Veterans Alcoholic Rehab Program (VARP) Reading House II

Types of Care:

• residential treatment for heroin abuse
• inpatient dual diagnosis treatment

Service Settings:

• long term heroin rehab
• one year inpatient heroin rehab
• short-term residential 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 services
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• community reinforcement
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention
• counseling for substance abuse
• 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

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
• residential heroin rehab for adult women

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Screening for substance use

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• recovery management
• housing services
• self help meetings
• social skills training
• help with transportation
• group meetings

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling services
• counseling for groups
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• health education services
• employment counseling and training

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• adult heroin rehab
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

• inpatient heroin rehab for women

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Spanish