Veterans Alcoholic Rehab Program (VARP)

Types of Care:

• halfway house
• residential heroin use treatment
• residential treatment for dual diagnosis

Service Settings:

• residential heroin rehab
• residential long term heroin treatment
• 30 day inpatient heroin rehab programs

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
• CBT
• 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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Accepts self payment and cash

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• heroin rehab for transitional-age young adults
• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• judicial clients

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• TB screening

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

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

Counseling Services and Education:

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

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• adult heroin rehab
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

• heroin rehab for women

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Spanish