Ventura County Department of Alcohol/Drug Program Ventura Center

Types of Care:

• substance use treatment

Service Settings:

• outpatient treatment
• intensive outpatient treatment
• regular outpatient treatment

External Opioid Medications Source:

• In-network prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

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

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• In-network prescribing entity

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• dialectical behavior therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix Model
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling approach
• trauma counseling

Facility Ownership:

• the local government

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Federal, or any government funding for substance use programs
• Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Payment Assistance Available:

• Payment assistance
• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• teenagers
• transitional-age young adults
• adult women
• pregnant and postpartum women
• adult men
• seniors and older adults
• LGBT
• veterans
• active duty military
• military families
• judicial clients
• dual diagnosis treatment
• people with HIV or AIDS
• sexual abuse victims
• domestic violence victims
• people with trauma

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• Screening for substance use
• TB screening

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• Case management
• Mentoring/Peer support

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• family counseling
• substance use education

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted:

• children / teenagers

Gender Accepted:

• women
• men

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Spanish