Lower Eastside Service Center

Pregnant Women and Infants Program

7 Gouverneur Slip East, New York, NY 10002, USA

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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

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Detoxification
  • Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone)
  • Accepts clients on opioid medication

Facility Type

Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive/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.)

  • Residential
  • Long-term residential
  • Residential detoxification

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State substance abuse agency
  • State mental health department
  • State department of health
  • Commission on Accreditation and Rehabilitation
  • Other national oraganization

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Medicaid
  • Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

Emergency Mental Health Services

Payment Assistance Available

Language Services

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Pregnant/postpartum women
  • Adult women

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
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Anger management
  • Community reinforcement plus vouchers
  • Relapse prevention
  • Residential beds for clients children

Age Groups Accepted

  • Young adults
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female

Exclusive Services

  • Lower Eastside Service Center

    7 Gouverneur Slip East, New York, NY 10002

Rehabilitation Process