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Texas Helps

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

Service Setting

  • Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
  • Outpatient
  • Residential/24-hour residential
  • Hospital inpatient detoxification
  • Hospital inpatient treatment
  • Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment
  • Residential detoxification
  • Short-term residential

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

  • Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Veterans
  • Active duty military
  • Members of military families
  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
  • Clients who have experienced trauma

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

  • Buprenorphine used in Treatment
  • Naltrexone used in Treatment

Pharmacotherapies

  • Acamprosate (Campral®)
  • Disulfiram
  • Buprenorphine with naloxone
  • Buprenorphine without naloxone
  • Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
  • Medications for HIV treatment
  • Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
  • Lofexidine
  • Clonidine
  • Medication for mental disorders
  • Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis
  • Nicotine replacement
  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

Age Groups Accepted

  • Young Adults
  • Adults

External Opioid Medications Source

  • In-network prescribing entity
  • Other contracted prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

  • Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
  • This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

  • Other contracted prescribing entity

Type of Opioid Treatment

  • Buprenorphine detoxification
  • Buprenorphine maintenance
  • Prescribes buprenorphine
  • Prescribes naltrexone
  • Relapse prevention with naltrexone
  • Use methadone/buprenorphine for pain management or emergency dosing
  • Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
  • Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
  • Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization

Treatment Approaches

  • Anger management
  • Brief intervention
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Contingency management/motivational incentives
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
  • Trauma-related counseling
  • 12-step facilitation

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

  • Private for-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation

  • State substance use treatment agency
  • The Joint Commission

Assessment/Pre-treatment

  • Comprehensive mental health assessment
  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Outreach to persons in the community
  • Complete medical history/physical exam
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Screening for substance use
  • Screening for mental disorders

Testing

  • Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
  • Drug and alcohol oral fluid 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
  • Mentoring/peer support

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

  • Alcohol Detoxification
  • Benzodiazepines Detoxification
  • Cocaine Detoxification
  • Methamphetamines detoxification
  • Opioids detoxification
  • Medication routinely used during detoxification

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
  • Marital/couples counseling

Medical Services

  • Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
  • Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination

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
  • Early intervention for HIV
  • Mental health services
  • Social skills development
  • Transportation assistance
  • 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.