Tuolumne Me Wuk Indian Health Center

They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Sonora is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No, and nothing else within 14 miles of Tuolumne offers one either, so that part will mean a longer drive or a referral.

They treat adolescents. A program built for a 17 year old is not the same program as the adult one, so ask which of the two they offer in Tuolumne.

The nearest other center is under a mile away, in Tuolumne, and there are 2 inside 14 miles.

Yes. Court ordered treatment is one of the things they take, and one of 13 things they offer a named program for.

Compare what each program provides rather than how each one describes itself. Distance from home cuts both ways: far enough to break a pattern, near enough for family to take part. Ask every place the same four questions and compare the answers side by side.

Often, though residential care is reviewed far more closely than outpatient care. A plan can approve the detox and then decline the residential stay that was meant to follow it. Ask whether the center bills your plan directly or expects you to claim it back afterward.

You are rarely obliged to give a diagnosis to an employer, only a medical reason for leave. A medical leave of absence from a college is normally reversible, and usually a better record than a failed semester. Look at what your own employer offers before you tell anyone anything.