ACTS - Juvenile Addiction Receiving Facility (JARF)
ACTS - Juvenile Addiction Receiving Facility (JARF) in Tampa, Florida, offers short-term inpatient treatment for adolescents aged 12-17. This dedicated center provides emergency assessment, detoxification, stabilization, and residential treatment, focusing on substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders.
While a specific mission statement for JARF is unavailable, as part of ACTS, it likely aligns with providing a broad array of human services to promote health and well-being.
- Offers 24-hour nursing supervision to ensure a secure environment for detoxification and stabilization.
- Provides comprehensive assessments to tailor individualized treatment plans for adolescents.
- Specializes in dual diagnosis treatment, addressing both substance abuse and mental health challenges.
- Refers patients to appropriate next-level care after stabilization for continued recovery support.
JARF treats significant substance abuse disorders and dual diagnosis issues in adolescents aged 12-17, providing critical care and support to young individuals in need.
- 1+ Accreditations
- 12 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 4 Levels of Care
- Speaks English, Spanish
- 27 Therapies & Programs
- Multiple Locations
Accreditations
CARF
The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is a non-profit organization that specifically accredits rehab organizations. Founded in 1966, CARF's, mission is to help service providers like rehab facilities maintain high standards of care.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
The inappropriate use of any drug in Tampa, FL is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at ACTS - Juvenile Addiction Receiving Facility (JARF). After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment at ACTS - Juvenile Addiction Receiving Facility (JARF)
Opioid addiction is known as a high-risk factor for future heroin addiction. Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable and lead the user to continue to use. It is recommended to receive inpatient treatment and a medically supervised detox, ACTS - Juvenile Addiction Receiving Facility (JARF) in Tampa, FL offers treatment for opioids.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Detox, Intervention, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Detoxification is a process that allows the patient to stop using opioids without experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms. This can be necessary for those who have been addicted for a long period of time or who are struggling with chronic pain. During this process, addicts will receive medication and psychological support from doctors and other medical professionals until they can control their cravings.
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient’s individual requirements.
Not everyone who struggles with addiction in Florida is ready to go into a treatment program. For these individuals, intervention services may help. Friends and family of the individual can call and set up an intervention. We have a professional come and lead the discussion.
Treatment is just the first step to maintaining sobriety. After treatment, aftercare support at ACTS - Juvenile Addiction Receiving Facility (JARF) helps the individual adjust to a life without substances. This support may involve a sober living home in or near Tampa, FL, career counseling, or educational assistance. This is when a relapse prevention plan begins to take shape.
Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at ACTS - Juvenile Addiction Receiving Facility (JARF). Individual therapy provides patients with a safe environment where they can openly discuss their problems with the therapist. The patients find the therapist as a person who they can trust. It helps them to open up and discuss personal and sensitive issues, which they may not be comfortable discussing in a group setting.
Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. The therapist can develop patient-specific customized solutions through individual therapy, which aids speedier recovery.
Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by ACTS - Juvenile Addiction Receiving Facility (JARF) brings in the addict’s family to explore genetic factors. It gives loved ones the tools for dealing with addiction and its underlying mental issues. It is a recommended step in helping addicts adapt to sober living.
Trauma is one of the most common causes of psychological disorders. It’s often found in people with addiction diagnoses. Trauma therapy addresses this by examining the emotions and thoughts people have formed due to past traumas. Traumas are complex but trauma therapy can reduce their ability to contribute to addictive behaviors.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is designed for those who are prone to self-harm and suicidal behaviors. ACTS - Juvenile Addiction Receiving Facility (JARF) aims to help patients understand the relationship between their thoughts, feeling and behaviors and it gives them the tools to make a change. It is effective for those whose addictions and behaviors stem from extreme mental health issues.
Rehabilitation is not just limited to bringing an individual out of addiction and achieving sobriety. It is considered complete only when an individual starts leading a normal and balanced life. Life skill therapy focuses on the various skills that helps an individual to lead a normal life. Patients often do not take care of themselves, struggle professionally and withdraw from social interaction due to the physical and emotional disturbances caused by addiction.
Life skills therapy helps them to improve various personal, professional and social skills such as cooking healthy meals, maintaining proper hygiene, budgeting, decision making, time management, regulation of emotions and resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively.
A 12-Step Program is a common method that is used to treat addiction. This format is used for both drug and alcohol treatment. It is extremely popular and successful for large numbers of people and the staff at ACTS - Juvenile Addiction Receiving Facility (JARF) are trained to assist in 12-step management.
Contingency Management (CM), also known as motivational incentives or prize method, is a behavioral therapy type. It is based on the principle that their consequences influence the behaviors of an individual. So, it promotes the desired behavior by giving rewards while discouraging the unwanted behaviors by withholding the rewards or even by giving punishments. One of the expected desired behavior is the absence of drug in a toxicology screen, and the rewards vary from prize or vouchers, to experiences. CM is used for individuals who need therapy for more than 3 months, and it has the advantage of being implemented by family members.
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Location & Contact
8620 North Dixon Avenue
Tampa, FL 33604
Phone Number
813-931-4669 x229
Additional Locations
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- ACTS - Keystone Residential Treatment Program in Tarpon Springs, FL
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Location
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8620 North Dixon Avenue
Tampa, FL 33604 -
813-931-4669 x229
Accepts
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GenderFemale, Male
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AgeAdults (20+), Children (0-12), Teenagers
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ModalityFamily, Group, Individuals
Ownership
Agency for Community Treatment Services (ACTS)
Listed May 26, 2020
Updated July 25, 2024
Tampa, Florida Addiction and Treatment
Florida is one of the nation's epicenters for substance abuse and drug-related overdoses. In 2014, around 410,000 Florida residents were addicted to drugs and alcohol. Over the last 10 years, 12% of all deaths in the state were attributed to substance abuse. Treatment admissions for alcohol reached 24,329 patients in 2016, and 2.5% of Florida high school students admitted to using crack cocaine.
Tampa, located on Florida's west coast along Tampa Bay, offers a variety of outdoor activities, cultural attractions, and sober entertainment options, providing an ideal environment for healthy living during drug rehab. However, from 2020-2024, opioid-related deaths in Hillsborough County increased by 30%, and fentanyl-related deaths doubled during the same period.
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