The question isn’t how to get cured, but how to live.” – Joseph Conrad
The Addictions Care Center & Affiliates provides a full continuum of outpatient care across our regional service areas, offering licensed, medically-supervised clinics, intensive outpatient programming, evening outpatient groups, and individual counseling. Services include alcohol and drug assessments and treatment, psycho-educational programming, co-dependency assessment and treatment, information and referral, and access to a 24-hour crisis hotline: (518) 822-0090.
Care is delivered in a person-centered, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented framework. Our team also provides counseling and support within county correctional facilities, as well as mobile telehealth and community-based outreach services across multiple regions.
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Priority placement is offered to:
- Pregnant I.V. drug users
- Pregnant women
- I.V. drug users
- Individuals involved in the criminal justice system
- Parents who have lost or are at risk of losing custody of their children due to substance use
Outpatient Clinics
Intensive Outpatient
The intensive outpatient program enables individuals in recovery to participate in an therapeutic environment designed to accommodate work and family life and includes:
- Individual and group counseling
- Person-centered treatment plans
- Addiction education
- Co-dependency counseling
- Parenting education
- Relapse prevention
- Life skills training
- Medication assisted treatments, including Vivitrol® and Suboxone
Outpatient Program
Our outpatient program provides flexible support for individuals working to maintain abstinence and long-term recovery by providing therapeutic elements of care. Services are offered during evening hours to accommodate varied schedules and include:
- Individual and group counseling
- Person-centered treatment plans
- Addiction education
- Co-dependency counseling
- Relapse prevention
- Alcohol and drug assessments
- Alcohol and drug treatment
- Psycho-educational services
- Information and referral services
- DMV/Impaired Driver referrals
Community Oriented Recovery Empowerment (CORE)
We provide Tier II Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) to HARP enrollees throughout Albany County. These services are trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, integrated, and person-centered.
Tier II services provide support for all stages of your recovery process, including:
- Rehabilitation – Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR)
- Habilitation – Daily Living Skills
- Empowerment Services/Peer Supports
Peer Supports
A Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) is a person with lived experience from substance use issues who has received specialized training and supervision to guide and support others who are experiencing similar substance use issues. The ACCA CRPAs are representatives of our agency and bound by accreditation and licensing.
Peer services allow individuals to draw from their personal experiences to provide help and support to those in similar circumstances. Integrating peer support into the ACCA prevention and treatment programs helps to advance the needs of individuals and families across the various stages of recovery.
If you are currently engaged in treatment at ACCA in either a residential or outpatient program, you can connect with a Peer Advocate for additional support. Contact Fred Sumner at fsumner@theacca.net for details.
CRPA Certification Training
This 46-hour CRPA training course meets the NYCB requirements for CRPA certification. This intensive training includes:
- 10 hours of advocacy
- 10 hours of mentoring and education
- 10 hours of recovery and wellness supports
- 16 hours of ethics
After completing all course requirements, participants are eligible to apply for provisional CRPA status (CRPA-P) and sit for the NYCB/IC&RC Peer Recovery Exam.
Mobile & Community-Based Outreach
Our mobile outreach and community-based services extend support beyond the clinic setting. These offerings include:
- Telemedicine access
- Off-site treatment and mobile services
- Transportation (non-medical and recovery-oriented)
- Linkage to services
- Same Day Access
- Individual and family counseling
- Recovery peer supports
- Health screening and assessment
- Treatment planning
- Outreach and educational services
- Referrals
Mobile counseling and telehealth services are available throughout serviced regions, including Warren and Washington Counties.
Jail-Based Programs
We provide counseling and treatment services within several county correctional facilities, offering:
- Individual counseling
- Group counseling
- Medication Assisted Therapy Available
Our programs operate in partnership with county sheriffs and correctional facilities, including long-standing partnerships such as the Sheriff’s Heroin Addiction Recovery Program (SHARP) in the Albany County Correctional Facility. SHARP involves prison-based treatment along with coordinated post-release care through community treatment providers. Medication Assisted
Treatment has since expanded within the facility to support individuals across the correctional population. Building on this success, similar services are also delivered within the Rensselaer County Correctional Facility.
24-Hour Crisis Hotline
If you or someone you know needs immediate support related to substance use, help is always available.
Call: (518) 822-0090