Cochran Recovery Services is dedicated to delivering cost-effective, comprehensive behavioral health services in a secure, stable and growth-oriented employment environment, with the goal of ensuring individuals recognize their assets and responsibilities. Our mission is to provide treatment for chemical dependency through a range of services including a detoxification center, Trauma Informed Care, inpatient MI/CD dual diagnosis treatment, outpatient treatment, and Group Residential Housing.
ABOUT COCHRAN RECOVERY SERVICES
Located in the riverside town of Hastings, Minn., Cochran Recovery Services (CRS) offers a comprehensive suite of programs for individuals seeking recovery from substance abuse and co-occurring disorders. Originally established in 1974 as a detox center, the nonprofit organization now also provides residential treatment, wellness programming, trauma-informed therapy, and sober living support. Many of the clients served have recently been released from prison or are unemployed. Treatment of co-occurring disorders is available.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
Upon admission, clients undergo a comprehensive psychiatric assessment. From there, enrollees receive an individualized treatment plan that addresses mental health needs, medication, and family involvement. There is no standard program length; duration of treatment is based upon each client’s unique needs. One client did report staying longer than 90 days. Many programs include medication management.
While detox services are available to individuals ages 12 and up, participants must be at least 18 years of age in order to enroll in the residential recovery program. CRS also maintains transitional housing facilities for adult men, many of whom are homeless. The program offers daily living skills counseling.
CRS strives to provide care that is holistic in nature and addresses mental, physical, and emotional health. The center utilizes 12-step methodology and provides mental health counseling for all participants. Trauma informed care (TIC), a newly introduced treatment modality, is being incorporated into individualized treatment plans for adults. A robust wellness program offered there includes fitness activities, on-site yoga classes, and nutritional counseling.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
CRS employs a multidisciplinary staff including a psychotherapist, licensed addiction counselors, a case manager, a registered nurse, and a yoga instructor with a master of social work.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
CRS is situated within a large German-style house surrounded by woods. Three meals and snacks are provided each day. Transportation is available for clients on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Laundry and vending machines are on-site, and guests are allowed during Sunday visiting hours.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
Nine alumni polled by Best-rehabs.com to date gave CRS mixed reviews. Four alumni rated the facility only one and two out of five stars in categories such as treatment effectiveness and meals and nutrition, and criticized the facility for poor treatment from staff, faulty accommodations, and bad food and nutrition. Alum Bri wrote: “I learned NOTHING nobody gives care about you, the food stinks its dirty and over crowded and TONS of down time.” A fifth alum, while not providing any ratings, complained about the facility’s unclear costs.
Three other alumni, however, rated CRS more positively, with four- and five-star ratings for the staff’s level of experience and training, holistic treatment options, and treatment effectiveness. Alum GMW credited the program as flexible. Alum Karen described it as a “life changing process” and reported feeling like the counselors really cared about her. Another alum noted that the counselors and staff were strengths of the program, but disliked the extended periods of time spent inside. “There is not enough outside time,” they wrote. “The program is a good place if you want to be sober.”
Seven reviewers on Google rated CRS an average of two out of five stars to date, with one rating it five stars, one four stars, and five only one star.[1] Positive reviews described ARC as “very helpful” and “spiritual,” but most reviewers complained of poor treatment from staff. a negative one wrote: “Let’s just say this is the rudest staff I have ever come across. Upon arriving I was immediately yelled at by the so called nurse for violating HIPAA for looking in the window.”
FINANCING
CRS accepts medical insurance, though the website doesn’t specify which kind. Citehealth and Healthgrove report that state insurance is accepted. One Best-rehabs.com survey respondent reported receiving financial support through Minnesota’s Rule 25 and The Consolidated Chemical Dependency Treatment Fund.
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