Free Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers in Whittier, CA

Free and low-cost addiction treatment in Whittier, California

Whittier is better set up for affordable addiction treatment than most cities its size, and the reason is that two long-established nonprofits cover different halves of the problem from within a few miles of each other.

For young people, a Whittier organization that has been working here since 1967 provides outpatient substance use treatment for ages 12 to 17 along with family counseling and case management, free for anyone with Medi-Cal. For adults, a larger nonprofit based three miles away in Santa Fe Springs runs the full range, including medically supervised withdrawal, residential care, outpatient programs, and recovery housing.

• If this is about your child: the local youth program works with the whole family, not just the young person. Teen and adolescent treatment explains what to expect.
• If housing is part of the problem: recovery housing is attached to the adult provider here. Recovery residences covers how that works.
• If you have no insurance or documentation: the adult provider states plainly that it serves people regardless of insurance, employment, or immigration status. Free rehab options explains the funding behind that.

Worth knowing before you call: you do not need to have decided what kind of treatment you want. Both organizations start with an assessment, and the point of that conversation is to work out the level of care with you rather than to sell you one.

The listings below run local first, then county, then statewide. Santa Fe Springs is three miles east and worth checking since much of the adult treatment sits there, and Pico Rivera is a similar distance west.