What we do / Substance Use Recovery
Compassionate Counseling & Tools to Help You Overcome Your Addiction
Our Recovery and Wellness team knows that when someone is struggling with addiction, the world can feel smaller and more unstable than it used to be. It can be especially hard if the addiction has taken a toll on someone's family, job, or physical health.
It can be challenging to admit we need added support and there can be shame around reaching out to take the first step in recovery. At La Familia, we welcome all people (teens and adults) who find themselves in this situation and provide no-cost individual and group treatment for all forms of substance use.
We match you up with a counselor who can help you create a plan, set personalized goals, and identify the right level of support for you. Sometimes this includes residential services, either for men at El Chante, our residential treatment, or for women and adolescents with our partner organizations. As you work with our team to build stability, we will help you think through triggers and intense situations to help you avoid relapse and build tools to maintain your sobriety and live your best life.
Our counselors are drawn to this work through their own personal experiences and the desire to make an impact on the communities they live in. As a result, they create inviting spaces where you can share openly and feel like you belong. Each counselor has trained and practiced for several years in the field.
Complete our “Get Connected” form to schedule a session and start building toward your sobriety today!
Our counselors are drawn to this work through their own personal experiences and the desire to make an impact on the communities they live in. As a result, they create inviting spaces where you can share openly and feel like you belong. Each counselor has trained and practiced for several years in the field.
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The first day, adapting to something like El Chante was very new for me but as I stayed the meetings began to help me a lot.
There, you’d be able to get to know everyone and learn everyone’s stories which is where I learned that I wasn’t alone and that other guys were working through the same problems I had and that helped me a lot.
Jesus Garcia,
El Chante Participant
Our PROGRAMS
El Chante
20 bed residential home for those recovering from substance abuse, providing on site counselors, case managers, and recreational activities to help participants create meaningful and lasting change in our lives.
Si Se Puede
Helping people who struggle with substance use issues through individual counseling, group therapy, case management services, and any other needed support so they can feel reconnected to the community in safe and productive ways.
Youth for Change
Supporting youth (ages 12-20) who struggle with substance use issues through outreach, engagement, and individual counseling, social activities and group therapy, so they can be successful in school, society and feel connected to a healthy community and activities to avoid substance use.
Available in both Alameda and Contra Costa County.
Mujeres Con Esperanza
Helping women who are pregnant and/or parenting and are struggling with accessing substance use services through outreach, engagement and substance use counseling with a high priority on providing services to the Spanish speaking community so they can feel connected, supported and safe.
Available in both Alameda and Contra Costa County.
The Recovery Incentives Program
a new treatment program that allows participants to earn money for drug testing negative for stimulants like meth and cocaine. Clients enrolled in Medi-Cal are eligible for up to $599 dollars in gift cards over the course of 24 weeks.
The program uses positive reinforcement to help support participants on their path to recovery. Participants must have medi-cal, be an Alameda County resident over the age of 18 and not be enrolled in an inpatient or other Recovery Incentives Program.
La Familia’s SUD treatment and prevention programs are licensed/ certified by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). Our active license/certification can be confirmed here: data.chhs.ca.gov/dataset/sud-recovery-treatment-facilities
El Chante site certification can be viewed here.
Mujeres Con Esperanza/WSEP/Si Se Puede site certification be viewed here.