Community Bridges East Valley and Central City locations provide emergency crisis intervention, stabilization, triage, evaluation, assessment, and transitional services to individuals who are either under the influence of a substance within the last 5 days or are currently experiencing withdrawal or co-occurring related crisis. When an individual presents they receive an assessment designed by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) to ensure that they are immediately transitioned to the next appropriate level of care. This next level of care may be to a safe shelter, hospital, psychiatric urgent care or a determination that remaining for medical detoxification at our facility would be most appropriate until the crisis episode has been resolved.

All individuals who present in Crisis Care will also have the opportunity to work individually with a Peer Support Specialist and/or a Transition Coordinator who will assist in determining which social or professional supports may be available to assist the individual with their next steps towards recovery. Sober housing, shelter, outpatient, and residential care are some of the options offered. All attempts are made to assist the individual to safely transition from Crisis Care to a lower level of services that will prevent or provide the tools for dealing with a similar crisis if it should occur again.

Medical Detoxification

Community Bridges’ main clinical program (Medical Detoxification) insists on a standard of “Detox with Dignity” to reclaim lives, save families, and return productive citizens to the community. This program is co-occurring enhanced and designed to stop the “Revolving Door Syndrome” and insure all patients are clinically triaged, safely detoxified, referred into an existing therapeutic Continuum of Care.

Community Bridges Medical Detoxification programs located at our East Valley, Central City, and Arizona Bridge to Recovery facilities utilize a physician-directed protocol (generally 3 to 5 days) designed to prevent the loss of life that can occur when individuals attempt to withdraw from alcohol or drugs. Community Bridges physicians use medical procedures and protocols nationally recognized as “Best Practice” approaches for medical detoxification. These medical protocols are directed by licensed medical practitioners and supported by our clinical team of registered nurses, behavioral health specialists, peer support specialists, and transition coordinators.

Community Bridges goal is to stop the “Revolving Door” by not only providing a safe medical detox but also provide ongoing assessment while the patient is in our care. Community Bridges registered nurses and transition coordinators work closely with the medical practitioner and any existing professional and social supports in developing a comprehensive discharge plan that will take into account all of the six dimensions of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Patient Placement Criteria. All attempts are made to make available all of the resources currently available within the community to assist with ongoing care.

Central City Addiction Recovery Center (CCARC)

This program is designed to stop the "Revolving Door Syndrome" and ensure all homeless, indigent, and working poor men and women referred to Community Bridges are clinically triaged, safely detoxed, referred into a therapeutic continuum of care, and not released back to the streets of Valley cities. Medical detoxification beds are available at both Addiction Recovery Centers. Community Bridges provides these services at no charge to individuals transported to these facilities from throughout the Valley of the Sun. There are 16 medical detoxification beds at the East Valley ARC and 16 at the Central City ARC providing over 3,000 bed days each year.

Transition Management

Our Transition Coordinators work at each level of care throughout the Community Bridges Continuum to ensure that a coordination of care is established and maintained throughout the patient’s treatment episode. The Transition Coordinator is the clinical point of contact for all outside agencies and social supports while the patient is in our care. All of Community Bridges Transition Coordinators receive specialized training in ASAM, motivational interviewing, co-occurring enhanced services, Community Reinforcement and Family Treatment (CRAFT), and other areas of specialty that will enable them to be flexible while working with the diverse populations that we serve. Transition Management is the key to ending and preventing the “Revolving Door” in all of our programs.

Crisis Response Team

Community Bridges’ Crisis Response Team (CRT) began operating at the Central City Addiction Recovery Center in July 2003 and directly responds to calls for assistance from the Phoenix Fire Department and Phoenix Police Department. This service is available on a 24/7 basis.