For caseworkers and referral professionals
Free tools for anyone who helps people find treatment in Colorado: case managers, probation and parole officers, hospital and school social workers, counselors, clergy and 211 staff.
Step One lists 238 Colorado treatment programs, sober living homes, counselors and recovery services: 93 list Medicaid (Health First Colorado) and 17 list Spanish-speaking staff. It’s free, you don’t need an account to use it, and nothing about your client is collected.
Build a list
Browse a type of care or use Help me find care (4 questions), then tap Save on each program that fits. Saved programs can mix types of care, up to 25. They stay on your device.
Narrow it down
Filter by city, insurance, gender, medication-assisted treatment and more. Tap Compare on up to 3 programs of the same type to see prices, insurance and rules side by side. Verified sober living, residential and detox listings can show how many beds are open, updated by the provider each week.
Send it
Open your saved list to text it, email it or copy a share link. The text message is short: names, phone numbers where listed, and one link to the full list. Switch to Español and the text and email go out in Spanish.
Print a referral sheet
On your saved list, choose Print referral sheet for a one-page handout in English or Spanish: blanks for the client’s name, the date, who referred them and a phone number, each program’s details, a checklist for the client (called, has an opening, takes my insurance, intake date) and the 988 crisis line.
Pages clients ask about
- Get help now: 24/7 detox, overdose steps and crisis lines
- Detox that takes Medicaid and Does Medicaid cover rehab?
- Free and low-cost treatment and what sober living costs
- Help with a criminal record, including programs for sex offense and arson histories
- Sober living vouchers and medication-assisted treatment
- Teens and young adults and veterans and military
- Helping a loved one, for families
- Free recovery meetings by city, in person and online
- Free printable guides: detox, paying for treatment, relapse prevention, the first 30 days, naloxone and more
En español
- Ayuda en español: proveedores con personal que habla español y reuniones en español
- Encontrar ayuda: cuatro preguntas para su cliente
- Ayuda ahora y ayudar a un ser querido
Know a program that should be listed, or found something out of date? Tell us. Run a program? List it on Step One.
Common questions
Does Step One take referrals or do intakes?
No. Step One is a directory and does not provide treatment, screen clients or hold beds. You or your client contact the program directly.
Is anything about my client stored?
No. Saved lists stay in your browser on your device. A shared link only contains which programs are on the list. The referral sheet’s blanks are filled in by hand after printing.
How current are the listings?
Verified providers manage their own listings and are asked to keep them up to date; sober living, residential and detox providers can report beds open each week, and that number disappears after two weeks without an update. Other listings come from public sources and are marked that way. Always call to confirm openings, insurance and intake requirements.
Can programs pay to rank higher?
No. Verified providers pay a flat fee for a full listing and are shown before unverified listings, then A to Z. No one can pay for a higher spot.
