Fort Lee & Bergen County Treatment & Recovery Resources
Clearer next steps for addiction treatment and recovery in New Jersey
Fort Lee Detox Support Group helps individuals and families understand local treatment options, compare licensed providers, prepare questions for admissions teams, and find public recovery resources across Bergen County and all of New Jersey.
We provide information and navigation support. We do not provide medical care, detoxification, diagnosis, or emergency services.
Choose Your Next Step
Compare NJ treatment options
See how programs differ by level of care, town, payment, and language access.
Open the directoryUnderstand levels of care
Detox, residential, outpatient, IOP, PHP, and medication treatment explained in plain language.
Explore care optionsLearn what to ask about insurance
Questions that help you confirm network status, authorization, and out-of-pocket costs.
Insurance and paymentFind family and recovery support
Preparing for a conversation, caregiver support, privacy, and peer services.
For familiesView crisis and overdose resources
Public emergency, crisis, and overdose resources, listed without commercial content.
Crisis resourcesExplore Care Options
Levels of care describe how much structure and medical oversight a program provides. They are not ranked from worst to best.
Withdrawal management and detox
Short-term medically supervised care that helps a person stop using a substance safely. It is a starting point, not a full course of treatment.
Learn what this level of care can involve. A licensed provider determines clinical eligibility.
Inpatient and residential treatment
Structured live-in care with daily programming, typically after withdrawal management or when outpatient care has not been enough.
Learn what this level of care can involve. A licensed provider determines clinical eligibility.
Outpatient, IOP, and PHP
Scheduled treatment while living at home, ranging from weekly counseling to day-long programming several times a week.
Learn what this level of care can involve. A licensed provider determines clinical eligibility.
Medication for addiction treatment
Medications such as buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone, prescribed and monitored by licensed clinicians alongside counseling and support.
Learn what this level of care can involve. A licensed provider determines clinical eligibility.
Mental health and co-occurring needs
Programs that address depression, anxiety, trauma, or other conditions together with substance use rather than separately.
Learn what this level of care can involve. A licensed provider determines clinical eligibility.
Recovery support and peer services
Non-clinical support including peer coaching, mutual-aid meetings, family groups, and recovery community centers.
Learn what this level of care can involve. A licensed provider determines clinical eligibility.
Find Resources by Town
View all town guidesFort Lee
Fort Lee sits at the George Washington Bridge, with quick access to both Bergen County and Manhattan treatment programs, plus local outpatient and peer-support options.
Fort Lee resourcesEnglewood
Englewood combines hospital-based care, community outpatient programs, and close reach to the rest of Bergen County.
Englewood resourcesHackensack
As the Bergen County seat, Hackensack hosts the county's largest hospital-based programs, outpatient clinics, and medication-treatment sites.
Hackensack resourcesTeaneck
Teaneck offers hospital-based and community treatment options in a central Bergen County location, with strong reach to neighbors on either side of Route 4.
Teaneck resourcesParamus
Paramus is home to the county's public behavioral-health campus and a dense cluster of outpatient programs along the Route 4 and Route 17 corridors.
Paramus resourcesHow Navigation Works
- Step 1
Share what kind of help you are seeking.
- Step 2
Review questions, public resources, and provider options.
- Step 3
Contact providers directly or request navigation support.
- Step 4
Confirm admission, insurance, and clinical eligibility directly with the licensed provider and insurer.
We do not decide medical necessity, guarantee admission, or guarantee insurance coverage.
A Better Way to Compare Options
- Direct provider websites and phone numbers, not a single routing number
- Program type, town, and payment filters
- Links to official public resources, including the state treatment directory
- Last-verified dates on every listing
- Transparent relationship labels where applicable
For Families
Families often carry the search. We cover how to prepare for a conversation, what to ask a provider, what to do in an emergency, what privacy rules mean in practice, and where caregivers can find their own support.
Read the family guideTrust & Transparency
Who operates this service
Our role, our boundaries, and who is accountable for this site.
Read the policyHow we are funded
Our funding and financial-relationship disclosures, in plain language.
Read the policyHow providers are listed
Listing criteria, verification sources, and correction requests.
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Crisis and public resources
These public services may be appropriate if you want immediate crisis support or a government-operated resource.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988 for free, confidential crisis support, 24/7.
Call or text 988SAMHSA National Helpline
Free, confidential, 24/7 treatment referral and information from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Call 1-800-662-4357NJ HOPEline
New Jersey's 24/7 suicide-prevention and crisis line, operated by Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.
Call 1-855-654-6735NJ Connect for Recovery
Confidential helpline of the Mental Health Association in New Jersey, connecting individuals and families affected by substance use to treatment and support.
Call 855-652-3737NJ DMHAS Treatment Directory
Official New Jersey Statewide Addiction Services directory of licensed addiction treatment programs.
Open the state directoryBergen County Mental Health & Addiction Services
Bergen County's public behavioral-health programs and resource line, based in Hackensack.
Call 201-336-3330Bergen New Bridge Medical Center
The county public hospital in Paramus, offering mental health and substance use treatment with a 24/7 Access Center.
Access Center: 800-730-2762Request Information or Navigation Support
Tell us what you are trying to figure out. We respond with information, public resources, and provider options you can contact directly. This form is not monitored for emergencies.