Jasper County Health Department

They provide outpatient and telemedicine, which is the whole of what this address in Newton is set up for.

They do not, and neither does anywhere else listed around Newton. Withdrawal management and treatment are often two separate admissions, and this is one of those times.

They do not prescribe. If buprenorphine or methadone is part of what you need, say so on the call and ask who they refer to in Newton.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Newton.

They offer a telemedicine option. What that covers varies, and a first appointment in Newton often still has to be in person.

The month after a program is the one that needs a schedule, and aftercare is that schedule. Sober living houses are one option, they are not treatment, and the quality varies enormously between them. Get the follow up appointment into the diary before the program ends.

The useful questions are the ones answerable with a fact: who prescribes, what the schedule is, what follows it. Whoever answers the phone is not always whoever operates the program, because referral services are common in this field. Ask for the daily schedule in writing rather than a description of it.

Days for a detox, weeks for a residential stay, months for outpatient care. Outpatient programs often involve three to five sessions a week at first, then taper to one. Ask what happens on the last day, and what gets arranged before it.