Remedies Renewing Lives

About Remedies Renewing Lives

Remedies Renewing Lives is a nonprofit community agency in Rockford, Illinois, that has served Winnebago and Boone Counties since 1955, offering outpatient treatment for alcohol and drug addiction alongside mental health care, problem gambling services, and domestic violence support. Their substance use program, accredited by the Joint Commission, begins with a confidential assessment by credentialed staff, which shapes an individualized plan whose intensity, length, and goals are set with each client. Care is outpatient, with day and evening scheduling at their Rockford location and additional outpatient addiction and gambling services in nearby Belvidere. Fees follow a sliding scale based on household income and family size, and they accept many private insurance plans as well as Medicaid and Medicare.

Counseling is available in individual, couple, family, and group formats, supported by relapse prevention work, education and prevention groups, intervention guidance, aftercare, and on-site urinalysis. People with opioid use disorder can receive medication-assisted recovery with methadone or buprenorphine, with early-morning dosing hours most days, and a mobile MAR clinic brings exams, assessments, labs, induction, and maintenance dosing to ten counties across northern Illinois. Their START Program supports pregnant and postpartum women with substance use through doulas and recovery support specialists, who connect mothers to prenatal and medical care, gender-specific treatment addressing trauma and parenting, case management, and transportation help. Because the agency also runs a 24/7 domestic violence shelter, counseling, and legal advocacy, clients affected by abuse can find both kinds of support within one organization.