Family Guidance Centers Inc

About Family Guidance Centers Inc

Family Guidance Centers, Inc. is a Chicago-based substance use treatment organization with more than 25 years of experience and locations throughout Illinois, serving adults with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Their care spans prevention and harm reduction through hospital-based medically managed withdrawal, stabilization and transitional services, residential treatment, outpatient and intensive outpatient programs, and recovery home services. They aim to meet people where they are, accepting walk-ins at every site without an appointment. No one is turned away because they can’t pay or because of their citizenship status, and case managers help uninsured patients get coverage while treatment begins right away.

Medication is central to their approach: they offer methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone for opioid use disorder, plus naltrexone, acamprosate, and disulfiram for alcohol use disorder. Outpatient care pairs these medications with a tailored mix of individual and group counseling, case management, and toxicology testing, and telehealth counseling is available to every patient. Beyond the clinic, they run MAR NOW, a 24/7 statewide telehealth line for starting medication, and mobile vans that provide naloxone, drug-checking, peer support, and on-the-spot treatment. In Chicago, their methadone clinic operates inside UI Health’s Mile Square Health Center, so patients can receive primary care alongside addiction treatment, and rideshare trips, bus passes, and other transportation help make it easier to keep appointments.