rehab

External Opioid Medications Source:

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• Personal physician/health care provider

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Personal physician/health care provider

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• CBT
• motivational incentives
• DBT
• motivational interviewing
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention
• counseling for substance abuse
• trauma counseling
• 12-step rehab

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• State mental health department

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Free heroin drug rehab

Payment Assistance Available:

• Payment assistance available
• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• in-patient heroin rehab for adult men
• heroin rehab for vets
• judicial clients
• co-occurring addiction and mental health treatment
• people with trauma

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• TB screening

Transitional Services:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education

Ancillary Services:

• case management
• housing services
• mental health services
• self-help groups
• social skills training
• help with transportation
• group meetings

Counseling Services and Education:

• counseling for individuals
• group counseling
• counseling for families
• marital/couples counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS support
• health education services
• employment counseling and training

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• adult heroin rehab
• accepts young adults

Gender Accepted:

• in-patient heroin rehab for men

Services for deaf:

• Service for hearing impaired