About Lower East Side Services Center
They’ve been a non-profit organization for over 60 years and are dedicated to providing a comprehensive spectrum of treatment including help for homelessness that’s often associated with drug addiction. They use evidence-based practices that are applied in a scientific manner to your needs and circumstances.
Your values and choices are integrated into the treatment approach and you have access to vocational training and counseling as well as support of housing during treatment. They offer discounted fees when you qualify and do not deny services based on your ability to pay. Please note that they’re closed on weekends.
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Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.
Addiction Treatments
Levels of Care
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.
Treatments
Substance rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from substance abuse, including alcohol and drug addiction (both illegal and prescription drugs). They often include the opportunity to engage in both individual as well as group therapy.
Clinical Services
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Staff
Valerie Walters, MBA
President & CEO
Cargil L. Bernard, BS
VP & CFO
Lolita Silva-Vazquez, MA, LMHC
VP & Chief Program Officer
Jacqueline Vargas, MA
VP of Human Resources
Gail Reid, Ba, CASAC
VP & Chief Compliance Officer
Ligia Alonzo-Mena
Executive Assistant to President & CEO
Contact Information
630 East 6th Street
New York, NY 10009
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