Intake Process

There are three steps in Haven Ministries Substance Abuse Initial Intake Process.

Step one is completion of the intake paper work. This is available at Haven's office located at 20 16th Street South Wilmington, NC 28401.

Step two is completion of a computerized assessment. This is done when the paperwork is completed at the office.

Step three is providing a urine drug screen. This is also done when the paper work is completed at the office. 

Once Steps one - three are completed an appointment will be scheduled with Haven's Chemical Dependency Counselor. Payment of $75 for the computerized assessment and urine drug screen and Prepayment of $75 for the Chemical Dependency Counselor assessment is required before this appointment will be scheduled unless you have Medicaid. (There is a different fee schedule for those with private insurance because they are reimbursed for their clinical care and medication by their insurance company.)

After being seen by the Chemical Dependency Counselor you will be scheduled for a Medical/Psychiatric assessment for consideration of medical treatment of your addiction. If you are self paying for your appointments you will need to prepay $150 in order to schedule this appointment. Because a physician can only have 100 patients on Suboxone / Subutex at one time and because Haven always has 100 people in the program, it may be at least one month before you can be seen for consideration of medical treatment.  

You should begin attending recovery support groups and the weekly 12 step group on a regular basis as soon as you have been seen by the chemical dependency counselor. You are required to attend 90 support groups in the first 120 days of your recovery and it makes sense to get started with these support groups from the very beginning. Those who are investing in their recovery this way will have their Medical / Psychiatric assessment moved up if an opening occurs prior to when an opening is anticipated.

The self pay monthly charges after the Chemical Dependency assessment and Medical / Psychiatric assessment will be $120. The medication monthly charges can be as low as $120-$180 depending on how many tablets of Subutex are needed each day.