Drug & alcohol rehab centers in Lamont, CA

Our listing methodology draws on public licensing records maintained by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), federal SAMHSA program data, and direct facility submissions, and no program pays for placement.

Medi-Cal in Kern County is arranged so the county's access line comes first, which makes the payment options a profile lists the detail to set side by side for someone in Lamont.

Care based in Lamont itself comes from a few programs. The Lamont Community Health Center is a community health center in town. Clinica Sierra Vista lists it among its substance use disorder centers.

Kern County Bakersfield-Delano metro area

Treatment in Bakersfield about 9 miles by road, about 15 minutes by car

Treatment in Tehachapi about 39 miles by road, about 50 minutes by car

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Adventist Health Bakersfield staffs its emergency department with Substance Use Navigators (SUN), Adventist Health says. The navigators provide resources and support for people experiencing drug or mental health issues. In 2024 Adventist Health Bakersfield served more than 600 people through the SUN program and connected them to behavioral health and addiction counseling services, Adventist Health reports. That's a handoff from the emergency department to counseling.

Bakersfield is 9 road miles and 15 min by car from Lamont. Detox, inpatient or residential care and partial hospitalization are available there.

Paying from Lamont follows what providers open to anyone within 15 miles report. Self-pay is nearly all of that mix and private insurance is most.

Financial assistance is reported by many, and Medi-Cal by many. Medicare is reported by some, and sliding-scale fees by some.

The nearest programs in Kern County that report Medi-Cal sit in Bakersfield, 9 road miles and 15 min by car. Medicare's nearest reported programs are there too.

The reason an access line comes first is that payment follows arrangements already made. Kern County's 24/7 access line, run by Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, is that first step.

The line decides which programs Kern County's Medi-Cal pays for. It's worth asking that line before choosing a program outside Kern County.

Money's tight for many households in Lamont, so sliding-scale fees, financial assistance and Medi-Cal have more room. From Lamont, verifying rehab benefits comes before intake.

Insurers selling individual plans in California:

• Anthem Blue Cross
• Blue Shield of California
• Health Net
• Kaiser Permanente
• Molina Healthcare

One program based in Lamont lists medical detox, outpatient rehab and care for mental health conditions alongside substance use, all in town. Clinica Sierra Vista also counts its Lamont Community Health Center among its substance use disorder centers.

For someone in Lamont, the nearest inpatient rehab or residential care, and the nearest sober living, are in Bakersfield, 9 road miles and about 15 minutes by car. Bakersfield also has detox, partial hospitalization and outpatient care. Partial hospitalization is one of those names that sounds heavier than the thing itself: a full day of treatment, then home for the night. A residential stay there doesn't mean leaving the area, because home stays 15 minutes away.

Free Narcan (naloxone) comes through the KernBHRS and Drug Free Kern distribution program at the Kern County Library's Lamont Branch. It's in Lamont.

• Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services mental health access and crisis line (Bakersfield): County mental health plan phone line; listed by the Kern County Superior Court for crisis intervention. (800) 991-5272
• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Free, confidential support by call, text or chat, 24/7, including for alcohol or drug use concerns. 988
• Clinica Sierra Vista, Lamont Community Health Center: FQHC health center listed among Clinica Sierra Vista's substance use disorder centers. (833) 678-2781
• Lamont Branch (Kern County Library), free Narcan: Free Narcan (naloxone) through the KernBHRS and Drug Free Kern distribution program; listed days Thursday and Friday.
• Drug Free Kern and KernBHRS naloxone distribution: Free Narcan at Kern County Library branches, hospitals and partner sites; naloxone training for outreach organizations.
• Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Substance Use Disorder Access Line (Bakersfield): 24/7 access line for Kern County substance use disorder services. (866) 266-4898
• Kern County Central Office (Alcoholics Anonymous) (Bakersfield): Alcoholics Anonymous central office for Kern County, open Monday to Friday 11 am to 4 pm. (661) 322-4025

The Kern County Central Office of Alcoholics Anonymous is the county's central office, in Bakersfield, 9 road miles and 15 min by car. Hours run Monday to Friday 11 am to 4 pm.

The California Office of Traffic Safety reports that 813 people were killed or injured in alcohol-involved crashes in Kern County in 2023. For someone in Lamont, that's the crash toll on county roads.

Opioid-related overdose deaths in Kern County were 37.0 per 100,000 residents in 2023, the California Department of Health Care Services, citing CDPH, reports. California's age-adjusted rate of opioid-related overdose deaths in 2023 was 20.8 per 100,000 residents, the California Department of Public Health reports.

Kern County's rate was well above the state's. In a young Lamont, these figures sit beside alcohol use disorder and opioid use disorder.