Northeast Life Skills Associates Inc

Northeast Life Skills Associates Inc

Services:
Ancillary Services
• Early intervention for HIV
• Social skills development
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Mental health services
• Case management service

Type of Care

• Detoxification
• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Methadone used in Treatment

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Young adults
• Adult men
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Adult women
• Seniors or older adults
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs

Testing

• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
• TB screening

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Pharmacotherapies

• Medication for mental disorders
• Methadone

License/Certification/Accreditation

• State department of health
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• State Substance use treatment agency
• SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

• Medication routinely used during detoxification
• Opioids detoxification

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Regular outpatient treatment
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Outpatient detoxification
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Methadone maintenance
• Federally-certified Opioid Treatment Program

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Assistance with obtaining social services

Transitional Services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Outcome follow-up after discharge
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

Exclusive Services

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients

Education and Counseling Services

• Family counseling
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Individual counseling
• Substance use disorder education
• Group counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Marital/couples counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Relapse prevention
• Motivational interviewing
• Brief intervention

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for mental disorders
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Screening for substance use
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private non-profit organization

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity