New Beginnings originated in August 1991. It was the only hospital based C-Star Program in the Saint Louis Metropolitan area. The Comprehensive Substance Treatment and Rehabilitation (CSTAR) model originated from the need to treat chemically dependent persons on an intensive outpatient basis.
Medicaid decided against paying for thirty days of inpatient for people insured under the Medicaid system to reduce their cost. However, the Department of Mental Health: Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse implemented the C-Star Program which was designed to meet the needs of the clients in desperate need of alcohol and drug abuse treatment, by providing three levels of treatment.
C-Star Population Program Level I, being the most structured and intensive service delivery option in the C-Star program, has been designed to stimulate the structured programming offered in Inpatient and Residential Treatment Programs.
Level II: An intermediate level of care offering an individual tailored program derived from a menu of services designed to address functional impairments as they relate to the substance abuse.
Level III: is the least intensive level of services, allowing an individual to receive supportive services which will assist the client in sustaining therapeutic gains made in treatment ultimately leading to graduation and completion of the program.
In February of 1996, New Beginnings introduced the Alt-Care Women and Children's Program where successful treament demands the efforts of an interdisciplinary team, which includes: Clinical Director, Certified Counselors, Case Managers, Diagnosticians, Associate Counselors, Nurses, Family Therapists, Nutritionists and Recreational Therapists.
In June 1998 New Beginnings Adolescent Treatment Program opened.
In 1999 New Beginnings moved to a larger facility and the location became the administration building along with house the Alt-Care, Drug Court, Youth Track and CSTAR programs,. We had two other locations that housed our Adolescent Program and Residential program.
In 2003 we moved our Adolescent program to our main building, This move was a hard decision to make, however it was a twofold positive for us. It allowed us more control of spending: it provided a better facility for the adolescents and a better working environment for our staff.
