Connecticut Counseling Centers Inc Norwalk Methadone Maintenance Program

Types of Care:

• residential heroin abuse treatment

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin rehabilitation
• intensive outpatient heroin treatment
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Methadone used in treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

• methadone maintenance

Pharmacotherapies:

• Acamprosate (Campral)
• Methadone
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders
• Clonidine

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention
• CBT
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention
• counseling for substance abuse
• counseling for trauma victims

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Accepts Medicaid
• Accepts private health insurance
• Accepts self payment and cash

Payment Assistance Available:

• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• heroin rehab for transitional-age young adults
• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• heroin rehab for pregnant women
• in-patient heroin rehab for adult males
• dual diagnosis treatment
• people with HIV or AIDS
• people with trauma

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• 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:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education

Ancillary Services:

• case managers
• HIV early intervention
• sober housing services
• mental health services
• self help meetings
• social skills training
• transportation assistance
• peer support

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• family counseling
• marital/couples counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV/AIDS counseling
• health education 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 permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• accepts adults
• accepts young adults

Gender Accepted:

• heroin rehab for women
• in-patient heroin rehab for men

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Creole
• French
• Spanish