Mental Health Care in Salt Lake City, UT

First Step House

What Does First Step House Offer?

First Step House is a mental health facility at 434 South 500 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, offering outpatient care. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE and self-pay and offers a sliding fee scale. Therapy approaches include CBT and couples and family therapy.

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434 South 500 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at First Step House

  • Outpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • County or local government funds
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Private health insurance
  • State corrections or juvenile justice funds
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
  • State welfare or child and family services funds
  • U.S. Department of VA funds
  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Couples/family therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
  • Individual psychotherapy

Who the Program Serves

  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors

Medications Used

  • Nicotine replacement
  • Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Court-ordered outpatient treatment
  • Psychosocial rehabilitation services
  • Supported housing
  • Case management service
  • Suicide prevention services

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in Utah lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.

Other Mental Health Facilities Near First Step House

Measured by straight-line distance from this facility. See every listing on the Salt Lake City mental health care page.

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

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