Community and Family Resources – Story County Outpatient – Ames, Iowa
1619 South High Avenue, Ames, Iowa, 50010
Last Updated: June 26, 2026
Insurance
Payment Options
- Cash or self-payment
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- Private health insurance
- Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
- State welfare or child and family services funds
- State corrections or juvenile justice funds
- County or local government funds
- U.S. Department of VA funds
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
- SAMHSA funding/block grants
- Self-pay options
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8.2
Out of 10
Community and Family Resources in Ames, Iowa, helps people with drug use disorders in a wide range of outpatient settings. The center’s main goal is to help people get back into their families and neighborhoods after treatment. It helps both teens and adults. Their programs are designed to meet the specific needs of men and women in recovery, giving them the help they need.
Outpatient Programs, Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), Extended Outpatient Programs (EOP), Continuing Care (CC), and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) are some of the treatment choices that the facility provides. Through their Employee Assistance Program (EAP), they also offer specialized services for teens, first responders, and workers. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) are just some of the therapies that are used. The center is famous for its trauma therapy. It also provides required OWI evaluations and services for people with both mental health and substance use problems at the same time. Because Community and Family Resources is recognized by The Joint Commission, you can be sure that they provide high-quality care.
Treatment Options
The facility offers multiple levels of care, such as:
- Mentoring/peer support
- Housing services
- Discharge Planning
- Self-help groups
- Naloxone and overdose education
- Outcome follow-up after discharge
- Individualized Treatment
The center treats the following addictions and co-occurring disorders:
- Alcohol Detoxification
- Opioids detoxification
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Screening for tobacco use
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Interim services for clients
- Outreach to persons in the community
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
Treatment Modalities
- Individual psychotherapy
- Couples/family therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
- Activity therapy
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Trauma-related counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Treatment for gambling disorder
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
- Marital/couples counseling
- Intervention Services
- Motivational interviewing
- Matrix Model
- Relapse prevention
- Abnormal involuntary movement scale
Conditions Treated
- Alcoholism
- Mental health treatment
- Substance use treatment
- Co-occurring Disorders
Levels Of Care
- Outpatient
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
- Aftercare
License and Accreditation
- State mental health department
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
- SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)
- State department of health
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Court-ordered outpatient treatment
- Family psychoeducation
- Suicide prevention services
- Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
- Transportation assistance
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