About
About American Habitare and Counseling Inc
American Habitare and Counseling, Inc. operates as a comprehensive outpatient substance use disorder treatment facility at 687 Frelinghuysen Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. With a mission framed around the principle that ‘every patient is our only patient,’ the program serves Essex County residents and the broader northern New Jersey region with a continuum of outpatient care anchored by federally certified Opioid Treatment Programming and CARF accreditation reaching back over two decades.
The clinical model spans three primary levels of outpatient care. The Outpatient Program provides flexible, accessible care for patients maintaining daily responsibilities like work or school, delivered through evidence-based therapies, one-on-one counseling, and group support. The Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) offers a higher-intensity tier for patients who need more structure but can still live at home, combining intensive therapy, skill-building workshops, and peer support. The Partial Care Program — a partial hospitalization equivalent — provides day-treatment intensity with medical supervision, individual and group therapy, and educational workshops for patients who need comprehensive support without inpatient placement.
Medication-Assisted Treatment is a defining feature. American Habitare’s SAMHSA-certified OTP designation authorizes methadone dispensing, paired with buprenorphine and naltrexone options to match the FDA-approved medication menu to each patient’s clinical needs. Combined with counseling and behavioral therapies, MAT addresses both the physical and emotional dimensions of opioid use disorder. Co-occurring mental health conditions are integrated into care through an in-house Psychiatric Advanced Practice Registered Nurse who provides personalized medication management alongside evidence-based therapies.
A distinguishing operational feature is the program’s deep linguistic accessibility. Beyond English, services and fee-for-service programming are explicitly offered in Spanish, with capacity to serve patients speaking Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Hmong, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Farsi/Persian — reflecting Newark’s deeply multilingual urban population. Specialty programs include DUII (driving under the influence) treatment, Drug Court coordination, and Parole/Probation services, with court-referred patients accommodated routinely.
Insurance acceptance is broad: Medicaid (including Aetna, Amerigroup, Horizon NJ Health, United, and Wellcare managed-care plans), Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, self-pay, credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express), and money orders. American Habitare’s website explicitly welcomes walk-ins with no waitlist, requiring only a valid government-issued photo ID and the desire to begin treatment.
- Certified Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) with specialized medical detox protocols for opioid withdrawal
- Walk-ins welcome with no waitlist for immediate medical detox access
- CARF-accredited facility providing medically supervised withdrawal management since 2003
- Comprehensive medication-assisted treatment using methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone
- Extended operating hours 6 AM-12 PM weekdays for urgent detox needs