Serving Children and Reaching Families

They are set up for 2 levels: outpatient and telemedicine. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Kissimmee, 4 offer a bed.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Kissimmee, 1.7 miles away.

They take court referrals, which usually means they are used to the reporting side of it. Courts in Kissimmee send people to places set up for it rather than to any opening.

Spanish is one of 4 languages they work in beyond English, alongside Sign language, French and Portuguese, which is a wider range than most of Kissimmee.

They do not prescribe medication. For opioid use that is worth knowing before you choose, because medication changes what the first weeks look like, and Kissimmee has 8 other centers.

Aftercare is the step down: less intensive, longer lasting, and often the difference that lasts. The first weeks back carry the highest risk, so what is booked for them matters more than the program length. Book the first follow up appointment before leaving rather than after.

Bring the list and bring the containers, and expect a prescriber to go through both. Some abstinence based programs are uncomfortable with prescribed medication, and that is a genuine difference between centers. Keep whoever prescribes for you informed rather than assuming a handover happens by itself.

Expect days for withdrawal management, weeks for a residential program, and months for anything outpatient. Partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient sit between residential and standard outpatient care, at a few hours a day. If you can only be away for a fixed period, say so at the start rather than partway through.