AWARE

About AWARE

AWARE – Butte, Montana is a place where you can access both outpatient and inpatient help for substance use with genuine concern and skilled care. You’ll find programs designed to help you live at home or focus fully on recovery in a residential setting. This facility offers sober living homes and aftercare support alongside primary treatment.

Services are available for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults with serious emotional disturbances. Personalized care includes individual, family, and group therapy, as well as experiential activities aimed at supporting recovery. We like that they offer educational services such as GED and college course assistance to help you grow beyond treatment.

Comprehensive Treatment Options

You can choose outpatient programs that allow you to stay in your community or inpatient treatment that includes housing and delicious meals. After your initial treatment phase, their sober living homes provide a supportive, substance free environment. What we like most about them is how seamlessly their services flow into aftercare support including career counseling and connections to community programs.

Time to Regroup After Appointments

After your session, you might head to Clark Park for a quiet walk. You can explore the World Museum of Mining to learn something new. These places let you reflect, breathe, or simply enjoy a calm moment in your day.

Access and Affordability

AWARE accepts Medicaid, private insurance, state financed plans, self pay, and offers a sliding fee scale to match your income. These payment options help ensure that cost does not stand in the way of care. This setup is unique because it blends affordability with a full range of services from therapy to sober living. A brief phone call to their office is encouraged if you need help determining the details of your coverage.

Latest Reviews

Ovation Services

11 months ago on Google

Disgusting place. They have refused services for our mentally handicapped residents. Fine. But for the past two months the food bank has refused food for our residents. Finally the lady who runs the food bank tells me this morning that they are refusing them food because Sage at Action Inc told them we do not exist, our residents don't live here and that AWARE actually owns and operates our building. And it is empty. All lies. I call Sage to find out why she would be lying and going out of her way to prevent our residents from getting the help they need, and she doubles down on her operating our building and that it is empty. I can't imagine how you could be that clueless to not even know if you have an entire property or not? In 20+ years of working in this type of environment with helping the disabled, and dealing with hundreds of nonprofits, I've never experienced such a clown show, backed by highschool mean girl lying and bullying. I'm thankful that this isn't the majority in Butte. We have worked with some really amazing nonprofits and individuals in this beautiful town. Sage doesn't have to retract her lies or make anything right. We will prevail no matter what. All of our wonderful visitors and helpers who come out and see us on a daily basis, now know not to ever believe anything Sage says. I've never met her, I have no idea why she is doing this, but I pray she doesn't put others in need, in this type of situation. It's been very difficult on our residents and our home. Absolutely heartbreaking all the way around.

Nate Simpson

1 year ago on Google

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Shaila Thomas

3 years ago on Google

Taught my first born so much & also stuff I learned from them as well! Amazing program, for people who can’t afford daycare costs. My second born is in there now & I can’t wait for him to learn a lot too. Good place to work as well!

Rehab Score

Our Methodology

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6.3 / 10

Other Forms of Payment

Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.

Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.

Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.

Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

Outpatient

Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.

Inpatient

Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

Sober Living Homes

Sober Living Houses (SLHs), aka sober homes or halfway houses, are safe, substance-free, supportive living facilities for those recovering from substance abuse. Ideal for those who've just been through inpatient or outpatient treatment, SLHs are supervised environments with rules that support sobriety, such as curfews, shared chores, and therapeutic meetings. Residents are also often trained on life skills and coping skills to make it easier to transition into society. SLHs also provide a strong sense of community that can lead to the kind of deep and lasting connections with other sober individuals that supports a new, healthy lifestyle.

Aftercare Support

Completing a drug or alcohol rehab program shouldn't spell the end of substance abuse treatment. Aftercare involves making a sustainable plan for recovery, including ongoing support. This can include sober living arrangements like halfway houses, career counseling, and setting a patient up with community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).

Treatments

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Programs

Adult Program

Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.

Young Adult Program

Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

Clinical Services

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Amenities

Private Transportation

Staff & Accreditations

Staff

Matt Bugni

CEO

Leighann Knight

COO

Francine Cooper

CFO

Kathryn Brogan, MD

Medical Director

Dr. Lyn Ankelman

Education Service Director

Diane Black

ABA Service Director

Colleen Bosch

Early Childhood Director

Beth Eastman

Therapeutic Recreation Service Director

Accreditations

The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is a non-profit organization that specifically accredits rehab organizations. Founded in 1966, CARF's, mission is to help service providers like rehab facilities maintain high standards of care.

CARF Accreditation: Yes