Hoboken University Medical Center Giant Steps Program

Hoboken University Medical Center Giant Steps Program

Services:
Age Groups Accepted
• Children/Adolescents

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Language Services

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

External Opioid Medications Source

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance
• Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicare

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Ancillary Services

• Mental health services
• Case management service
• Early intervention for HIV
• Transportation assistance
• Suicide prevention services
• Social skills development

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization

Education and Counseling Services

• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Individual counseling
• Family counseling
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Substance use disorder education
• Group counseling
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Employment counseling or training
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Self-help groups

License/Certification/Accreditation

• State mental health department
• The Joint Commission
• State department of health
• Hospital licensing authority
• State Substance use treatment agency

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Transitional Services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Testing

• STD testing
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• HIV testing
• TB screening

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Adult men
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Adult women
• Adolescents
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Young adults
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

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

• Private non-profit organization

Treatment Approaches

• Anger management
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Motivational interviewing
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Relapse prevention
• Brief intervention
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Matrix Model
• 12-step facilitation
• Trauma-related counseling

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Pharmacotherapies

• Naltrexone (oral)
• Medication for mental disorders