Mercer County has 10 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.
Mercer County addiction treatment at a glance
Of the 10 licensed facilities in Mercer County: 1 inpatient/residential; 8 offering medication-assisted treatment; 9 outpatient; 2 offering medically supervised detox. NJ FamilyCare (Medicaid) is accepted at 8 of them; private insurance at 10. 2 are CARF-accredited and 6 are accredited by The Joint Commission.
Licensed facilities serving Mercer County
- Penn Medicine — Princeton House Behavioral Health — Princeton (inpatient/residential, detox, MAT) · TJC-accredited
- Counseling Center at Robbinsville — Robbinsville (PHP, IOP, MAT) · TJC-accredited
- Creative Change Counseling — Trenton (PHP, IOP, MAT)
- Footprints to Recovery — Trenton (PHP, IOP, MAT) · TJC-accredited
- Hamilton Treatment Services — Trenton (IOP, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Iron Recovery and Wellness Center — Trenton (IOP, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Iron Recovery and Wellness Center — Trenton (IOP)
- New Choices — Adolescent IOP — Trenton (IOP) · TJC-accredited
- Phoenix Behavioral Health LLC — Phoenix Addiction Services — Trenton (PHP, IOP, MAT) · TJC-accredited
- Project Free — Trenton (detox, IOP, MAT) · TJC-accredited
Program types available in Mercer County
- 1 inpatient/residential facilities — see the inpatient filter for statewide context on this level of care.
- 8 MAT providers — browse the MAT provider page for what medication-assisted treatment actually involves.
- 2 medically supervised detox programs — see the detox filter.
- 9 outpatient/IOP/PHP programs — see the outpatient filter for the three levels of non-residential care compared.
Insurance and payer considerations in Mercer 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 Mercer 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.
Mercer 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 Mercer County provider is missing — please request a correction. We review every submission and update the dataset on acceptance.