Drug & alcohol rehab centers in Tehachapi, 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.

Detox means a trip out of Tehachapi, so the levels of care on each profile are worth reading first.

One program is based in Tehachapi itself. Ages 12 and older find outpatient substance use disorder assessment, treatment, case management and recovery support, plus mental health care, at Clarvida, the Kern County Children, Adults and SUD clinic in Tehachapi.

Kern County Bakersfield-Delano metro area

Treatment in Mojave about 24 miles by road, about 30 minutes by car

Treatment in Lamont about 36 miles by road, about 50 minutes by car

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Bakersfield, 35 road miles or about 45 minutes by car, holds the area's detox, inpatient and residential care and partial hospitalization. Lancaster, in Los Angeles County, covers the same levels at 40 road miles, about an hour by car.

When you're paying for treatment from Tehachapi, you start with providers within 60 miles, and most report self-pay. Most report private insurance, and how insurance covers rehab takes up that share for someone paying from Tehachapi. Many report Medi-Cal, some report sliding-scale fees, some report financial assistance and some report Medicare.

The California Department of Health Care Services reported in 2023 on each county's Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System plan. That plan's responsibility is getting its residents appropriate covered treatment through the providers it contracts with. A needed service has to be covered out of network when the plan's own network can't provide it.

Kern County's 24/7 access line is the first step on Medi-Cal, and it's run by Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services. The access line decides which programs Kern County's Medi-Cal pays for. Ask the access line before choosing a program outside Kern County.

Insurers selling individual plans in California:

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

Outpatient care is the level based in Tehachapi, and the program in town, Clarvida, provides care for mental health conditions alongside substance use. Someone who stays local for outpatient rehab keeps living at home and travels to sessions.

Every other level means a drive. Bakersfield, 35 road miles or about 45 minutes by car, is the nearest place for medical detox, inpatient rehab and sober living, with partial hospitalization there as well. A residential stay in Bakersfield means living at the facility for the length of the stay, then coming home to Tehachapi afterward. Lancaster, 40 road miles or about an hour by car, offers much the same range across the county line in Los Angeles County.

Adventist Health Tehachapi is a hospital in town and a free Narcan distribution site. Narcan is available there 24/7/365.

• 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
• Clarvida, Kern County Children, Adults and SUD, Tehachapi: Outpatient substance use disorder assessment, treatment, case management and recovery support for ages 12 and older, plus mental health care. 661.822.4639
• Adventist Health Tehachapi, free Narcan: Hospital listed as a free Narcan distribution site, available 24/7/365.
• Tehachapi Branch (Kern County Library), free Narcan: Free Narcan (naloxone) through the KernBHRS and Drug Free Kern distribution program; listed days Tuesday to 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 Syringe Disposal & Services Program (Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services) (Bakersfield): Syringe services at mobile sites in Bakersfield and Lake Isabella, countywide home delivery, and a 24-hour vending machine. 661-868-8043

The Kern Syringe Disposal & Services Program is in Bakersfield, 35 road miles, 45 min by car. It's part of Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, and syringe services run at mobile sites in Bakersfield and Lake Isabella. A 24-hour vending machine is part of the program, and home delivery is countywide and includes Tehachapi.

Kern County's 2023 opioid-related overdose deaths were 37.0 per 100,000 residents, the California Department of Health Care Services, citing CDPH, reports. According to the California Department of Public Health, California's age-adjusted rate of opioid-related overdose deaths in 2023 was 20.8 per 100,000 residents. For someone in Tehachapi, the county rate sat well above the state's, and fentanyl overdose risk is the related opioid risk.

Alcohol-involved crashes killed or injured 813 people in Kern County in 2023, the California Office of Traffic Safety reports. It's the year's alcohol harm for someone in Tehachapi, and alcohol rehab speaks to that harm.