When someone you love in Lancaster will not accept help, a professionally led intervention gives your family a calm, prepared way to ask.
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 Lancaster, from Lititz to Mount Joy, traveling in through Harrisburg International Airport (MDT).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at Franklin & Marshall College, Millersville University or Lancaster Bible College, we can time the plan around the academic calendar.
Flying in. Harrisburg International Airport (MDT).
Public behavioral health. Lancaster County Drug and Alcohol Commission.
Treatment court. Lancaster County Treatment Courts (including Drug Court).
Family support. NAMI Lancaster County PA and Pennsylvania Al-Anon 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 Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) and meets the family before the intervention.
Sober transport to a program near Lancaster or out of state.
In Lancaster County, public behavioral health services run through Lancaster County Drug and Alcohol Commission.
The Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas operates several treatment courts, including a Drug Court and a Mental Health Court, that pair court supervision with treatment (source).
Uninsured Lancaster County residents can get treatment through county contracted providers, paying a monthly amount set by a financial liability assessment; the Drug and Alcohol Commission reviews residential placements (source).
Lancaster County points residents to the RASE Project of Lancaster for naloxone, and LCDAC contracted treatment providers must supply it to enrolled clients on request (source).
Lancaster County Treatment Courts (including Drug Court) can connect treatment with a legal case.
NAMI Lancaster County PA and Pennsylvania Al-Anon Family Groups offer meetings and education for relatives.
Only for a minor. Act 53 (Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Abuse Control Act, Section 12.1, 71 P.S. § 1690.112a) covers minors only. More detail: alcohol intervention in Pennsylvania and drug intervention in Pennsylvania.
Immediate danger: call 911. Emotional crisis: call or text 988.
See every community on our Pennsylvania interventionists page.
Yes. Our professional interventionists travel to families in Lancaster, usually through Harrisburg International Airport (MDT). Planning starts by phone or video, so your family can begin right away.
Start with Lancaster County Drug and Alcohol Commission.
Yes. Lancaster County Treatment Courts (including Drug Court) connects treatment with a criminal case. An intervention can often move someone into treatment before a case starts.
NAMI Lancaster County PA and Pennsylvania Al-Anon 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.
