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Licensed by Texas HHSCThe Gulf Coast Center
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
- Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental illness (SMI) in adults and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children
Service Setting
- Outpatient
- 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
- SAMHSA funding/block grants
Payment Assistance Available
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
Special Programs/Groups Offered
- Adolescents
Language Services
- Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Spanish
Pharmacotherapies
- Medication for mental disorders
Age Groups Accepted
- Children/Adolescents
Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
- Does not use medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder
Type of Opioid Treatment
- Does not treat opioid use disorders
Treatment Approaches
- Anger management
- Brief intervention
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Matrix Model
- Relapse prevention
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)
- Local, county, or community government
License/Certification/Accreditation
- State substance use treatment agency
- State mental health department
Assessment/Pre-treatment
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Interim services for clients
- Outreach to persons in the community
- Screening for tobacco use
- Screening for substance use
- Screening for mental disorders
Testing
- Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
- Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
- Drug or alcohol urine screening
Transitional Services
- Aftercare/continuing care
- Discharge Planning
- Naloxone and overdose education
- Outcome follow-up after discharge
Recovery Support Services
- Assistance with obtaining social services
Education and Counseling Services
- Substance use disorder education
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Individual counseling
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
Facility Smoking Policy
- Smoking not permitted
Sex Accepted
- Female
- Male
Facility Vaping Policy
- Vaping not permitted
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
- Suicide prevention services
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.