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Dallas Metrocare Services the Bridge

Services reported to SAMHSA (2025)

This is what the program told SAMHSA in its 2025 national survey. It may have changed; confirm by phone.

Type of Care

  • Substance use treatment
  • Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental illness (SMI) in adults and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children

Service Setting

  • Outpatient
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

  • Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
  • Medicaid
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Adult women
  • Adult men
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Veterans
  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
  • Clients who have experienced trauma

Language Services

  • Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Pharmacotherapies

  • Medication for mental disorders

Age Groups Accepted

  • Young Adults
  • Adults

External Opioid Medications Source

  • In-network prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

  • Does not use medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder

Type of Opioid Treatment

  • Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Treatment Approaches

  • Brief intervention
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Matrix Model
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
  • Trauma-related counseling
  • 12-step facilitation

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

  • Private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation

  • Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

Assessment/Pre-treatment

  • Comprehensive mental health assessment
  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Outreach to persons in the community
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Screening for substance use
  • Screening for mental disorders

Testing

  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • HIV testing
  • STD testing
  • TB screening
  • Metabolic syndrome monitoring
  • Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
  • Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

Transitional Services

  • Aftercare/continuing care
  • Discharge Planning
  • Naloxone and overdose education
  • Outcome follow-up after discharge

Recovery Support Services

  • Self-help groups
  • Housing services
  • Assistance with obtaining social services
  • Recovery coach
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Employment counseling or training

Other Services

  • Treatment for other addiction disorder

Education and Counseling Services

  • HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
  • Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
  • Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
  • Substance use disorder education
  • Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
  • Individual counseling
  • Group counseling
  • Family counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

Sex Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Facility Vaping Policy

  • Vaping permitted in designated area

Ancillary Services

  • Case management service
  • Mental health services
  • Suicide prevention services
Before you commit, ask: what level of care they recommend and why, what it will cost after insurance, whether they take your plan, and how long the wait is. Be cautious of anyone offering free travel or payment to enroll.