Brazos Valley Council on Alcohol and SA (BVCASA)

Types of Care:

• residential treatment for heroin abuse

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin services
• intensive outpatient heroin treatment services
• regular outpatient heroin treatment

External Opioid Medications Source:

• 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
• brief intervention services
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational interviewing
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling approach
• trauma counseling
• 12 step rehabilitation

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Accepts Medicaid
• Accepts private health insurance
• Accepts self payment and cash

Payment Assistance Available:

• Provides payment assistance
• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• inpatient heroin rehab for teenagers
• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• heroin rehab for pregnant and postpartum women
• judicial clients

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

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

Transitional Services:

• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services:

• case management
• HIV early intervention
• sober housing services
• social skills development
• peer support

Counseling Services and Education:

• counseling for individuals
• counseling for groups
• family counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS support
• health education services

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking not allowed

Age Groups Accepted:

• accepts teens

Gender Accepted:

• heroin rehab for women
• in-patient heroin rehab for men

Exclusive Services:

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available