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List of Rehab Centers in Santa Cruz County, CA
New Life Community Services is a residential addiction recovery program in Santa Cruz, California that has supported adults, and some families, whose patterns of alcohol or drug use have already begun disrupting work, relationships, housing, or emotional wellbeing. It’s a long-standing nonprofit with more than 50 years of experience providing structured residential care, counseling, and aftercare that helps people rebuild routines that actually hold up outside of treatment.
Rehab Settings
- Long-Term Inpatient
Services Offered
- Aftercare
- Beds for Clients' Children
- Co-Occurring Disorders
- Drug Prevention and Education
- Drug Test
- Faith-Based
- Relapse Prevention
- Substance Abuse Counseling
- Twelve-Step
- Vocational Rehabilitation
Payment Options
- Low-Cost Options
- Medi-Cal
- Medicaid
- Self Payment
- Sliding Fee Scale
Clientele Served
- Christian
- Services for Criminal Justice Clients
707 Fair Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA
Key details about New Life Community Services
How long is treatment?
6 months
Is it co-ed?
Yes
What professional/medical staff work at New Life Community Services?
Dr. Joel Stiles, LP | Clinical Director
What is their capacity?
38 people (52 with children)
Pajaro Men’s Center is a faith-based, residential discipleship and recovery program for adult men in the Royal Oaks/Watsonville area operated by Teen Challenge Monterey Bay. It’s designed for men whose substance use and other life-controlling behaviors have already begun affecting daily life (work, housing stability, relationships, emotional health, or community involvement) and who need extended, structured support lived through daily routine and community rather than brief outpatient contacts.
Rehab Settings
- Long-Term Inpatient
Services Offered
- Faith-Based
- Twelve-Step
- Vocational Rehabilitation
Payment Options
- Free or Low-Budget
- Low-Cost Options
Clientele Served
- Christian
- Men
- Services for Criminal Justice Clients
111 Railroad Avenue, Watsonville, CA
Key details about Pajaro Men's Center
Is it co-ed?
No, men only
What is their capacity?
over 30 men
Enlightenment Recovery of Santa Cruz offers outpatient addiction recovery services to individuals in Santa Cruz County. After DRS reviewed the website, we found that the program integrates cognitive behavioral therapy to improve emotional health and coping strategies. Life coaching services are available for both adults and adolescents, with career coaching incorporating motivational interviewing techniques.
Rehab Settings
- Outpatient
Services Offered
- Drug Test
- Substance Abuse Counseling
- Virtual Counseling for Addiction
Clientele Served
- Adolescents
- Adults
Trust Factors
- Client Testimonials
211 Harrison Ave, Santa Cruz, CA
Key details about Enlightenment Recovery of Santa Cruz
What are their business hours?
Monday to Sunday - 9am to 5pm
Freedom Women’s Center is a faith-based residential recovery and discipleship program for adult women in the Monterey Bay region whose patterns of substance use and life-controlling behaviors have already begun affecting relationships, housing, employment, or emotional wellbeing. It’s not a short outpatient visit. This is a multi-phase, live-in setting where women commit to a long enough process to practice new routines, build stability, and work through deep-seated patterns in community rather than in isolation.
Rehab Settings
- Long-Term Inpatient
Services Offered
- Faith-Based
- Twelve-Step
- Vocational Rehabilitation
Payment Options
- Free or Low-Budget
- Low-Cost Options
Clientele Served
- Christian
- Services for Criminal Justice Clients
- Women
P.O. Box 1746, Freedom, CA
Key details about Freedom Women's Center
How long is treatment?
13 months minimum
Is it co-ed?
No, women only
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Bodhi Addiction Treatment & Wellness is a community-connected recovery support resource in Capitola/Santa Cruz, California serving adults whose alcohol or drug use has begun affecting work, relationships, daily routines, or emotional balance. While it’s not a traditional large residential facility, Bodhi helps people begin or strengthen recovery by connecting them with the right services, support, and planning they need to move forward in life.
Rehab Settings
- Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
- Interventionist
- Outpatient
Services Offered
- Assessment
- Co-Occurring Disorders
- Holistic
- Substance Abuse Counseling
Payment Options
- Self Payment
Trust Factors
- Certified by the State of California
- Charter Member of the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals
- Client Testimonials
- Licensed Staff
603 Capitola Avenue, Capitola, CA
Key details about Bodhi Addiction Treatment and Wellness
What professional/medical staff work at Bodhi Addiction Treatment and Wellness?
Jonathan Beazley, RAS-2, CAS
Sobriety Works is a Medi-Cal–certified outpatient center specializing in intensive and standard counseling, individual, couples, and family therapy, recovery support, court assessments, and connections to sober living environments for adults in Santa Cruz County.
Rehab Settings
- Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
- Outpatient
Services Offered
- Assessment
- Drug Test
- Relapse Prevention
- Substance Abuse Counseling
Payment Options
- Medi-Cal
- Medicaid
- Self Payment
Trust Factors
- Certified Drug Medi-Cal Provider
- Court-Approved Services
- Evidence-Based Approach
- Licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services
- Licensed Staff
8030 Soquel Ave., Suite 103, Santa Cruz, CA
Key details about Sobriety Works
What are their business hours?
Monday to Friday - 9am to 5pm
Elevate Addiction Services, Seascape Recovery Center, in Watsonville, California is a residential substance use recovery community set on a scenic, ranch-style campus not far from Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay where adults whose alcohol or drug use has begun affecting real-life responsibilities such as work, housing, relationships, and stability come for immersive treatment and transformation. Rather than brief outpatient contact, this is a place people live on site for a period of structured recovery work that engages body, mind, and daily routine together.
Rehab Settings
- Detox
- Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
- Interventionist
- Long-Term Inpatient
- Medical Detox
- Outpatient
- Short-Term Inpatient
Services Offered
- Aftercare
- Assessment
- Co-Occurring Disorders
- Holistic
- Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
- Non 12-Step
- Nutritional Therapy
- Relapse Prevention
- Substance Abuse Counseling
- Virtual Counseling for Addiction
Payment Options
- Aetna
- Anthem Blue Cross
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon)
- Cigna
- Health Net
- Humana
- Kaiser Permanente
- Low-Cost Options
- Magellan Health SM
- Managed Health Network (MHN)
- Multiplan
- Optum
- Payment Assistance
- Self Payment
- Tricare/Military Insurance
- United Behavioral Health
- UnitedHealthcare
Clientele Served
- Family Programs
262 Gaffey Rd, Watsonville, CA
Key details about Seascape Recovery Center
How long is treatment?
30 or 60 days (extra 6 months of aftercare)
Does Seascape Recovery Center have a detox on-site?
Yes
Is it co-ed?
Yes
What professional/medical staff work at Seascape Recovery Center?
Matt Guernaccini, CADC-CS | Chief Program Director
Tim Sinnott, LMFT | Clinical Director
Jesse Quaid, CADC, CAS | Director of Intake & Clinical Records
Leslie Quaid, CADC-CAS, CCDA | Director of Health and Wellness
John Ragsac, CADC-CS, CA | Director of Rehabilitation
Dana Guernaccini, CADC II- CA | Director of Admissions
Tommy Legan, CADC-CAS | IOP Director
What is their capacity?
67 people
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Frequently Asked Questions
Cost, stigma, denial, and limited availability are the barriers that come up most. Many people assume treatment is unaffordable, but options like sliding-scale fees, Medicaid, insurance coverage, and payment plans make it more accessible than most expect. For those in areas with fewer facilities or long waitlists, telehealth programs and outpatient care can fill the gap, and getting on a waitlist now while using interim support like community groups keeps you moving forward rather than waiting to start. Stigma and denial are harder to push past, but family involvement and peer encouragement can make a real difference when motivation is low.
Check whether the facility is licensed by the state and accredited by an independent body like CARF or The Joint Commission, as that's your baseline for quality. From there, ask about staff credentials, treatment approaches, medical support, family involvement, and what aftercare planning looks like. A program that can't clearly answer those questions, or that pressures you to enroll before you've had a chance to evaluate, is one worth passing on.
Start with the practical stuff: does the program accept your insurance, what are the out-of-pocket costs, and are payment plans available. Then get into the structure, including how long the program lasts, what therapies are included, whether family can participate, and whether detox and medical support are on-site. Just as important is what happens after: ask whether the center offers aftercare, outpatient follow-up, alumni support, or connections to sober living. Comparing centers on these specifics rather than just their websites is how you find the one that actually fits your situation.
Yes. Short-term programs, usually around 30 days, focus on stabilization and building a foundation, and they work best for milder cases with strong outside support. Longer programs of 60 to 90 days or more allow time for deeper therapeutic work, relapse prevention, and real practice with life skills, which tends to produce more lasting results for people with severe or long-standing addiction.
What types of addiction treatment are available in Santa Cruz County, and how do I know which one fits my situation?
What does addiction treatment in Santa Cruz County typically cost?
Where can naloxone be found in Santa Cruz County?
Should you seek treatment in Santa Cruz County, or look further away?
Santa Cruz is a smaller county that has the whole thing, and I give it credit for that. There is medical detox locally, usually paired with a residential stay, so the sequence is intact without leaving. What I really like is the length. The residential here often runs about six months, with co-occurring mental health treatment built in. In my experience real time plus treating what is underneath the using is what gets people their lives back. A thirty-day stay rarely does. For alcohol or benzos, do the medical detox first and make sure you get that level of care, not the lighter option. After that, if home is steady, what is locally available can carry you and you may not need to go anywhere. But if home is part of what keeps pulling you back, the six-month bed is the stronger move. I would take it even over a shorter program closer to your door, because the time and the distance from your old routine are both doing the work. Six months, with what is underneath treated alongside, is the kind of stay a person walks out of with his life back. Thirty days almost never is.
