Find Treatment and Other Resources  

  • Bureau of Substance Addiction Services: (617) 624–5111. BSAS oversees the statewide system of prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery support services for individuals, families, and communities affected by gambling and substance addiction.
  • Adult and Juvenile Drug Courts: provide intensive, supervised probation and mandatory treatment, as well as random drug testing with progress monitored by a supervising probation officer. The court works with treatment providers, which provide clinical assessments, develop and monitor treatment placements, and identify ancillary counseling, case management and outreach services.
  • Clean Slate: Medication-assisted treatment for opioid and alcohol addictions. Ware: 83 South Street Suite 180 (413)-725-4214; Worcester: 411 Chandler Street Worcester (508) 471-5600. 
  • (DART) Drug Abuse Research & Treatment: Treating individuals addicted to opiate drugs using a variety of rehabilitating services, and through linkages with other human services providers.
  • Dismas House/Dismas Family Farm: (508) 799-9389 Email:cmdismashouse@aol.com.  The mission is to reconcile former prisoners to society, and society to former prisoners, through the development of a supportive community. Dismas Family Farm is a holistic, rehabilitative and vocational reentry model, on a working farm in Oakham, which serves former prisoners and their families. (508) 799-9389 
  • Hampshire Hope: A community coalition addressing the opioid crisis whose mission is to address the rise in prescription opioid misuse, heroin use, addiction, and overdose death in the Hampshire County region, through policy, practice, and systems change.
  • Learn to Cope: Peer Support (508) 801-3247, Office (508) 738-5148. Non-profit support network that offers education, resources, peer support and hope for parents and family members coping with a loved one addicted to opiates or other drugs. Worcester meetings every Thursday 7-8:30pm. At ADCARE Hospital 107 Lincoln St. Conference Room: BCRB, 1 floor down from lobby.
  • Massachusetts Substance Use HELPLINE: (800) 327-5050. Statewide, public resource for finding substance use treatment and recovery services. Free and confidential with specialists to help you understand the treatment system and your options.
  • Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery: Mission to organize recovering individuals, families, and friends into a collective voice to educate the public about the recovery from alcohol and other addictions.
  • Massachusetts Smokers’ Helpline: 1 (800) QUIT-NOW. Free and confidential service for Massachusetts residents who want help to end their tobacco use. 
  • Massachusetts Substance Use HELPLINE: (800) 327-5050. Statewide, public resource for finding substance use treatment and recovery services. Free and confidential with specialists to help you understand the treatment system and your options. .
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Access publications on countless of health and substance use topics. Great for parents, educators and student research.
  • (QHSUA) Quaboag Hills Substance Use Alliance: Behavioral health agencies provide a variety of levels of substance use treatments.
  • (SPIFFY) Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth Coalition: SPIFFY, founded in 2002, is a broad, countywide coalition that helps local communities reduce risk factors that make it more likely youth will engage in unhealthy behaviors, while increasing protective factors that encourage youth to make healthy choices. This approach collects and uses data to identify strategies, policies and evidence-based programs that reduce unhealthy behaviors. SPIFFY is administered by the Collaborative for Educational Services.
  • Tapestry: Families living in poverty, people struggling with substance use in isolation, HIV+ individuals in need of food and housing, and others who have difficulty accessing care.
  • YOU, Inc. Day Treatment Services For Adolescents: (800) 855-4YOUINC Day Treatment Services: IOP/SOAP (Intensive Outpatient Program/Structured Outpatient Program; OP (Outpatient Group); Relapse Prevention, PUNCH (Peers Uncovering New Coping Skills); YMD (Youth Making a Difference); Individual/Family therapy; Family Events.