Northeast Kingdom Human Services St Johnsbury

Northeast Kingdom Human Services in St. Johnsbury, Vermont is a nonprofit substance use treatment provider offering community based addiction and behavioral health care for the Northeast Kingdom region.

The St. Johnsbury office delivers outpatient and intensive outpatient programs for adults and adolescents along with co-occurring disorders treatment, crisis intervention, and impaired driver rehabilitation.

What types of addiction treatment are available?

NKHS offers outpatient treatment, an Intensive Outpatient Program, aftercare, and co-occurring disorders care.

Approaches include cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma related counseling, relapse prevention and anger management using the Matrix Model, and medication assisted treatment options such as buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone. Telehealth therapy is also available.

Who can receive care here?

Services are available to adults 18 and older and adolescents ages 13 to 18. Special populations include pregnant clients using substances, transitional-age young adults, men, women, veterans and military personnel, and forensic clients.

NKHS provides services within 24 hours to anyone identifying as pregnant and using substances.

Where is the St. Johnsbury office located?

The office is located on Portland Street in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, serving the rural Northeast Kingdom region. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with evening and weekend appointments potentially available upon request.

What insurance and payment options are accepted?

NKHS accepts private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, state financed health insurance, and self pay. Sliding scale fees, financial assistance, and SAMHSA block grant funding are also available to qualifying clients.