FIRST at Blue Ridge Inc

Types of Care:

• sober living
• residential heroin abuse treatment

Service Settings:

• long term heroin rehab
• 60 and 90 day inpatient heroin rehab
• short-term residential heroin rehab

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Buprenorphine treatment

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:

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

Pharmacotherapies:

• Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• community reinforcement
• DBT
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• relapse prevention treatment
• substance use counseling approach
• counseling for trauma victims
• 12 step rehabilitation

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
• Accepts self payment and cash

Payment Assistance Available:

• Payment assistance available

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• heroin rehab for pregnant and postpartum women
• in-patient heroin rehab for adult men
• heroin rehab for vets
• 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 Hepatitis C
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• STD testing
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing

Transitional Services:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services:

• case management
• domestic violence services
• sober housing services
• recovery coaches
• self help meetings
• social skills training
• transportation assistance
• peer support

Counseling Services and Education:

• counseling for individuals
• group counseling
• family counseling
• counseling for couples
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS support
• employment counseling and training
• vocational training

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• accepts adults
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

• inpatient heroin rehab for women
• heroin rehab for men

Exclusive Services:

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Spanish