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Dauphin County Drug and Alcohol Services (717) 635-2254

Getting Connected to Treatment

Treatment looks different for everyone, and finding the right care starts with understanding your options. This page provides information on treatment services, how to access care, and where to find support, helping individuals and families take informed steps toward treatment with confidence.

Treatment Overview

Outpatient

Counseling is provided one or two hours per week and may include primary care, aftercare from rehab, or be utilized as an intervention to encourage individuals to enter more intensive services. There is an initial assessment to determine referral to the appropriate level of care. This form of treatment often offers on individual session and one group session per week. Treatment is also provided for family members affected by another's alcohol or drug use.

Intensive Outpatient

Counseling is provided around 10 hours per week and may include primary care or aftercare from rehab. This form of treatment includes group sessions along with individual sessions. There is an initial assessment to determine referral to the appropriate level of care.

Partial Hospitalization

Partial Hospitalization provides intensive treatment on an outpatient basis for clients with serious addiction challenges that have sufficient supports to engage in treatment in the community. According to a planned regimen, services are provided with regularly scheduled sessions almost daily with 20 or more therapeutic hours per week. This form of treatment includes group sessions along with individual sessions.

 

Halfway House

Halfway houses provide a live-in combination of therapy and support and are offered to recovering individuals who have completed prior treatment, who may be homeless or near homeless and unemployed or need intensive help for a successful transition to sober, independent living. Self-sufficiency is the goal.

Residential "Rehab"

Residential treatment provides an intensive live-in therapeutic environment. The specific program length of stay (varying from 28 to 180 days) is based on individual needs. Treatment subcontracts include various programs, ensuring that clients' needs are met, whether they are adolescents, women, women with children, Spanish speaking only, have co-occurring drug and alcohol and mental health disorders, or are involved in the criminal justice system.

Residential Withdrawal Management "Detox"

Withdrawal Management provides clinical supervision and assistance in managing withdrawal for drug and alcohol dependent or intoxicated individuals. Withdrawal Management can be medically monitored or medically managed.

Hospital-Based Residential and Withdrawal Management

In these residential environments, typically located in a hospital, there are medical staff available 24/7 to provide care to individuals with medical conditions that need managed.

How To Access Treatment

We are committed to helping Dauphin County residents connect with drug and alcohol treatment services. There are multiple ways to get started, and each option will connect you with a trained staff member who will ask a few screening questions, identify needs, make referrals, and discuss possible funding assistance. Get connected in three simple ways:

Call Our Office

Contact us 24/7 at (717) 635-2254 to speak with someone right away.

Visit In Person

Stop by 3815 Tecport Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17111
Mon.–Fri., 8:00 AM–4:30 PM.

Reach Out To A Provider

Contact one of our contracted treatment providers listed below to begin the process.

Find a Treatment Provider

Below are contracted treatment providers serving Dauphin County. These locations offer a range of drug and alcohol treatment services and can help connect individuals to care that meets their needs.

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