MERIT Resource Services Yakima

MERIT Resource Services Yakima

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Adolescents

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

License/Certification/Accreditation

• State mental health department
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• State department of health
• State Substance use treatment agency

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Assistance with obtaining social services

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment

Transitional Services

• Outcome follow-up after discharge
• Discharge Planning
• Aftercare/continuing care
• Naloxone and overdose education

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Intensive outpatient treatment

Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• 12-step facilitation
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Motivational interviewing
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Relapse prevention
• Trauma-related counseling
• Matrix Model

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private non-profit organization

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Education and Counseling Services

• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Individual counseling
• Group counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Family counseling
• Substance use disorder education

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use
• Screening for mental disorders
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Screening for substance use
• Outreach to persons in the community

External Opioid Medications Source

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Ancillary Services

• Mental health services
• Case management service
• Social skills development
• Transportation assistance

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• SAMHSA funding/block grants
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Testing

• TB screening
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing