Cenikor Foundation

They offer inpatient residential, outpatient, telemedicine and detox. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and Austin has 8 other centers within 14 miles.

They provide detox for 5 substances: opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Austin has 8 other centers.

They have a program for veterans. Ask whether the group is veterans only, because for a lot of people that is the point of it and in Austin it may be mixed.

Austin has 67 NA meetings too, and most people end up using both.

They prescribe buprenorphine, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 8 centers near Austin, not all of them do.

The order sets the reporting. The clinical side is decided the same way it is for anyone. Whether a program satisfies a particular order is a question for the court or the officer rather than for the center alone. Check whether the program is approved for your specific order before enrolling in it.

Inpatient takes you out of your life for a while. Outpatient treats you inside it. Partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient fill the gap, with several hours of treatment a day and your own bed at night. Ask whether a center can carry out an assessment first rather than selling you a program.

A bed is not something anyone can hold for you on a maybe, which is most of why lists exist. A wait for residential care is not a wait for all care, and the lower levels often start sooner. Ask what the wait is at every level of care, not only the one you called about.