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Addiction Resource Center

VA Community Care: a clear path to asking about treatment

If you are a veteran considering care outside VA, understanding the referral process can make the next step less confusing. ARC can discuss adult treatment options, while your VA care team determines eligibility and the required community care referral.

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FREE, CONFIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT

  1. Step 1 of 3, current
  2. Step 2 of 3, not started
  3. Step 3 of 3, not started

Let's see how we can help

Three quick questions. No contact details yet.

Who is this for? required
Is the person 18 or older? required

Coverage details

Care and coverage at ARC

Our community care relationship

Addiction Resource Center is a community provider in the VA Community Care Network through TriWest Healthcare Alliance. Eligible veterans need an approved referral from VA before care begins. Participation does not imply endorsement by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The VA referral comes before treatment

Ask your VA care team about a community care referral. Once a referral is approved, discuss the authorized services, clinical fit and current arrangements with ARC. An assessment request is not a VA referral, eligibility decision or authorization to begin treatment.

Discuss the right level of support

ARC offers adult IOP and PHP. In-person and telehealth IOP options can be discussed, but services and format need to match clinical needs and VA authorization. Detox and residential services are provided by Ona Treatment Center, a separately licensed partner, with separate arrangements.

A practical sequence

  1. Ask the VA care team about eligibility and referral for community care.

  2. Confirm what the approved referral authorizes and how ARC should receive it.

  3. Contact ARC to discuss clinical fit, current availability and the next steps before treatment begins.

You can use the Free, Confidential Assessment to request a conversation while clarifying these steps. It does not replace VA approval.

Questions you may be asking

Privacy and the assessment request

The Free, Confidential Assessment requests contact from ARC's admissions team. It is not a diagnosis or an emergency service. Submitting it does not commit you to treatment, and insurance information is optional.

For information about ARC's published policies, read our Privacy Policy and Notice of Privacy Practices.

A next step you can take without having every answer

Whether you are ready to start or still deciding, you can ask for a conversation about care. Use the Free, Confidential Assessment in the hero to request contact from ARC's admissions team. You can select “Not sure yet,” and insurance information is optional.
Request my free assessment

Prefer to talk? Call 530-625-7910

Crisis support

ARC's routine phone number and assessment form are not crisis services. In a crisis, call or text 988; veterans can call 988 and press 1. For a medical emergency or immediate danger, call 911.