START Treatment and Recovery Centers Fort Greene Clinic OTP

Types of Care:

• inpatient heroin detox services
• residential heroin use treatment

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin treatment
• outpatient heroin detoxification
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Methadone used in treatment
• Buprenorphine treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Does not treat alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

• buprenorphine maintenance
• methadone maintenance

Pharmacotherapies:

• Methadone
• Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational interviewing
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling approach

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• Certified by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Medicare
• Accepts Medicaid
• Accepts private health insurance
• Accepts self payment and cash

Payment Assistance Available:

• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• in-patient heroin rehab for adult males

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• STD testing
• TB screening
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing

Transitional Services:

• Discharge Planning

Ancillary Services:

• case management
• HIV early intervention
• social skills training
• help with transportation

Detoxification:

• residential heroin detoxification

Counseling Services and Education:

• counseling for individuals
• group counseling
• counseling for families
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS support
• health education services
• employment counseling services

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted:

• accepts adults
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

• inpatient heroin rehab for women
• heroin rehab for men

Exclusive Services:

• Methadone and buprenorphine clients only
• Methadone clients only
• All Clients in Opioid Treatment Program

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Spanish