Mount Rogers Community Services Board

They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Sparta is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Galax, 13 miles away.

They treat young people from 12 up, so a parent calling from Independence about a teenager is in the right place.

They prescribe 1 medication: buprenorphine. What a provider actually stocks changes, so ask for the one you need by name before driving to Independence.

They treat people in Sign language as well as English, which not every place around Independence does.

The order decides what gets reported. The clinical plan is decided the way it is for anybody else. Missing sessions has consequences beyond the clinical ones, which is a real difference in practice. Keep your own dated attendance record alongside whatever the program keeps.

Expect days for withdrawal management, weeks for a residential program, and months for anything outpatient. A plan may approve days in batches and review before extending, so the length can change while you are in it. Ask what the program length is and what happens if more time is needed.

Bring the paperwork, the medications and enough clothing for a week. Most places do laundry. A written packing list exists at almost every residential program, and asking for it saves an argument at intake. Ask whether there is a laundry, because the answer halves what you need to bring.