NUWAY - St Cloud Counseling Center

They are set up for 2 levels: outpatient and telemedicine. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Saint Cloud, 2 offer a bed.

No detox here. A center can still take someone after a detox elsewhere, which is the common order of events, and the nearest one is about a mile away in Saint Cloud.

They treat people in Sign language as well as English, which is worth confirming before a first visit because Saint Cloud has 8 other centers and not all of them do.

The nearest other center is under a mile away, in Saint Cloud, and there are 8 inside 14 miles.

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 8 centers near Saint Cloud differ on it.

The order sets the reporting. The clinical side is decided the same way it is for anyone. Drug court programs often have their own approved list and their own funding attached. Ask who signs the completion paperwork and how long it takes.

Existing prescriptions are normally continued, and they are reviewed by whoever is prescribing at the program. Pill organizers are often refused at the door, because medication has to arrive labeled. Write the list with doses and prescriber names before the first call.

Publicly funded residential programs tend to have the longest lists and the lowest cost. Where the wait is long, a detox can sometimes happen first and the treatment bed after it. Ask to be told if an earlier place opens, then check back rather than waiting to be called.