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Children's Mercy TIES
The TIES (Team for Infants Exposed to Substance use) Program is a specialized, family-centered initiative focused on supporting pregnant and postpartum women impacted by substance use. Grounded in compassion, education, and evidence-based practices, TIES offers services designed to reduce substance use, improve family health and stability, and foster long-term recovery. Through wraparound care that includes both the parent and child, the program promotes brighter futures—one family at a time. TIES supports pregnant individuals and new mothers up to six months after childbirth, along with their families. Participants must be 18 years or older. While the focus is on maternal substance use, the program recognizes that substance use affects the entire family. Therefore, services are inclusive of all household members and address family dynamics, parenting challenges, and the overall home environment.
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Cornerstones Of Care SUD Treatment
The Cornerstones of Care Substance-Use Treatment Program offers a comprehensive, family-centered approach to help youth and families overcome substance abuse and related challenges. Serving children and youth ages 6 to 23, the program aims to prevent or reduce drug use and equip participants with the skills needed to maintain a healthy, drug-free life. Many of the youth served have faced trauma, neglect, or violence, and often come from families struggling with substance use and instability. Cornerstones of Care has partnered with COMBAT for over 20 years, working to interrupt cycles of substance abuse and support positive futures for children, youth, and families. Through trauma-informed care, education, therapy, and community support, the program helps participants heal, grow, and succeed.
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First Call's Recovery Support Navigation
First Call offers a vital lifeline for uninsured and underserved individuals struggling with substance use disorder. Through personalized counseling, comprehensive assessment, coordinated care, and community engagement, the program addresses the whole person—removing barriers, sustaining motivation, and promoting lasting recovery. By focusing on both immediate needs and long-term goals, First Call helps clients build self-sufficiency and create healthier, more stable futures. Substance use disorder remains a critical public health issue, particularly for vulnerable populations. First Call’s Recovery Support Navigation Program addresses this issue head-on by focusing on protective factors. These include building clients’ confidence in their ability to change (self-efficacy), sustaining their motivation for recovery, and mitigating barriers that could cause relapse. The program understands that recovery is not just about stopping substance use—it’s about supporting the whole person.
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Footprints Treatment Program
Footprints reduces barriers to substance use disorder treatment and housing by providing treatment services at low or no cost, being located on public transportation routes, and by providing a supportive recovery housing environment for people who have been housing insecure. COMBAT funding allows Footprints to provide the following services: 1) Outpatient Treatment Services. 2) Recovery Community Center. 3) Recovery Housing. 4) Criminal Justice Outreach-Recidivism Reduction.
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Guadalupe Center's Outpatient Treatment
Guadalupe Centers (GCI) offers a bilingual Outpatient Treatment Program that delivers culturally informed, evidence-based support for individuals struggling with substance use disorders. This program is tailored to meet the unique needs of low-income, uninsured Spanish-speaking adults who often face barriers to accessing affordable behavioral health services. By combining professional counseling with proven therapeutic strategies, GCI helps participants build healthier lives and contribute to stronger, safer communities. At the heart of GCI’s approach is a commitment to behavior change through evidence-based practices. The program integrates motivational strategies, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and the trans-theoretical model of change to support participants in recognizing the consequences of substance use and developing the motivation to achieve sobriety.
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Heartland Center For Behavioral Change
Located in the heart of downtown Kansas City, the Heartland Center for Behavioral Change (HCBC) is a vital resource for individuals struggling with substance use disorders. Through its integrated behavioral health services, HCBC provides a continuum of care that includes Medical Withdrawal Management (detox), Inpatient Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment, Residential Support Services, and Intensive Outpatient Programming. These services are designed to guide people through every stage of recovery. Homeless individuals are at heightened risk for relapse and face numerous barriers to continued care, including lack of stable housing, transportation, and access to outpatient services. The absence of residential support following detox often leads to a revolving door of emergency care. This is not only detrimental to individual recovery, but also extremely costly for the community. HCBC aims to bridge this gap by expanding residential and inpatient treatment options.
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KVC Behavioral Healthcare Strong & Connected Families
KVC Missouri offers a comprehensive and compassionate Substance Use Treatment Program tailored for children and teens ages 6 to 18, as well as their families. The program is designed to support youth who struggle with substance abuse, violence, and the complex trauma that often triggers these behaviors. By addressing both substance use and its underlying causes, KVC Missouri helps build stronger, healthier families and communities. Understanding that substance use is often a coping mechanism for deep-rooted trauma, KVC Missouri embraces a whole-person, trauma-informed approach. This means looking beyond symptoms to address the multiple layers of trauma impacting each child or teen. Treatment doesn’t just focus on the youth’s substance use but also includes care for family members affected by these challenges.
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Mattie Rhodes Nuevo Amanecer (New Dawn)
The Nuevo Amanecer (New Dawn) program works to prevent and reduce drug use/abuse and drug-related crime in the community through Mattie Rhodes Center's specialized bilingual and bicultural substance abuse program. Through MRC's holistic continuum of care, this program integrates violence prevention into its treatment methodology and wraparound resource services. This aligns with COMBAT's goal to assure effective treatment and rehabilitation for adult and juvenile substance abusers.
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Plaza Academy Treatment For At-Risk Adolescents
Since its founding in 1974, Plaza Academy has stood as a vital educational and therapeutic resource for adolescents navigating substance use, mental health challenges, and academic setbacks. This pioneering institution blends education and behavioral health treatment into one cohesive support system—transforming the lives of students who have been suspended, expelled, or pushed to the margins of traditional schools. Plaza Academy serves students in grades 8 through 12. Many have been derailed by a mix of trauma, substance use, academic failure, and conflict at home. Recognizing that these students need more than textbooks and lectures, Plaza Academy creates a safe, supportive environment where healing and learning go hand-in-hand. The school offers a uniquely integrated outpatient substance abuse treatment program embedded directly into the school day. This approach not only makes critical services more accessible but also reduces the stigma often attached to seeking help.
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reStart SUD Treatment
Since its founding, reStart, Inc. has been a lifeline for individuals and families facing the combined challenges of homelessness and substance use. reStart believes that every person deserves safe, affordable, and stable housing—and that recovery from substance use should be possible for everyone. Through its Substance Use Treatment Program, reStart supports homeless youth, adults, and families dealing with substance use disorders. The program provides individualized recovery services designed to help people rebuild their lives, achieve long-term sobriety, and maintain permanent housing. Substance use screening is integrated into the intake process for all reStart emergency and transitional housing programs. When someone is identified as needing support, they are referred to a licensed Substance Use Treatment Specialist. This specialist conducts a clinical assessment—including a drug screening—and collaborates with the client to develop a tailored treatment plan.
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Rose Brooks Supported Recovery Program
For survivors of domestic violence, the path to healing often requires more than physical safety. Many face the added burden of substance use, often developed as a response to trauma. Rose Brooks Center’s Supported Recovery Program was created to support these survivors, providing compassionate, trauma-informed treatment for those navigating both abuse and substance use challenges. Whether they are staying in the agency’s emergency shelter or living in the broader community, survivors find not just support—but a pathway to stability and well-being. Substance abuse does not cause domestic violence—but the two are statistically intertwined. Survivors may turn to substances to cope with abuse, and abusers often use drugs or alcohol themselves. Without treating both challenges concurrently, long-term recovery is less likely. Recognizing this, the Supported Recovery Program integrates recovery services into the broader domestic violence support Rose Brooks already provides.
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Saint Luke's Crittenton Adolescent Treatment
Saint Luke’s Hospital Crittenton offers a specialized Adolescent Substance Use Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for young people ages 12 to 19 who are struggling with substance use and its impact on their lives. Serving middle and high school students across the Greater Kansas City area, this program helps youth—and their families—reclaim control, build healthier relationships, and foster long-term recovery. At Crittenton, treatment extends beyond the individual. Families, schools, and communities all play a role in a young person’s healing journey, and the program is designed with this wider circle in mind. Crittenton provides culturally competent care that meets youth and families where they are. The program is especially accessible for clients with financial barriers—such as those who have lost insurance coverage, are facing incarceration, or have limited income—thanks to vital support from COMBAT (Community Backed Anti-Drug Tax) funding.
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Swope Health Imani House
Since 1992, Imani House, a program of Swope Health Services, has been a cornerstone in the fight against substance use disorder in Jackson County. With more than 10,000 individuals served, Imani House has earned its reputation as a trusted and compassionate community resource. The program provides evidence-based treatment for adults struggling with substance use and related challenges, helping them move toward wellness, independence, and stability. Imani House is open to adults aged 18 and older who are living with substance use disorder. The program specifically welcomes those who are: • Using intravenous (IV) drugs • Pregnant women in need of treatment • Referred by Jackson County Drug Court • Under supervision by Missouri Department of Corrections • Experiencing homelessness • Frequent users of emergency room services.
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University Health Recovery Health Services
Recovery Health Services (RHS) is dedicated to supporting individuals in Jackson County, Missouri, who are impacted by substance use disorders. Centered in the urban core, RHS provides outpatient treatment grounded in compassion, hope, and person-centered care. Recognizing that each person's journey is unique, RHS tailors services to meet people where they are—offering healing from addiction through clinical expertise, housing support, and trauma-informed services. RHS primarily serves adults living in Jackson County who are experiencing substance use disorders, often alongside related challenges such as: • Trauma (including systemic and generational trauma) • Poverty and financial instability • Homelessness or lack of affordable housing • Legal system involvement • Co-occurring mental health diagnoses
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