Highland Health Rivers

6 Mathis Drive NW, Rome, GA 30165, USA

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We believe in treating the whole person by providing an array of clinical and community-based care.

We enhance the lives of every member of our community by building self-esteem, confidence, independence and self-advocacy.

We have created a comprehensive care delivery system that ensures access to and delivery of high quality and effective care along a continuum.

We are committed to providing care that is engaging, empowering, holistic and gender responsive.

The Highland Rivers Health Governing Board of Directors will meet on Wednesday, August 24, 2016, at 10:30 AM in the Home Again Program located at 419 North Wall St, Calhoun, GA, 30701. The Finance and Corporate Compliance Committees will meet at 9:30 AM. The meeting is open to the public. For additional information or directions, please call 706/270-5000. Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Highland Rivers Health has provided comprehensive treatment and support services for adults, children and families affected by mental health disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and addictive diseases since 1973. One of the state's largest public safety net providers, Highland Rivers operates 28 treatment facilities across a 4,400-square mile area of Northwest Georgia that includes Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, and Whitfield counties, and serves nearly 16,000 consumers annually. Highland Rivers is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and is a Core Provider for the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.

We are Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities & a Core Provider for the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities.

Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Substance Abuse Treatment Services

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Transitional housing or halfway house
  • Accepts clients on opioid medication

Facility Type

Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive/behavioral therapy
  • Dialectical behavioral therapy
  • Substance abuse counseling approach
  • Trauma-related counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

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

  • Residential
  • Outpatient
  • Short-term residential
  • Long-term residential
  • Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Local, county, or community government
  • State substance abuse agency
  • State department of health
  • Commission on Accreditation and Rehabilitation
  • Other national oraganization

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Cash or self-payment
  • Medicaid
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • Private health insurance
  • Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

Emergency Mental Health Services

Payment Assistance Available

  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
  • Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Language Services

  • Services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Adolescents
  • Pregnant/postpartum women
  • Adult women
  • Adult men
  • Persons who have experienced trauma

Ancillary Services

  • Individual counseling offered
  • Group counseling offered
  • Family counseling offered
  • 12-step faciltitation approach
  • Brief intervention approach
  • Contingency management/motivational incentive
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Anger management
  • Martix Model
  • Relapse prevention
  • Residential beds for clients children

Age Groups Accepted

  • Young adults
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • Highland Health Rivers

    6 Mathis Drive NW, Rome, GA 30165

Rehabilitation Process