About Root Center for Advanced Recovery – Hartford Dispensary
Root Center for Advanced Recovery in Manchester, Connecticut is a non profit addiction treatment center and opioid treatment program serving the community since 2008.
The clinic offers a full continuum of outpatient care including standard outpatient services and intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization/adult day treatment and medication assisted treatment for adults and adolescents.
Operating as a trade name of The Hartford Dispensary, the Manchester location serves more than 600 patients each day.
What programs are offered?
Root Center Manchester provides outpatient treatment, IOP with three hours of structured group therapy 3 to 5 days per week and PHP/adult day treatment with four hours of group therapy five days per week.
Medication assisted treatment includes buprenorphine, methadone and naltrexone alongside therapy, medication management and psychiatric support.
Who can get help here?
The clinic serves adults and adolescents ages 13 to 17, with specialty support for pregnant and postpartum clients, veterans, LGBTQ individuals and transitional age young adults, seniors and people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
Teens receive care for concerns like anxiety, depression and trauma, grief and family stress.
What therapeutic approaches are used?
Care is evidence based and may include cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing, contingency management and relapse prevention, trauma related counseling and 12 step facilitation.
Wraparound supports include recovery coaching and case management, housing and employment services, family psychoeducation and overdose education with naloxone.
Where is the clinic located?
Root Center is located at 335 Broad Street in Manchester, Connecticut with weekday hours starting at 5:30 a.m. and Saturday morning availability. Virtual and in person options are offered for IOP and PHP/ADT programs.
What about insurance and payment?
The facility accepts Medicaid and Medicare, private insurance and self pay with a sliding fee scale based on income and government funding support available for eligible clients.
