Union County has 16 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.
Union County addiction treatment at a glance
Of the 16 licensed facilities in Union County: 1 inpatient/residential; 11 offering medication-assisted treatment; 16 outpatient; 3 offering medically supervised detox. NJ FamilyCare (Medicaid) is accepted at 11 of them; private insurance at 12. 3 are CARF-accredited and 5 are accredited by The Joint Commission.
Licensed facilities serving Union County
- Richard Colligan LCADC CSW — Colligan Counseling — Berkeley Heights (outpatient)
- Counseling Center at Clark — Clark (PHP, IOP, MAT) · TJC-accredited
- Intervention Specialists — Elizabeth (PHP, IOP, MAT)
- Lennard Clinic Inc — Elizabeth (detox, IOP, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Proceed Inc — Addiction Services — Elizabeth (outpatient)
- Trinitas Regional Medical Center — Substance Abuse Services — Elizabethport (PHP, IOP, MAT) · TJC-accredited
- QuickSilver Counseling Center — New Providence (IOP, MAT) · TJC-accredited
- Organization for Recovery — Plainfield (detox, IOP, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Extracare Counseling Centers — Rahway (IOP)
- Resolve Comm Counseling Center Inc — Scotch Plains (outpatient)
- Social Recovery Center — Springfield (IOP, MAT)
- Overlook Medical Center — Behavioral Health — Summit (IOP, MAT) · TJC-accredited
- Summit Oaks Hospital — Summit (inpatient/residential, detox, PHP, IOP) · TJC-accredited
- Arise Counseling Services LLC — Union (outpatient)
- Suburban Health Clinic — Union (IOP, MAT) · CARF-accredited
- Owen Health Care Inc — Vauxhall (PHP, IOP, MAT)
Program types available in Union County
- 1 inpatient/residential facilities — see the inpatient filter for statewide context on this level of care.
- 11 MAT providers — browse the MAT provider page for what medication-assisted treatment actually involves.
- 3 medically supervised detox programs — see the detox filter.
- 16 outpatient/IOP/PHP programs — see the outpatient filter for the three levels of non-residential care compared.
Insurance and payer considerations in Union 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 Union 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.
Union 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 Union County provider is missing — please request a correction. We review every submission and update the dataset on acceptance.