ABOUT THE JUDE HOUSE, INC.
The Jude House, in Bel Alton, Md., started in 1972 as one man helping his friend recover from a drinking problem. Since then, it has relocated and grown into an organized program of recovery operated by both professional staff and volunteers, according to the facility. Today, this nonprofit rehab offers a long-term residential program and an outpatient program (OP) for adults struggling with substance abuse.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
Those interested in receiving treatment must submit an application, which can be found on the facility’s website. The typical duration of residential treatment is 90 days, according to a bill submitted to the State of Maryland, but before individuals are admitted, they must be at least 19 years old, capable of providing self-care, free of active communicable diseases, and have the potential to grow and recover. The Jude House does not accept participants with violent or sexual crime histories.
The residential program utilizes the 12-Steps, and there are Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings on-site. In addition to individual, group, and family counseling, The Jude House provides case management, housing and employment assistance, and workshops in life management skills and social skill building.
The OP consists of Tuesday night group meetings and what The Jude House describes on its website as “group and individual meeting environments.” According to HealthGrove, The Jude House also offers medication management on an outpatient basis, including methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone to combat alcohol or opioid dependence.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
According to the facility’s website, The Jude House is staffed by licensed and certified health care professionals.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
This co-ed facility has 42 beds, according to the same state bill mentioned above, which requested funds to pave the parking lot, install privacy fencing, and connect the handicap ramp for more accessibility.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
Reviews from alumni were highly positive. Two Best-rehabs.com survey respondents gave The Jude House the top rating of five stars for overall treatment. Donna was grateful for the employees. “Thank you for all that you have taught me and how to live happy and to have coping skills,” she wrote. And B.D. told Best-rehabs.com that the facility was a “great place to recover.”
Donna and B.D., while giving five out of five stars across the board for metrics, including accommodations and amenities, meals and nutrition, leisure, the staff’s level of support, and cleanliness, both marked only one star for holistic treatment. They also indicated that the program cost them nothing — the courts paid for B.D. and the county paid for Donna.
Three additional alumni, who did not give quantitative ratings, praised specific staff members in the women’s program and said that their compassion and good spirits heavily aided recovery. One wrote: “I learned a lot from the Jude house..it saved my life.”
WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY
Two loved ones polled by Best-rehabs.com at the time of this writing also were pleased with The Jude House. Dana, a mother of a client, cited the “excellent counselors” and “family based facility,” listing picnics and family counseling as ways the facility kept her involved. An anonymous reviewer echoed Dana’s endorsement of the staff, writing: “Councilors were very educated” and added that the facility “was an older building. It is in a very rural area away from big cities.”
FINANCING
State and private insurance may cover clients’ outpatient costs, but otherwise, according to HealthGrove, The Jude House accepts Access to Recovery vouchers.