Clear Path Intervention travels to families in Springfield and across Illinois, plans the intervention with you and lines up treatment before the day arrives.
A drug and alcohol interventionist prepares the family, arranges treatment in advance and leads the conversation that asks a loved one to accept help. We do this for families in Springfield, from Chatham to Petersburg, traveling in through St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at University of Illinois Springfield, Lincoln Land Community College or Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, we can time the plan around the academic calendar.
Flying in. St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL).
Local crisis and access line. Memorial Behavioral Health Crisis Line (24/7): 217-788-7070.
Public behavioral health. Sangamon County Department of Public Health.
Treatment court. Sangamon County Problem Solving Courts.
Family support. Southern Illinois Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups.
Emergency. Call 911 if a loved one is in immediate danger. Call or text 988 for an emotional crisis.
Who is in the room, what each person says, which program holds a bed. See the full steps.
Your interventionist flies into St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) and meets the family before the intervention.
Sober transport to a program near Springfield or out of state.
In Sangamon County, public behavioral health services run through Sangamon County Department of Public Health.
Illinois runs the free, confidential Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances at 1-833-2FINDHELP, launched in December 2017 for people with substance use disorders and their families (source).
Memorial Behavioral Health runs a mental health crisis clinic based in the Memorial Medical Center emergency department in Springfield, taking walk-ins and calls on weekdays (source).
Sangamon County Problem Solving Courts can connect treatment with a legal case.
Southern Illinois Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups offer meetings and education for relatives.
Not directly. Illinois has no addiction-specific court process a family can start. More detail: Illinois alcohol interventionist and Illinois drug interventionist.
Immediate danger: call 911. Emotional crisis: call or text 988.
For Springfield, Memorial Behavioral Health Crisis Line (24/7) answers at 217-788-7070, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
See every community on our Illinois interventionists page.
Yes. Our professional interventionists travel to families in Springfield and Sangamon County, usually through St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL). Planning starts by phone or video, so your family can begin right away.
Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger. For Springfield, Memorial Behavioral Health Crisis Line (24/7) answers at 217-788-7070, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
Start with Sangamon County Department of Public Health.
Yes. Sangamon County Problem Solving Courts connects treatment with a criminal case. An intervention can often move someone into treatment before a case starts.
Southern Illinois Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups offer meetings and education for relatives.
One confidential conversation with a professional interventionist. No pressure, no obligation. We'll help you find the right next step for your family.
