Redwood Community Services Inc

About Redwood Community Services Inc

Redwood Community Services is a nonprofit based in Ukiah, California, serving Mendocino, Lake, and Humboldt Counties with substance use treatment alongside mental health, housing, and youth residential programs. In Ukiah, their Mendo SUDS program offers outpatient care for transitional-age youth ages 16 to 25 and for adults 25 and older, combining individual and group counseling with education, prevention, and early intervention. Their approach centers on abstinence while also including harm reduction, and they provide whole-person care for people facing both mental illness and substance use. They are also an in-network provider for several private insurance plans for their substance use services.

Clinical work draws on Seeking Safety, Living in Balance, Matrix Relapse Prevention, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Educational groups cover HIV and tuberculosis, the risks of needle sharing, transmission to sexual partners and infants, prevention, and life skills. For mothers, they run Tule House in Upper Lake, an eight-bed non-medical residential program where women can live with their children, whether those children are already with them, in the child welfare system, or staying with relatives or friends. Tule House centers on family-centered treatment that involves each mother’s chosen family members, hands-on parenting coaching, and a length of stay based on medical need, with pregnant women given priority for admission.