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The Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse - Coastal Bend

Services reported to SAMHSA (2025)

This is what the program told SAMHSA in its 2025 national survey. It may have changed; confirm by phone.

Type of Care

  • Substance use treatment

Service Setting

  • Outpatient
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

  • Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
  • Medicaid
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment

Payment Assistance Available

  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Adolescents
  • Young adults
  • Adult women
  • Pregnant/postpartum women
  • Adult men
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Language Services

  • Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Spanish

Age Groups Accepted

  • Children/Adolescents

External Opioid Medications Source

  • Other contracted prescribing entity

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

  • Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Treatment Approaches

  • Brief intervention
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Matrix Model
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

  • Private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation

  • State substance use treatment agency

Assessment/Pre-treatment

  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Screening for substance use

Transitional Services

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

Recovery Support Services

  • Housing services
  • Assistance with obtaining social services
  • Recovery coach
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Employment counseling or training

Education and Counseling Services

  • Substance use disorder education
  • Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
  • Individual counseling
  • Group counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

Sex Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Facility Vaping Policy

  • Vaping permitted in designated area
Before you commit, ask: what level of care they recommend and why, what it will cost after insurance, whether they take your plan, and how long the wait is. Be cautious of anyone offering free travel or payment to enroll.