Area Substance Abuse Council in Cedar Rapids, IA

About This Facility

Directory information from SAMHSA N-SUMHSS 2025. This listing is not an endorsement or independent verification. Confirm current services, eligibility, and availability directly with the facility.

Services Listed in the Directory

• Aftercare/continuing care

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

• Assistance with obtaining social services

  Assistance obtaining government services provided for the benefit of the community designed to promote social well being (i.e. education, medical care, housing, etc.).

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

  Service provided for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing.

• Other contracted prescribing entity

• Brief intervention

  A short-term intervention, usually one to five sessions, for substance abusers who are not yet dependent.

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

  Buprenorphine is used in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to help people reduce or quit their use of heroin or other opiates.

• Buprenorphine with naloxone

  A prescription medication that combines buprenorphine (which helps relieve symptoms of opiate withdrawal) and naloxone (reverse the effects of narcotics) used to treat opioid addiction.

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

  An independent non-profit accreditor of health and human services.

• Cash or self-payment

  Payment for treatment is made by the person directly, through cash or other means, rather than using health insurance.

• Cognitive behavioral therapy

  Involves recognizing unhelpful patterns of thinking and reacting, and then modifying or replacing these with more realistic or helpful ones. The therapy can be conducted with individuals, families, or groups, and clients are generally expected to be active participants in their own therapy.

• Case management service

  Helps people arrange for appropriate services and supports through a case manager who monitors the needs of clients/patients and their families and coordinates services, such as mental health, social work, health, educational, vocational, recreational, transportation, advocacy, and respite care, as needed.

• Contingency management/motivational incentives

  A treatment approach for drug and alcohol use. This approach uses a positive-reinforcement treatment method in which patients are given rewards for constructive actions taken toward their recovery.

• Comprehensive substance use assessment

• Drug or alcohol urine screening

  Analyzes your urine for the presence of certain illegal drugs and prescription medications.

• Discharge Planning

  A process that aims to improve the coordination of services after discharge from the hospital by considering the patient’s needs in the community.

• Female

  Female

• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs

  Financial assistance provided by the federal, state, or local government for substance use treatment.

• Group counseling

  Form of therapy where people with similar experiences/issues come together with a professional therapist.

• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support

  Access to education, counseling, and support groups to ‘at risk’ individuals and also individuals who have been infected with the virus.

• Individual counseling

  Process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained mental health clinician in a safe, caring, and confidential environment.

• Male

  Male

• Medicare

  The federal health insurance program for people age 65 and older and people with disabilities.

• Medicaid

  A joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with low incomes and limited resources. Medicaid programs vary from state to state.

• Complete medical history/physical exam

• Motivational interviewing

  A counseling approach which acknowledges that many people experience ambivalence when deciding to make changes. The aim is not to focus immediately on the action of changing, but to work to enhance motivation to change.

• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

• Naloxone and overdose education

• Outcome follow-up after discharge

• Outpatient

  Describes patients who receive treatment services without an overnight stay at a treatment facility or hospital.

• Regular outpatient treatment

• Private health insurance

• Private non-profit organization

  A charitable organization that does not qualify as a public charity.

• Other contracted prescribing entity

• Substance use treatment

  Refers to a range of services, including problem identification and diagnosis, brief interventions, assessment of substance use and related problems, treatment planning, counseling, medical services, psychiatric services, psychological services, social services, and follow-up for persons with alcohol or other drug problems (Institute of Medicine, 1990).

• Substance use disorder counseling

  A short-term treatment that has been generalized for a variety of disorders including opiate drug dependence and cocaine abuse. The therapy includes supportive techniques which encourage the patient to discuss personal experiences, and expressive techniques, which enable the patient to work through interpersonal relationship issues and gain greater self-understanding.

• Substance use disorder education

• SAMHSA funding/block grants

• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

• Smoking not permitted

  Smoking is not allowed.

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

  Variable prices for services based on a person’s ability to pay.

• State substance use treatment agency

  Government organization responsible for planning, organizing, delivering, and monitoring substance use disorder services in their respective state.

• Screening for substance use

  Test to determine whether a person is experiencing symptoms of substance use and needs treatment.

• State department of health

• Screening for tobacco use

  Determines a client's use of tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, or smokeless tobacco. It is generally recommended that providers screen for tobacco use on a regular basis by asking clients, as they are seen, about their current and past use of tobacco products and their exposure to secondhand smoke or tobacco.

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

  Includes interventions for persons who use tobacco and want help with stopping, including behavioral support or counseling in groups or individually.

• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

  The ability for healthcare providers, working remotely and using telecommunications technology, to communicate with patients, diagnose conditions, provide treatment, and discuss healthcare issues with other providers to ensure quality healthcare services are provided.

• Treatment for gambling disorder

• Trauma-related counseling

  Multiple types of therapy designed to treat clients suffering from a traumatic event(s).

• 12-step facilitation

  A 12-step program is a support group made up of people who share the same addiction. The 12 steps refer to the steps recovering addicts must take to overcome their addiction as part of this program. Attendees at group meetings share their experiences, challenges, successes and failures, and provide peer support for each other.

• Vaping not permitted

Contact and Location

450 5th Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401

Phone: 319-390-4611