Castle Rock has grown — and so has the need for accessible treatment.
Castle Rock has become one of Colorado’s fastest-growing communities, now home to about 78,000 residents across The Meadows, Founders Village, Plum Creek, Crystal Valley, and the surrounding areas. With that growth has come the same substance use challenges every Front Range community has faced — alcohol, fentanyl-driven opioid use, and prescription medication misuse, often among working families that didn’t expect it.
We’re about 30 miles north via I-25 — a 35 to 45 minute drive depending on traffic. For most levels of care, that’s a manageable commitment. For the outpatient phase, our telehealth program eliminates the drive entirely.
Why Castle Rock residents come to Paramount
Treatment outside Douglas County. Privacy from the local medical community matters in a town like Castle Rock, where social and professional networks overlap heavily. Paramount provides clinical distance from any Castle Rock physician group while keeping family programming reachable.
Medicaid-friendly programs. Health First Colorado (Medicaid) is fully covered for residential, IOP, and outpatient — no out-of-pocket costs for most members. Castle Rock has a meaningful Medicaid population, and many families don’t realize the coverage is this complete.
Telehealth for the long phase. After completing residential and IOP, the outpatient phase often runs for months or years. Our telehealth program serves clients anywhere in Colorado — for Castle Rock residents, that means most outpatient sessions happen at the kitchen table, not after a 45-minute drive.
Working-family scheduling. Evening IOP three days per week (6–9 pm) is built for clients who need to keep working and parenting. Family programming runs on weekends.
Programs Castle Rock clients use most
Residential, then IOP and telehealth. For severe alcohol or opioid use disorder, the typical path is 30 to 40 days residential at our Aurora facility, then IOP step-down (some in-person, some via telehealth), then long-term outpatient via telehealth. Total program ~3 to 6 months of active treatment, then ongoing alumni community.
IOP with telehealth components. When residential isn’t required, IOP three or five evenings per week, with telehealth available for the individual-therapy and medication-management portions.
Outpatient fully via telehealth. For clients in stable recovery or stepping down from another facility, weekly therapy and monthly psychiatric check-ins can happen entirely via HIPAA-compliant telehealth.
Getting here from Castle Rock
- From The Meadows / central Castle Rock: ~38 minutes via I-25 north → I-225 east → Iliff exit
- From Founders Village / Plum Creek: ~40 minutes via I-25 north
- From Castle Pines / Diamond Ridge: ~35 minutes via I-25 north
I-25 is the only practical route. Morning rush adds 10–15 minutes; evening rush is comparable.
Coverage for Castle Rock residents
Health First Colorado (Medicaid) is in-network with full coverage for most members. Medicare for clients 65+. Commercial insurance through most major carriers — Anthem, BCBS, Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Kaiser — verified in about a minute. For self-pay, transparent rates with payment plans available.