Caring Center of Wichita

Caring Center of Wichita offers two levels of outpatient addiction treatment designed to meet people where they are in recovery. The standard Outpatient Program provides flexible, lower-frequency care suited to people with strong community support and stable home environments. The Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) offers a more structured schedule — a common choice for people stepping down from residential treatment or those who need more support than traditional outpatient can provide while still living at home.

Both programs operate out of the clinic's South Hillside Street location in Wichita and run Monday through Friday with evening hours until 9:00 PM, and select Saturdays by appointment. This schedule is deliberately built around the reality that people in ongoing recovery often have jobs, children, and community commitments they cannot set aside.

Caring Center of Wichita treats co-occurring disorders and dual diagnosis as a core part of its addiction treatment work, not an afterthought. For many people seeking long-term recovery, unaddressed trauma or mental health conditions are central to understanding their substance use — and the center's clinical focus on Trauma and PTSD reflects that reality directly.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) provides the primary clinical framework, equipping clients with concrete skills to recognize and interrupt the thinking patterns that sustain addictive behavior. In an outpatient setting where clients return daily to their own lives, CBT's practical, skill-building orientation is particularly well-suited to supporting durable, community-based recovery.

The center serves a notably wide range of populations, including adolescents, young adults (18–25), adults of all ages, seniors, men, women, pregnant women, veterans, and court-ordered individuals. Each of these groups brings distinct circumstances to recovery — and the center's programming is structured to accommodate that breadth rather than narrowing to a single demographic.

Veterans and military families benefit from the clinic's TRICARE acceptance, reducing out-of-pocket cost barriers for a population that often faces both service-related trauma and limited local treatment options. Court-ordered clients are also welcome, making Caring Center of Wichita a resource for people entering recovery through the legal system as well as those seeking help independently.

Caring Center of Wichita accepts Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE, and private insurance, alongside self-pay and a sliding-scale fee option. The sliding scale is particularly relevant for people who are uninsured or underinsured and are building financial stability as part of their broader recovery — it allows cost to be adjusted to actual income rather than fixed at a rate that puts treatment out of reach.

To ask about insurance coverage or payment arrangements, you can reach the center directly at (316) 295-4800 or by email at [email protected]. The clinic is located at 714 South Hillside Street, Wichita, KS 67211.