Serving Children and Adults in Need on Riverhill

Serving Children and Adults in Need (SCAN) Inc. is an agency in South Texas that provides mental health services and education to individuals in need. This includes the provision of care to individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) at several locations, like their Youth Recovery Home in Laredo, Texas. Here, they offer adolescents between the ages of 13 and 17 a safe and encouraging environment where they can receive addiction treatment that’s holistic and caring.

A Structured and Nurturing Environment

SCAN’s youth residential program runs in two separate residences where teens receive gender specific accommodation and therapeutic engagement. Their core substance treatment program starts with a detailed assessment so that they can tailor each resident’s care according to their needs. They will then provide individual and group therapies, family counseling, case management services and various forms of preventative educational materials to help the teens better understand the dangers of life with an addiction.

What’s amazing about their program is that they also take care of the teens’ developmental needs. The facility is stocked with recreational amenities so that the residents can enjoy time off together. The program further provides access to schooling for the residents, so that they don’t fall behind academically.

Healing in a Safe Neighborhood

Another one of this facility’s strengths is that its situation in residential southern Laredo gives the residents the normalcy of living in a home rather than an institution. There are also many nearby recreational spots where the facilitators can take the residents on outings and day trips, such as the El Eden Recreational Center and Santa Fe Park.