Lower Eastside Service Center

Helping Recovery Become Reality 

Helping Recovery Become Reality 

Since 1959, the Lower Eastside Service Center (LESC) has been devoted to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and mental illness.

Since 1959, the Lower Eastside Service Center (LESC) has been devoted to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and mental illness.

(Original 1959 photo) Lower East Side churches and settlement houses band together to form theLower Eastside Information and Service Center for Narcotic Addiction, Inctoday known as the Lower Eastside Service Center (LESC)

(Original 1959 photo) Lower East Side churches and settlement houses band together to form theLower Eastside Information and Service Center for Narcotic Addiction, Inctoday known as the

Lower Eastside Service Center (LESC)

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Primary Focus of the Provider

• Substance Abuse Treatment Services

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Type of Care

• Substance abuse treatment
• Methadone maintenance
• Methadone
• All Clients in Opioid Treatment Program
• SAMHSA-certified Opioid Treatment Program

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Facility Type

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Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive/behavioral therapy
• Trauma-related counseling

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Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted without restriction

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

• Outpatient
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or vivitrol

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Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

• Private organization
• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• Commission on Accreditation and Rehabilitation

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Payment/Insurance Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

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Emergency Mental Health Services

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Payment Assistance Available

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

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Language Services

• Spanish
• Other languages(excluding Spanish)

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Special Programs/Groups Offered

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Ancillary Services

• Individual counseling offered
• Group counseling offered
• Family counseling offered
• Marital/couples counseling offered
• 12-step faciltitation approach
• Brief intervention approach
• Contingency management/motivational incentive
• Anger management

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Age Groups Accepted

• Young adults
• Adults

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Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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Exclusive Services

• Methadone clients only

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