Most find or advocate that medication (in appropriate cases) plus substance abuse counseling coupled with a spiritual awakening can reduce or eliminate use.

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Some of the services VOC offers include: employment and job training, residential support for homeless, legal services and counseling, educational and financial counseling, substance abuse counseling and referrals, and peer-to-peer counseling.

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According to the plan, when the homeless have found a permanent place to live, the state will offer them whatever social services they need to succeed in that house, from substance-abuse counseling to simple help in learning how to shop or how to balance a checkbook.

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OptumHealth : Provides a range of specialized health and wellness services to its customers such as mental health and substance abuse treatment and counseling.

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Stand Downs are typically one to three day events providing services to homeless Veterans such as food, shelter, clothing, health screenings, VA and Social Security benefits counseling, and referrals to a variety of other necessary services, such as housing, employment and substance abuse treatment.

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