Northeast Kingdom Human Services Inc

2225 Portland Street, Saint Johnsbury, VT 5819, USA


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Physical Locations 181 Crawford Road Derby, VT

Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Developmental Services 1-800-649-0118

Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Developmental Services 1-800-696-4979

Welcome to the Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NKHS) web site. We provide services to children & adults with:

Meet our Executive Director DW Bouchard, a native Mainer, has worked on the behalf of vulnerable and at risk people for over twenty-five years. His work has taken him to three different countries and seven different states. He has run social service agencies that have worked in large inner cities such as Philadelphia and Camden, NJ as well as very rural areas such as Maine, Vermont, and throughout Appalachia. These services have included mental health, developmental disabilities, child and family, homelessness, anti-poverty, and hunger. DW gained his Masters of Social Work degree from Rutgers University and is very happy to now be serving the people and communities of the Northeast Kingdom.


Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Buprenorphine used in treatment
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone)
  • Accepts clients on opioid medication
  • Prescribes/administer buprenorphine and/or naltrexone

Facility Type


Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive/behavioral therapy
  • Dialectical behavioral therapy
  • Substance abuse counseling approach
  • Trauma-related counseling
  • Rational emotive behavioral therapy

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking not permitted

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

  • Outpatient
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or vivitrol
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State substance abuse agency
  • State mental health department
  • State department of health

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Cash or self-payment
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • Private health insurance
  • Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

Emergency Mental Health Services


Payment Assistance Available

  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Language Services


Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Clients referred from the court/judicial system
  • Adult women
  • Adult men
  • Persons who have experienced trauma
  • Transitional age young adults

Ancillary Services

  • Treatment for gambling disorder
  • Individual counseling offered
  • Group counseling offered
  • Family counseling offered
  • Marital/couples counseling offered
  • Brief intervention approach
  • Contingency management/motivational incentive
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Anger management
  • Martix Model
  • Relapse prevention

Age Groups Accepted

  • Children/adolescents
  • Young adults
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • DUI/DWI clients

  • Northeast Kingdom Human Services Inc

    2225 Portland Street, Saint Johnsbury, VT 5819