Beacon Center
Treatment center
At a glance
- Address
- 417 3rd Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14301
- Levels of care
- OutpatientTelemedicine
- Ages served
- Youth (Ages 12-17)Young Adults (Ages 18-25)Seniors (Ages 65+)
- Languages
- Sign language
Detox and medication
Detox
- Not offered: Opioids
- Not offered: Alcohol
- Not offered: Benzodiazepines
- Not offered: Methamphetamines
- Not offered: Cocaine
Medication assisted treatment
- Offered: Buprenorphine
- Offered: Naltrexone
- Not offered: Methadone
Services and programs
Services
Special programs
Other treatment centers close by
Within about 14 miles of this address, nearest first.
Meetings in Niagara Falls
Treatment and fellowship meetings do different jobs, and most people end up using both.
Questions people ask about Beacon Center
Is Beacon Center residential or day treatment?
They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Buffalo is the closest place to carry that on if you move.
Is detox part of what Beacon Center offers?
No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Niagara Falls, 1.5 miles away.
Is there an interpreter at Beacon Center?
They treat people in Sign language as well as English, which is worth confirming before a first visit because Niagara Falls has 8 other centers and not all of them do.
Is there a residential program at Beacon Center?
Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Niagara Falls.
Is there anything in Niagara Falls besides paid treatment?
Niagara Falls has 22 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.
What are the warning signs of a bad program?
The useful questions are the ones answerable with a fact: who prescribes, what the schedule is, what follows it. Who delivers the therapy matters: licensed clinicians and counselors in training are not the same thing. Ask what kind of person this program would turn down, because a real answer exists.
Will a court accept this program?
It is the same treatment with reporting attached, and most of the programs listed here take referrals. Completion paperwork is routine, and asking for it at the end is normal rather than awkward. Check whether the program is approved for your specific order before enrolling in it.
What if there is depression or anxiety as well?
Having both is the ordinary case, and the programs built for it are described as integrated. Not every center has a prescriber for psychiatric medication, and that is a concrete difference to ask about. Bring the existing diagnosis and the name of whoever currently treats it.