Rehab in South Dallas: four different kinds of program

Four programs, four different shapes

Trinity River Recovery Center lists detox, residential care (you live at the program), partial hospitalization (treatment for much of the day, then home at night), intensive outpatient (several sessions a week) and outpatient care, and it shows insurance. A person may be able to stay with one program across those stages, so ask how moving between them works.

Homeward Bound, Inc. is a nonprofit behavioral health agency. It lists medical detox, residential units, outpatient counseling and medication-assisted treatment. Its listing says it offers no-to-low-cost care and treats people without insurance, and it shows insurance and Medicaid.

Life’s Second Chance Treatment Center South is an outpatient opioid clinic. It describes methadone, Suboxone and Vivitrol with counseling for adults 18 and older, including pregnant patients. It is also tagged for detox, but it is described as an outpatient clinic, so ask what detox means there.

Cross Roads Recovery Center, Inc. is an opioid use disorder clinic. It describes methadone-based treatment with counseling, treatment planning and case management.

Why distance matters for methadone

By law, only a SAMHSA-certified opioid treatment program can dispense methadone for opioid use disorder. SAMHSA is the federal agency for substance use and mental health. Some people may be allowed to take doses home between visits, based on their doctor’s judgment.

That makes the trip part of the treatment. Ask how often you would come in at the start, and at what hours. A clinic near home or work may be easier to keep up with than a better-known name across town. Ask a doctor whether other opioid medicines would mean fewer visits for you.

If you have no insurance

Cost can matter more than distance. Homeward Bound’s listing is the one in this area that describes treating people without insurance. Ask about the wait, and whether you qualify. Our data does not show what the two opioid clinics accept, so ask them directly. Low cost and a short drive may not come together, and a longer trip may be a fair trade if it makes care possible.

The OSAR line for Dallas County, 844-275-0600, offers screening and referral. Read about state-funded treatment too.

What is not listed here

No South Dallas program lists sober living, which is shared housing with no alcohol or drugs. If you need it after treatment, North Dallas, Oak Lawn and East Dallas all list it. Ask your treatment program whether it can help with housing. If you take methadone, check the route between a sober home and your clinic before you agree to move.