Heartland Center for Behavioral Change operates an outpatient clinic in Cassville, Missouri, one of its sites in the southwest corner of the state. Adults contending with alcohol or drug use disorders receive treatment here while continuing to live at home, attending as frequently as daily or as infrequently as once a month, according to what their plan calls for. The organization behind the clinic is a nonprofit, accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and certified by the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
An Individual Plan Rather Than a Fixed Program
What a client does at the clinic is decided after a comprehensive diagnostic assessment, conducted by a licensed mental health professional alongside a qualified substance use disorder professional. The assessment identifies needs, and from those needs come the treatment plan and the level of intensity, chosen in partnership with the client. Heartland is explicit that it sets neither a standard plan nor a standard duration, pointing to the difference in how quickly individuals progress and to the better outcomes seen when the length of treatment reflects the person receiving it.
What Clients Take Part In
Counseling happens both one on one and in a group setting, supplemented by structured education groups. The clinic makes peer support services available, offers community support assistance for difficulties beyond the clinical setting, and encourages attendance at self-help groups. Medication assistance is also provided. Relatives are welcome to participate in a client’s treatment, and the staff carrying out these services hold certification or licensure from the Missouri Credentialing Board or the body that governs their profession.
Affordability and Heartland’s Other Services
Cost is not a barrier to entry at Heartland, which states that no one is refused services for being unable to pay and offers a sliding fee schedule based on family size and income upon request. Federal, state, and local partners help fund the organization’s work. Nearby clinics in Branson, Nixa, Reeds Spring, Bolivar, and Springfield make up the rest of Heartland’s southwest Missouri presence, and the organization additionally runs inpatient withdrawal management and residential services in the Kansas City area.
