ABOUT ALPHA HOME
Alpha Home, located in San Antonio, Tex., has a 50-year history of providing substance abuse and mental health care, including treatment for co-occurring disorders. Services include residential treatment for women, outpatient programming for men and women, transitional housing for women, and outreach and intervention for pregnant and parenting women. Detox services are not available on-site. All clients must be Texas residents and at least 18 years old.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
An initial assessment determines the best program fit and a personalized plan. Treatment in all programs is based on the 12-Steps. Residential clients are required to work with a sponsor and participate in a community 12-step program. Outpatient program clients are encouraged to do so too.
Residential clients stay an average length of 70 days. During this time, they engage in a range of treatment activities, including individual and group counseling, process and education groups, sober living skills development, and health and wellness classes. An on-site medical clinic staffed by the University of Texas Health Science Center addresses residents’ medical needs. The program assists clients in meeting their legal and educational needs/goals, including liaising with Child Protective Services and criminal justice entities, and offering G.E.D. classes and job training.
Outpatient programs typically last from four to six months and are gender-specific. Treatment largely uses the same formats as the residential program. Alpha Home offers services that develop skills to deal with trauma, domestic violence, and anger management.
Family First focuses on pregnant and parenting women struggling with addiction. A range of educational classes and related services support not only clients, but also babies, children and parenting men.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
Alpha Home’s residential, outpatient, and intervention programs are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Although the organization does not disclose details about its treatment staff, its website references multidisciplinary professionals, including medical and clinical practitioners.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
Alpha Home has 47 residential beds for women in two facilities in downtown San Antonio: 31 beds at Mulberry Residence, 16 at Camden Residence. Both settings provide a homelike environment with fully-functional kitchens. The Mulberry location also offers an outdoor play area for children, a meditation garden, and a computer lab.
The Recovery Support Home accommodates 15 women who are transitioning from residential treatment. During their average four-month stay, they receive three meals daily, are expected to secure employment, and attend outpatient treatment.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
The three alumni polled by Best-rehabs.com about Alpha Home to date offered mostly positive feedback. All indicated they would recommend the facility and gave four and five out of five stars for counseling options, staff experience and training, and family participation. One anonymous alum indicated that treatment taught her “how to deal with stress.” Another listed program strengths as “staffing, hospitality, programming, and volunteers,” and spoke warmly of the “unity of alumni sisters.”
On Google, nine reviewers awarded Alpha Home an average of 4.1 out of five stars. Five-star reviewer Vida wrote: “Staff is awesome, without them, I don’t know where I would be today” and added: “its great place.“ Liz, another five-star reviewer, wrote: “There is something very special about this place and it’s staff.”
On its Facebook page, which the organization can manage, Alpha Home averaged 4.8 out of five stars from 45 reviews. Many of the alumni credit the treatment they received with saving their life. Tiffany, a five-star reviewer, wrote: “Alpha Home with love and care brought me back to life!” Carol, another five-star reviewer, agreed: “Alpha Home saved my life.”
WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY
Two loved ones polled by Best-rehabs.com to date gave mixed reviews. One described Alpha Home as “a very welcoming drug free environment that is affordable,” but gave the facility only one out of five stars for connectivity, family participation, affordability and counseling options. The other gave four out of five stars for staff support and counseling options, and indicated they would recommend the facility.
FINANCING
According to its website, Alpha Home accepts Medicaid, Medicare, TriCare, and various private insurance plans. It also offers funding for those who are unable to pay for treatment.
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