Highland Rivers Health

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

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Type of Care

• Substance abuse treatment
• Accepts clients on opioid medication

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Facility Type

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Treatment Approaches

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

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Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

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

• Outpatient
• Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment

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Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

• State Government
• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• Commission on Accreditation and Rehabilitation

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Payment/Insurance Accepted

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

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Emergency Mental Health Services

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Payment Assistance Available

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

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Language Services

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing

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Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) clients
• Veterans
• Active duty military
• Military families
• Seniors or older adults
• Adult women
• Adult men
• Persons with HIV or AIDS
• Persons who have experienced sexual abuse
• Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence

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Ancillary Services

• Individual counseling offered
• Group counseling offered
• Family counseling offered
• Marital/couples counseling offered
• 12-step faciltitation approach
• Brief intervention approach
• Contingency management/motivational incentive
• Motivational interviewing
• Anger management
• Martix Model
• Relapse prevention

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Age Groups Accepted

• Young adults
• Adults

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Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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Exclusive Services

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