San Francisco Health Care System – Eureka VA Outpatient Clinic

The Eureka VA Clinic, located in Eureka, California, offers outpatient behavioral health treatment, social work services, and alternative therapies to military members, veterans, and their families. The Eureka Clinic has specialized programs for Native American veterans and student veterans. The VA also offers targeted services to adolescents, young adults, LGBTQ+ individuals, seniors, those with co-occurring disorders, and homeless and indigent individuals.

Outpatient services include individual and group therapy, medication support, peer support services, recovery education, relapse prevention, and referrals to VA residential drug rehab if needed. Approaches include traditional evidence-based therapy and complementary health services such as yoga, acupuncture, recreation and craft therapy, and meditation.

To help patients maintain long-term recovery and independence, the Eureka VA clinic offers social work services, including housing support, vocational training and employment placement services, connections to 12-step and other recovery programs, referrals to social services and community resources, and caregiver support.

The VA accepts VA health insurance for care that is service-connected and a variety of insurance plans for care that is not service-connected. Insurance that may be accepted for non-service-connected care includes Medi-Cal, Medicare, Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana, Aetna, Magellan Health, and more. Every insurance plan is different, so be sure to contact the insurer to verify coverage information and out-of-network benefits.