Substance Use Treatment in Des Moines, IA

New Connections

What Does New Connections Offer?

New Connections is a substance use treatment facility at 1801 Hickman Road, Des Moines, Iowa, offering partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient treatment. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance and state-financed insurance.

1801 Hickman Road
Des Moines, IA 50314

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at New Connections

  • Outpatient
  • Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Private health insurance
  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Medication Treatment

  • Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Who the Program Serves

  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Clients who have experienced trauma
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors
  • Accepts: Female
  • Accepts: Male

Language Services

  • Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Licensing and Accreditation

  • State substance use treatment agency
  • State department of health
  • The Joint Commission

Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Outreach to persons in the community
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Screening for substance use
  • Screening for mental disorders
  • Aftercare/continuing care
  • Discharge Planning
  • Naloxone and overdose education
  • Self-help groups
  • Case management service
  • Mental health services
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • Treatment for other addiction disorder

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to choose a rehab you can trust lists the questions to ask when you call, and addiction treatment in Iowa lists the state's treatment agency.

Other Treatment Facilities Near New Connections

Measured by straight-line distance from this facility. See every listing on the Des Moines treatment page.

MercyOne House Mercy, Des Moines

1409 Clark Street, Des Moines, IA 50314 · 0.7 mi

515-643-6500

  • Residential treatment
  • Intensive outpatient
  • Outpatient treatment
  • Buprenorphine
  • Naltrexone
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Private insurance
  • Sliding fee

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

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