Saint Illa Center – Waycross, Georgia
3455 Harris Road, Waycross, Georgia, 31503
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
- State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
- Other State funds
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
- Self-pay options
- Financial aid
Addiction Resource Score
Scoring is assigned by a proprietary system which helps surface key metrics that determine quality. The 10-point scale factors in categories such as operations, customer satisfaction, and trust metrics.
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In this guide, we explain exactly how we rate treatment centers—from accreditation and staff credentials to therapy options, facility environment, and family involvement. You'll see how we assign scores, award badges, and update listings to ensure accuracy and fairness. Most importantly, our system focuses on elevating centers that prioritize ethical, evidence-based care, not just those with the best marketing. This way, you can trust that the ratings you see reflect meaningful standards that help you find the right fit for lasting recovery.
8.1
Out of 10
Unison Behavioral Health Services – St. Illa Center is a 26-bed residential treatment facility located in [location needed] that provides comprehensive recovery services for men and women struggling with substance use disorders. In addition to its residential program, Unison Behavioral Health Services – St. Illa Center offers a short-term crisis stabilization program designed to assist individuals experiencing acute mental health symptoms and/or substance use disorders, including the need for detoxification.
The mission of Unison Behavioral Health is to empower clients by delivering quality, accessible, and cost-effective services tailored to their individual strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences. This client-centered approach ensures that each person receives the care and support necessary for successful recovery and reintegration into the community.
The Psychosocial Rehabilitation program at St. Illa Center is a therapeutic skill-building and recovery-promoting group designed to help individuals acquire the skills necessary to thrive in community settings and activities. This program emphasizes the development of practical skills that support long-term recovery and successful community living.
The Peer Support program is another vital component of the services offered at St. Illa Center. Facilitated by certified peer specialists who are in recovery themselves, this group service provides structured activities that promote socialization, recovery, wellness, self-advocacy, development of natural supports, and maintenance of community living skills. Peer specialists bring their lived experience to the program, offering unique insights and encouragement to participants as they navigate their own recovery journeys.
Unison Behavioral Health Services – St. Illa Center is accredited by CARF, ensuring that it meets high standards of care and professionalism in its treatment programs. This accreditation reflects the center’s commitment to providing high-quality services that empower clients and support their recovery goals.
Treatment Options
The facility offers multiple levels of care, such as:
- Mentoring/peer support
- Housing services
- Discharge Planning
- Self-help groups
- Outcome follow-up after discharge
The center treats the following addictions and co-occurring disorders:
- Alcohol Detoxification
- Benzodiazepines Detoxification
- Cocaine Detoxification
- Methamphetamines detoxification
- Opioids detoxification
- Medication routinely used during detoxification
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Veterans
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Clients with HIV or AIDS
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Screening for tobacco use
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
- Complete medical history/physical exam
Treatment Modalities
- Individual psychotherapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
- Activity therapy
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Trauma-related counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
- 12-step facilitation
- Intervention Services
- Contingency management/motivational incentives
- Motivational interviewing
- Anger management
- Matrix Model
- Relapse prevention
- Abnormal involuntary movement scale
- Treatment for other addiction disorder
Conditions Treated
- Alcoholism
- Mental health treatment
- Substance use treatment
- Co-occurring Disorders
- Opioid Treatement
Levels Of Care
- Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
- Hospital inpatient treatment
- Short-term residential
- Residential detoxification
- Aftercare
- Detoxification
License and Accreditation
- State mental health department
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Suicide prevention services
- Domestic violence services, including family or partner
- Early intervention for HIV
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
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