# Northwest Alabama Mental Health Ctr — Start Program

Address: 260 Baker Street, Vernon, AL, 35592
Phone: 205-487-2121 · intake 205-442-7049
Website: https://www.nwamhc.com

## Care offered

- Type of care: Substance use treatment; Treatment for co-occurring disorders plus serious mental illness (SMI) in adults; Treatment for co-occurring disorders plus serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children
- Service setting: Residential/24-hour residential; Short-term residential
- Opioid treatment: Does not treat opioid use disorders
- Treatment approaches: Anger management; Brief intervention; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Contingency management/motivational incentives; Motivational interviewing; Matrix Model; Relapse prevention; Substance use disorder counseling; Trauma-related counseling; 12-step facilitation

## Operation

- Facility operation: Private non-profit organization
- License / Accreditation: State substance use treatment agency; State mental health department; State department of health; Federally Qualified Health Center

## Access

- Payment accepted: Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs; Medicare; Medicaid; Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE); Private health insurance; Cash or self-payment; State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- Special groups served: Adolescents; Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders; Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders

## Source

- SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov: https://findtreatment.gov/