Howard Brown Health Center

Howard Brown Health Center

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted without restriction

Recovery Support Services

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

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

• Private non-profit organization

Education and Counseling Services

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

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

Treatment Approaches

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

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment

External Opioid Medications Source

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Medicare
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Private health insurance

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder
• Treatment for gambling disorder

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Outreach to persons in the community
• Screening for mental disorders
• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Screening for substance use
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Screening for tobacco use
• Interim services for clients

Ancillary Services

• Mental health services
• Transportation assistance
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Early intervention for HIV
• Integrated primary care services

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Federally Qualified Health Center
• State Substance use treatment agency

Medical Services

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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Pharmacotherapies

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted without restriction

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients with HIV or AIDS

Transitional Services

• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Aftercare/continuing care