Essex County has 36 licensed addiction treatment facilities per the 2024 SAMHSA National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs. This directory covers every licensed provider — not a top-10 list, not ranked by relationship, not pay-for-placement. Every facility is cross-referenced against NJ DMHAS state licensure and published with a correction link.
Essex County addiction treatment at a glance
Of the 36 licensed facilities in Essex County: 8 inpatient/residential; 26 offering medication-assisted treatment; 28 outpatient; 5 offering medically supervised detox. NJ FamilyCare (Medicaid) is accepted at 32 of them; private insurance at 27. 16 are CARF-accredited and 3 are accredited by The Joint Commission.
Licensed facilities serving Essex County
- North West Essex Community — Healthcare Network — Belleville (detox, outpatient, MAT)
- Better Life Recovery LLC — Caldwell (PHP, IOP, MAT)
- Counseling Center at West Caldwell — Caldwell (PHP, IOP, MAT) · TJC-accredited
- The Bridge — Caldwell (IOP, MAT)
- Airmid Counseling Services — East Orange (PHP, IOP, MAT)
- Community Psychiatric Institute — East Orange (PHP, IOP) · TJC-accredited
- East Orange Substance Abuse Trt Prog — East Orange (IOP, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- EOH Acquisition Group LLC — East Orange (inpatient/residential, detox, MAT) · TJC-accredited
- Marilyn Center for — Hope Help and Healing — East Orange (IOP)
- Recovery Answer Behavioral Health — Services — East Orange (PHP, IOP, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Rehabilitation Counseling Associates — Fairfield (outpatient)
- Human Empowerment Institute — Irvington (PHP, IOP)
- The Bridge — Irvington (IOP, MAT)
- COPE Center — Division of Oaks Integrated Care — Montclair (IOP, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Real House Inc — Montclair (PHP, IOP)
- American Habitare and Counseling Inc — Newark (IOP, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Angel Hope House — Newark (inpatient/residential)
- Elev8 Center of New Jersey — Newark (inpatient/residential, detox, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Family Service Bureau of Newark — Newark (PHP, IOP)
- Greater Essex Counseling Services — Drug and Alcohol OP and IOP Treatment — Newark (IOP, MAT)
- Integrity House — Newark (IOP, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Integrity Inc — DBA Integrity House — Newark (inpatient/residential, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Integrity Inc — DBA Integrity House — Newark (inpatient/residential, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Integrity Inc — DBA Integrity House — Newark (inpatient/residential, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Integrity Inc — DBA Integrity House — Newark (inpatient/residential, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Integrity Inc — DBA Integrity House — Newark (inpatient/residential, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Integrity Inc — DBA Integrity House — Newark (PHP, IOP, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Integrity Inc — The Wise Program — Newark (PHP, IOP, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Lennard Clinic Inc — Newark (detox, PHP, IOP, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- New Directions Behavioral Health Ctr — Newark (PHP, IOP, MAT)
- Power House Psychotherapy and Add LLC — Newark (PHP, IOP, MAT)
- Prime Healthcare Services — Saint Michaels LLC — Newark (IOP)
- Family Connections Inc — Orange (IOP)
- Eleanor Health — Verona — Verona (outpatient, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Center for Network Therapy — West Orange (detox, PHP, IOP, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Global Hlth Res and Referral Servs — West Orange (outpatient)
Program types available in Essex County
- 8 inpatient/residential facilities — see the inpatient filter for statewide context on this level of care.
- 26 MAT providers — browse the MAT provider page for what medication-assisted treatment actually involves.
- 5 medically supervised detox programs — see the detox filter.
- 28 outpatient/IOP/PHP programs — see the outpatient filter for the three levels of non-residential care compared.
Insurance and payer considerations in Essex County
For NJ FamilyCare (Medicaid) coverage details, see our NJ FamilyCare page. For private-insurance specifics, each major NJ carrier has its own filter page: Horizon BCBS, Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, and AmeriHealth.
Free and state-funded options for Essex County residents
If cost is the obstacle, start at the free and state-funded treatment page. It walks through the six distinct pathways to low-or-no-cost addiction treatment in NJ, including NJ FamilyCare enrollment, DMHAS state-funded slots, the CARES program, and Oxford House recovery residences.
Essex County recovery resources beyond treatment
Treatment is one step in recovery; it’s not the whole arc. NJ’s statewide recovery resources cover AA/NA meeting directories, county-level drug courts, and the NJ state commitment process. For immediate crisis support, call or text 988 or reach NJ’s 24/7 addiction helpline at 1-844-732-2465.
Request a correction
If you believe a facility listed here is out of date, closed, or incorrectly categorized — or if a licensed Essex County provider is missing — please request a correction. We review every submission and update the dataset on acceptance.