About Charles Drew Health Center, Inc. – Omaha
Charles Drew Health Center is an integrated and Joint Commission accredited health care network providing accessible and personalized care to North Omaha communities in Nebraska. They strive towards enhanced quality of life among residents via quality and compassionate care that strengthens families while supporting patients’ dignity. They eliminate financial and location barriers to quality care through low cost programs that are delivered within the community. This community focused approach ensures you can tap into your natural support like family and friends as you navigate recovery close to home.
You’ll not be denied care due to your inability to pay. They accept Medicaid and Medicare alongside several private insurance plans and offer sliding scale payments if you’re uninsured. Services are delivered in the language you’re most comfortable with thanks to their free, on-site interpretation and translation services. Charles Drew Health Center has about 30 clinics across North Omaha in Douglas County.
Their main campus on Grant Street offers primary medical care, dental services and behavioral health including mental healthcare and substance use issues. This center also provides pharmaceutical services and adolescent health education. They’re located just off 30th and Grant Streets near Highway 75 with direct routes to downtown Omaha which is about a 10-minute drive. The facility also serves patients from Council Bluffs, Bellevue and Lincoln.
The Charles Drew Health Center offers holistic outpatient treatment for people dealing with moderate mental health issues and substance use disorders. Holistic care fosters general wellness of the body, mind and spirit. They offer referral support for more serious behavioral health issues requiring intense therapy.
Outpatient substance use care in this facility involves diagnostic evaluation to facilitate personalized care planning. This is followed by therapy using proven methods to help you break unhealthy patterns of thinking that fuel substance dependence. This is all while building coping skills to prevent relapse.
Therapy may include group and individual sessions with family involvement emphasized as necessary. You may even attend sessions virtually in your own comfort zone via a secured video conferencing platform. They offer trauma-informed care to help people address past trauma that may fuel substance dependence.
The facility also supports folks struggling with quitting smoking or chewing tobacco and provides services for those in the criminal justice system. Their adolescent services include testing and low-cost treatment for STDs including free rapid-result HIV testing. They also offer contraceptive or birth control services.
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