Compass Behavioral Health

For people across Southwest Kansas building long-term recovery, Compass Behavioral Health provides outpatient program services from its Dodge City clinic. Outpatient treatment is often the right level of care for individuals who have completed residential treatment or detox elsewhere and are ready to focus on the ongoing work of recovery — developing coping skills, maintaining stability, and staying connected to support — without stepping away from their daily lives and responsibilities.

Compass serves clients not only in Dodge City but across a wide geographic area that includes Garden City, Scott City, Ulysses, and the broader Southwest Kansas region. For many rural Kansans, access to consistent, local outpatient programming can be the deciding factor in whether recovery sticks. The clinic is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and can be reached at (620) 227-8566.

Co-occurring disorders — when substance use and mental health conditions such as trauma or PTSD occur together — are common and require treatment that addresses both issues at the same time. Compass Behavioral Health is specifically equipped to work with clients carrying dual diagnoses, which is a meaningful distinction for people in recovery who have found that treating addiction alone was not enough to sustain sobriety.

Trauma and PTSD are listed among the primary conditions treated at the clinic, reflecting an understanding that many people enter recovery carrying experiences that fuel substance use. By treating these conditions within the outpatient setting, Compass supports clients in building the kind of stability that aftercare and longer-term recovery demand.

Compass Behavioral Health works with a wide cross-section of the Southwest Kansas community. Veterans and active-duty families can access care through TRICARE coverage, and the clinic's experience with this population makes it a meaningful resource in a region where military-connected individuals may have limited specialty options. Pregnant women, young adults ages 18 to 25, seniors, and individuals living with HIV/AIDS are also among the populations the clinic explicitly serves.

Court-ordered clients are welcomed, and the clinic accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, state insurance, and self-pay — reducing financial barriers that often delay people from entering or continuing substance abuse treatment. This breadth of accepted payment methods, combined with the range of populations served, positions Compass as a community-oriented recovery resource built for the full diversity of Southwest Kansas.

Recovery is rarely a straight line, and Compass Behavioral Health recognizes that people in the recovery community sometimes face acute mental health crises that require more immediate attention than a scheduled outpatient appointment can provide. The clinic's crisis team is available to deliver rapid support during those moments, offering a safety net for clients who might otherwise face a gap in care.

For families supporting a loved one through recovery, knowing that a crisis response is part of the clinic's services can provide meaningful reassurance. This kind of wraparound availability is particularly important in rural areas like Southwest Kansas, where crisis resources may otherwise be limited or distant.