Straight Talk Gerry House

Types of Care:

• transitional and sober living
• residential heroin use treatment

Service Settings:

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

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
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• dialectical behavior therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention
• counseling for substance abuse
• counseling for trauma victims
• 12-step rehab

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Accepts self payment and cash

Payment Assistance Available:

• Provides payment assistance
• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• in-patient heroin rehab for adult males
• co-occurring addiction and mental health treatment

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 substance use
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing

Transitional Services:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services:

• case managers
• HIV early intervention
• housing services
• mental health services
• self help meetings
• social skills training
• group meetings

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• counseling for groups
• counseling for families
• counseling for couples
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS support
• health education services

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• accepts adults
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

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

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Chinese