One kind of payment assistance that some drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers can offer their clients is a sliding fee scale. If an individual can provide some degree of self-payment, these programs provide help on a case-by-case basis that can lower rehab costs so that it is affordable for that particular client. How this typically works is the client will need to meet certain criteria and requirements for payment assistance, and will have to provide proof of income, information about how many dependents they have, what their household overhead is, etc. Based off this family and financial information intake admins can determine the cost to the client using a sliding scale.
As an example, if someone in Eads only earns $18,000/year, has 3 children and $800 in monthly bills they may only need to pay $1000 for rehab, whereas an individual who is single and makes $30,000 a year with no overhead will pay much more.
Even when sliding fee scales are available, people may need to seek additional financial help to pay this discounted fee. Intake staff can help people or family who are footing the bill for treatment apply for financing from a third party lender, and in some cases this money doesn't need to be paid back until after the individual finishes rehab.