Sauk County Department of Human Servs

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 Prairie du Sac is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No, and nothing else within 14 miles of Baraboo offers one either, so that part will mean a longer drive or a referral.

They take court referrals, which usually means they are used to the reporting side of it. Courts in Baraboo send people to places set up for it rather than to any opening.

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

They prescribe 2 medications: buprenorphine and naltrexone. What a provider actually stocks changes, so ask for the one you need by name before driving to Baraboo.

The spread is enormous, from state funded care at no cost to private residential rates that need financing. A center that takes your plan will usually quote your share rather than the full price, which makes two quotes hard to compare. Ask whether detox is included in the figure, because very often it is billed on its own.

Outpatient keeps work, school and family going. Inpatient pauses them. Partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient fill the gap, with several hours of treatment a day and your own bed at night. Ask for an assessment before anybody recommends a level of care to you.

A program treats the fact that you are there as confidential by default, including from whoever is paying. Where an employer is funding treatment, it is normally told that you attended and not what was discussed. Ask for a copy of any release you sign, and read what it covers.