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The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD

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

  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Payment Assistance Available

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Adult women
  • Pregnant/postpartum women
  • Adult men
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Veterans
  • Members of military families
  • Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
  • Clients with HIV or AIDS
  • Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
  • Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
  • Clients who have experienced trauma

Language Services

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

Pharmacotherapies

  • Clonidine
  • Medication for mental disorders
  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

Age Groups Accepted

  • Young Adults
  • Adults

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

  • Does not treat alcohol use disorder

Type of Opioid Treatment

  • Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
  • Does not treat opioid use disorders

Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
  • Trauma-related counseling

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

  • Local, county, or community government

License/Certification/Accreditation

  • State mental health department
  • Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
  • The Joint Commission

Assessment/Pre-treatment

  • Comprehensive mental health assessment
  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Outreach to persons in the community
  • Complete medical history/physical exam
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Screening for substance use
  • Screening for mental disorders

Testing

  • Drug or alcohol urine screening

Transitional Services

  • Naloxone and overdose education
  • 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

  • HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
  • Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
  • Substance use disorder education
  • Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
  • Individual counseling
  • Group counseling
  • Family counseling
  • Marital/couples 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
  • Integrated primary care services
  • 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.