Alpine County

About Alpine County

Alpine County Behavioral Health Services is the public mental health and substance use program for Alpine County, based in Markleeville, California, with an additional office in Bear Valley. They offer crisis services, specialty mental health care, and substance use disorder treatment through separate systems of care for adults and children. Their approach is strength-based and built on the belief that people naturally move toward health. Care is available to all county residents regardless of ability to pay, including people covered by Medi-Cal.

For alcohol and drug concerns, they provide outpatient individual counseling and group sessions, and they can connect clients to inpatient treatment or detoxification when a higher level of care is needed. Pregnant and recently postpartum women receive priority admission for substance use treatment. Other services include family counseling, inpatient mental health options, assisted outpatient treatment, psychiatric medication consultations by telehealth, and community prevention and early intervention programs. Staff can meet clients at county locations or in settings such as a person’s home, and a crisis line is staffed around the clock for anyone who needs help right away.