Guidance Center Jefferson County

Guidance Center Jefferson County

Services:
License/Certification/Accreditation
• State Substance use treatment agency
• State mental health department

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private non-profit organization

Education and Counseling Services

• Marital/couples counseling
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Individual counseling
• Family counseling
• Group counseling
• Substance use disorder education
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs

Transitional Services

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

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Adult women
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Seniors or older adults
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Young adults
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Adult men

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for substance use
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Screening for tobacco use
• Screening for mental disorders
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Outreach to persons in the community

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes naltrexone

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Testing

• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
• TB screening
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• STD testing
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• HIV testing

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Ancillary Services

• Suicide prevention services
• Mental health services
• Case management service

Exclusive Services

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients

Pharmacotherapies

• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Medication for mental disorders
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Self-help groups

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment

Treatment Approaches

• Substance use disorder counseling
• Matrix Model
• Brief intervention
• Motivational interviewing
• 12-step facilitation
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Relapse prevention
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Anger management
• Trauma-related counseling

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment