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CT Addiction Services


Amid the increasingly prevalent opioid crisis happening across the country, one of the biggest challenges for users is finding treatment. A new, stand-alone website launched by Connecticut’s Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) can help change the way addicts can get the services they need.

The site, CTAddictionServices.com, allows people to see what beds are available at DMHAS-funded facilities. That includes detox programs, residential treatment and recovery houses.

Across Connecticut there are approximately 1,000 state-funded beds that exist for these purposes. With this new website, providers are encouraged to update as close to real-time as possible the status of their facilities.

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Users of the system have the ability to choose which type of program they seek and can see which facilities have capacity so they can make arrangements to check in.

By clicking on one of the providers’ names, users can find more details about the facility including what programs are offered, how many total beds there are, and what types of insurance are accepted.

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The website is funded through a federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant which runs from September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2019 and provides the state $1 million annually to “expand medication assisted treatment as well as strengthen outpatient resources and improve statewide infrastructure.”

An article posted in the New London Patch last September forecasted over 1,000 fatal overdoses across Connecticut for the year 2017—an 18% increase over 2016.

This map attempts to illustrate the density of the problem, with darker colors indicating higher concentration of overdose deaths. (For an interactive version of this map see the original article here.)

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Seeing how this is a growing problem in Connecticut, this website is a great step toward eliminating at least some of the roadblocks for people stuck in the downward spiral of drug abuse.

With any momentum the site could expand to include non-DMHAS-funded programs and create a sort of hub for all types of services people seek but have trouble finding.