Sierra County Behavioral Health Alcohol and Drug Department

Sierra County Behavioral Health Alcohol and Drug Department

Services:
Education and Counseling Services
• Individual counseling
• Substance use disorder education
• Group counseling

Testing

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

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Assistance with obtaining social services

Treatment Approaches

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

Type of Care

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• State Substance use treatment agency
• SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

Ancillary Services

• Transportation assistance
• Case management service
• Mental health services

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents

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

• Local, county, or community government

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

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

External Opioid Medications Source

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Screening for substance use
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Screening for mental disorders
• Interim services for clients
• Outreach to persons in the community

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Transitional Services

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

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

• Regular outpatient treatment
• Outpatient

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• SAMHSA funding/block grants
• Cash or self-payment