CFHW Specialty Behavioral Health Servs

They are set up for 3 levels: outpatient, detox and telemedicine. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Louisville, 2 offer a bed.

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

Yes. They treat ages 12 to 17, which only a minority of centers do. Louisville has 8 other centers, and an age range is the first thing to confirm on the call.

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

Spanish is one of 2 languages they work in beyond English, alongside Sign language, which is a wider range than most of Louisville.

A program will want the full list on day one, including anything over the counter. A prescribed benzodiazepine or opioid painkiller is the usual complication, and it needs a plan rather than a rule. Keep your own prescriber in the loop rather than letting the handover happen by itself.

Outpatient care usually starts within days. A residential bed can be immediate or weeks out. Centers often keep a cancellation list, and it moves faster than the main one. Ask to be told if an earlier place opens, then check back rather than waiting to be called.

Your id, your card, your prescriptions, and the name of anyone the center is allowed to speak to. Medications normally have to arrive in the original labeled container, so a pill organizer can be refused at the door. Ask for the written list before you pack, because every center's version differs.