First Step House – Fair Park Residential – Salt Lake City, Utah

Payment Options

• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
• SAMHSA funding/block grants
• Self-pay options
• Financial aid

First Step House is a full-service drug and alcohol treatment facility that serves adults with a variety of therapies. It is situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. A broad spectrum of people may access their services since their Grant Street clinic accepts Medicare and Medicaid and offers reasonably priced treatment alternatives. First Step House provides long-term rehabilitation programs that are customized to each client’s specific requirements, in addition to inpatient and outpatient programs. Additionally, they provide veterans work-based programs and specialized assistance with the goal of fostering healing via employment and professional advancement.

Men with drug use problems may get residential rehabilitation via First Step House’s inpatient program. A diverse team of experts with expertise in addiction services is available to clients. To promote long-term rehabilitation, the program combines life skills instruction with individual and group therapy. In order to provide complete treatment that addresses clients’ general health and welfare in addition to addiction, case management services are also offered.

Individualized therapy is available at First Step House for people who would rather get treatment outside of a hospital. The outpatient program focuses on treating each client as an individual and creating customized treatment plans meant to position them for long-term success. It does this by using evidence-based treatment methods including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

First Step House’s long-term recovery programs provide continuous assistance via peer support, individual treatment, monthly service projects, career possibilities, and recovery groups. In addition to these services, the REACH program—which stands for Recovery, Engagement, Assessment, Career Development, and Housing—aims to promote self-sufficiency. The goal of this program is to decrease recidivism by using evidence-based techniques and providing a comprehensive treatment plan.

The assistance of homeless veterans is a fundamental component of First Step House’s purpose. In addition to medication management, job help, healthcare coordination, financial education, and limited legal aid, they provide housing services tailored especially for veterans. Assisting veterans in regaining independence, stability, and dignity is the aim.

First Step House provides services to a target group of very low-income people who suffer from severe and persistent behavioral health issues, such as mental illness and drug use disorders. The facility strives to provide its clients—many of whom have been homeless or incarcerated—a stable environment and the tools they need to start over in life.

Treatment Options

The facility offers multiple levels of care, such as:

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services
• Discharge Planning
• Employment counseling or training
• Self-help groups
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

The center treats the following addictions and co-occurring disorders:

• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Screening for tobacco use
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Comprehensive mental health assessment

Treatment Modalities

• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Trauma-related counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Group counseling
• Family counseling
• Marital/couples counseling
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Motivational interviewing
• Relapse prevention
• Individual psychotherapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Life Skills

Conditions Treated

• Alcoholism
• Mental health treatment
• Substance use treatment
• Co-occurring Disorders
• Opioid Treatement

Levels Of Care

• Hospital inpatient treatment
• Short-term residential
• Long-term residential
• Aftercare
• Halfway house
• Detoxification
• Partial Hospitalization Program
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Outpatient
• Outpatient detoxification

License and Accreditation

• State mental health department
• State department of health
• The Joint Commission

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Integrated primary care services
• Suicide prevention services
• Mental health services
• Social skills development
• Transportation assistance