MERIT Resource Services Ellensburg

Types of Care:

• transitional and sober living
• residential treatment for substance abuse
• inpatient treatment for co-occurring mental health and alcohol or drug use disorders

Service Settings:

• outpatient rehab
• intensive outpatient addiction treatment
• regular outpatient treatment

External Opioid Medications Source:

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• Personal physician/health care provider

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• Personal physician/health care provider

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• DBT
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention
• counseling for substance abuse
• counseling for trauma victims
• 12-step rehab

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• State mental health department
• Certified by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Accepts Medicaid
• Accepts Military insurance
• Accepts private health insurance
• Accepts self payment and cash
• Accepts state health insurance

Payment Assistance Available:

• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• residential rehab for adult women
• judicial clients
• dual diagnosis treatment

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

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

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• case management
• housing services
• mental health services
• self-help groups
• social skills training
• transportation assistance

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• counseling for groups
• family counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS education
• health education services

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy:

• No smoking allowed

Gender Accepted:

• rehab center for women
• rehab center for men

Exclusive Services:

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Spanish