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They provide inpatient residential. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Haverhill is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

They handle detox for alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Ask how many days theirs lasts, because that varies more between places than people expect and Georgetown has 8 other centers to compare.

They offer a pregnancy program. Call rather than wait, because this is the one case where timing changes the options and Georgetown may not have a second place set up for it.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone. Medication and counseling together is the standard of care for opioid use rather than an either or, and not every place near Georgetown offers both.

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. Ask whether the groups are split by age, because in Georgetown that can mean one mixed room rather than several.

Within 14 miles there are 8 other centers, across Haverhill, North Andover and Andover.

The order sets the reporting. The clinical side is decided the same way it is for anyone. Where child welfare is involved, the reporting is usually wider and the timelines are tighter. Ask exactly what gets reported, to whom, and how often.

A wait quoted on the phone is an estimate of a queue that moves, rather than a date you can plan around. Many programs start the admissions paperwork during the wait, so the day a bed opens is not spent on forms. Ask to be told if an earlier place opens, then check back rather than waiting to be called.