Veterans Alcoholic Rehab Program (VARP) Gibson House for Men

Types of Care:

• residential heroin use treatment
• inpatient treatment for co-occurring mental health and heroin use

Service Settings:

• long term heroin rehab
• residential long term heroin rehab
• short term inpatient heroin rehab

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:

• In-network prescribing entity

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• community reinforcement
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• 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
• State department of health

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Accepts Medicare
• Accepts Medicaid
• Accepts self payment and cash
• Accepts state health insurance

Payment Assistance Available:

• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• heroin rehab for transitional-age young adults
• in-patient heroin rehab for adult men
• judicial clients
• dual diagnosis treatment

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

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

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• STD testing
• TB screening

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• recovery management
• housing services
• self-help groups
• social skills training
• help with transportation
• mentoring

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS education
• health education services
• employment counseling 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:

• in-patient heroin rehab for men

Services for deaf:

• Service for hearing impaired

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Spanish